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Would you buy a house where the neighbour had right of access through your garden?

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Anticyclone · 27/01/2016 14:30

So, we are looking at an end of terrace house where the adjoining neighbour has a gate in the fence - which is right next to the house. The end of terrace house has side access and the neighbour has the right to access their garden through this side gate and the gate in the dividing garden fence.

My instinct is to run away screaming as I hate the thought of someone being able to intrude on my garden. But current owner says it's not a issue and neighbour very rarely uses it - just to occasionally move big items into their garden.

What do others think, any experience of this? The house is otherwise good, so would be a shame to discount it unnecessarily.

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nancywhitehead · 21/07/2021 17:44

No, I wouldn't. And you shouldn't base your decision on what the current neighbours are like because they might move. You should think of the worst neighbour you can imagine and then decide if you are OK with that.

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