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[clivvy]

Hey chaps, why would someone have "Enterprise PLC uk " come round their empty house taking pics and stuff?? looks to me like an industry maintenance company,could the neighbour be renting, and this company does maintenance??

http://www.enterprise.plc.uk/

its just we dont get along with the guy, and recently his mum died so the house is being cleared. We both own a shared drive, and its been a huge problem for him, and he tarmacced half of it (dumb or what) so now im not sure if hes selling, renting or what. either way i suppose it doesnt matter because I have the deeds and i think th eopportunity to have th etarmac removed from the front part of drive and restored back to how it was if it is rented out...

 

[Liam]

After a (very quick) glance at their website, is it possible that the house was a council rental? Or perhaps he is selling to the council for social housing? I don't think they are checking the house for renting unless it has been bought by the council. I gather from their website that they work for government departments so maybe you could call the local council and ask them if they have anything to do with it. That would be my first phone call anyway.

 

[clivvy]

After a (very quick) glance at their website, is it possible that the house was a council rental? Or perhaps he is selling to the council for social housing? I don't think they are checking the house for renting unless it has been bought by the council. I gather from their website that they work for government departments so maybe you could call the local council and ask them if they have anything to do with it. That would be my first phone call anyway.

cheers Liam, that does make sense, and I suppose if its council, I have some major comeback over the stupid driveway. i will ring them asap and find out (pointless talking to nobhead)

 

[jims-terrano]

Hate to say this Clive but it may also be time to go see a solicitor for advice and may be a letter sending to him. The new owner may be miss sold the house as having a full wifth driveway and cause even more problems mate.

Jim

 

[clivvy]

Hate to say this Clive but it may also be time to go see a solicitor for advice and may be a letter sending to him. The new owner may be miss sold the house as having a full wifth driveway and cause even more problems mate.

Jim

i have thought of that, and id be very surprised if that is the case. what makes you think this though Jim? problem is as well, i dont know who the new owner is, if there even is one!

 

[clivvy]

i suppose also, its legally impossible to mis sell it. the deeds have to be checked do they not, before a house is sold? there is no way he could get away with it....

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

i suppose also, its legally impossible to mis sell it. the deeds have to be checked do they not, before a house is sold? there is no way he could get away with it....

you would think so, but! Me and my neighbour apparently own the same small sliver of garden, his deeds and mine show a different line for the dividing fence :nenau

 

[clivvy]

you would think so, but! Me and my neighbour apparently own the same small sliver of garden, his deeds and mine show a different line for the dividing fence :nenau

what, you mean both your deeds DIFFER??

if thats the case, i wonder if im in the same position, and that might explain why he has been such a huge nob over the shared drive...

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

quite easy to lose soem land along a boundary.

we put up a short section of fence to childminding spec
just our side of the ex council house marker posts that
had wire along them.

neighbour then did same but full length of garden.

so left a sliver of no mans land maybe 6" wide at most
between 2 fences.

we then took our fence down as rotten, and removed
marker posts. hey presto we gain several square feet
of land down a 50 foot garden.

now no evidence unless you count bricks on the
semi detached sheds we share....

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

what, you mean both your deeds DIFFER??

if thats the case, i wonder if im in the same position, and that might explain why he has been such a huge nob over the shared drive...

It does seem possible, you could phone your council and ask if his is still a council house, that is not secret information I don't see why they wouldn't tell you.

 

[clivvy]

quite easy to lose soem land along a boundary.

we put up a short section of fence to childminding spec
just our side of the ex council house marker posts that
had wire along them.

neighbour then did same but full length of garden.

so left a sliver of no mans land maybe 6" wide at most
between 2 fences.

we then took our fence down as rotten, and removed
marker posts. hey presto we gain several square feet
of land down a 50 foot garden.

now no evidence unless you count bricks on the
semi detached sheds we share....

well, we aint talking a few inches here. hes marked up what he thinks is "his" land, and tarmacced that. we checked this according to our deeds, and at the back, we are talking well over a foot and a half, tapering off to a few inches at the front. POINT though, is that he should never have tarmaacced, it should have been repaired yes, but only back to its orininal look. im seeking legal advice now before he gets rid of the house.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

well, we aint talking a few inches here. hes marked up what he thinks is "his" land, and tarmacced that. we checked this according to our deeds, and at the back, we are talking well over a foot and a half, tapering off to a few inches at the front. POINT though, is that he should never have tarmaacced, it should have been repaired yes, but only back to its orininal look. im seeking legal advice now before he gets rid of the house.

find out if it is a council house and if so, while it is empty awaiting a new tenant just move the boundary back :thumb2

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

find out if it is a council house and if so, while it is empty awaiting a new tenant just move the boundary back :thumb2

like it. sounds like also from experience!

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

like it. sounds like also from experience!

I used to be a housing officer for a local authority :thumb2

 

[clivvy]

I used to be a housing officer for a local authority :thumb2

hmm..well, a friend has had a look into this for me, and itsnot clear if the house is council bought. its certainly not a council house or a council estate, if that means anything? im not sure if you can actually sell your house to the council or HA.

anyhoo, I have legal cover on my insurance, whihc by all accounts covers me for disputes, so im trying to get through to them to clarify and at the very least get advice from their solicitors so I cant make a decision on how to proceed. I believe I am right when I say that half the drive should NOT be tarmacced. I also believe I am right when i say that the resulting damage to our property form the tarmac water run off, should be rectified. Im also sure im right in my understanding that the tarmac shoudl be removed, and the drive returned back to its original state?? at least that swhat I want tobe made clear. I also want to know if the neighbour is correct when he claimed it was his land, i want to know if he was right when he trheatened me and my property, i want to know if he was right to threaten to "drag the car off the drive myself". Im sure he would deny it, but i have a witness too.

itll be nice to get some clarification either way, even if it turns out what he has done is ok, what he has said is correct, but one thing i do know is that i have ROW wether he likes it or not, so he cannot keep parking on the drive, or blocking it too...

shoudl be interesting...!!! i just hope i can get the costs covered by my insurance, cos i will go all out if thats the case, and get what i want for a change, rather than being bullied.

 

[mowerman]

quite easy to lose soem land along a boundary.

we put up a short section of fence to childminding spec
just our side of the ex council house marker posts that
had wire along them.

neighbour then did same but full length of garden.

so left a sliver of no mans land maybe 6" wide at most
between 2 fences.

we then took our fence down as rotten, and removed
marker posts. hey presto we gain several square feet
of land down a 50 foot garden.

now no evidence unless you count bricks on the
semi detached sheds we share....

Did this also a few years back at my last house... a bit of land about 4 foot deep behind my garden fence and a block of garages... so I removed the rotten wooden fence, put up a new bit of fence to block off the gap between my garage and the rest of the block (where the strip of land was) and gained a nice 4 x 30 foot extra bit of garden.... sold the house on years later no problem !!! :thumbs

 

[lacroupade]

You might find that the drive appears on both sets of deeds but as shared access. Conversely it might appear on one set giving a ROW to the neighbour.

Either way a shared access is a shared access and if its the first option above then I suspect one party can surface it as they like, but if they leave half undone, well....probably not much remedy, just knobby as you say.

 

[clivvy]

You might find that the drive appears on both sets of deeds but as shared access. Conversely it might appear on one set giving a ROW to the neighbour.

Either way a shared access is a shared access and if its the first option above then I suspect one party can surface it as they like, but if they leave half undone, well....probably not much remedy, just knobby as you say.

yes, this is what i also need clarification on. if its right, then fair enough, it only proves my point that hes a cock and a nob end. But, if hes wrong, then its in my interests to have the driveway put back now.

 

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

wonder was it always a drive, or 2 paths which have combined on a shared basis?

house where i grew up was like that 2 paths, even a decent brick dividing wall
which many neighbours removed to make a shared access. clearly couldnt park
on it. my parents had a garage built where a semi'ed shed had been, maybe a
washouse/loo in its day.

we had pretty much constant trouble with different families that had the house
across the drive, was about best when an old dear lived there and it was
virtually ours.

we came home with caravan which was stored at back of house to find had
surfaced their side of drive, or had built a box of the coal hole which dropped
into the cellars and so could get ' van in.

tbh vowed never to have same arrangement if lived anywhere else, oh and i
think my parents covered cost of wall removal in first place and first surface
that was laid.

good luck and hope your legal cover can sort things.

 

[clivvy]

wonder was it always a drive, or 2 paths which have combined on a shared basis?

house where i grew up was like that 2 paths, even a decent brick dividing wall
which many neighbours removed to make a shared access. clearly couldnt park
on it. my parents had a garage built where a semi'ed shed had been, maybe a
washouse/loo in its day.

we had pretty much constant trouble with different families that had the house
across the drive, was about best when an old dear lived there and it was
virtually ours.

we came home with caravan which was stored at back of house to find had
surfaced their side of drive, or had built a box of the coal hole which dropped
into the cellars and so could get ' van in.

tbh vowed never to have same arrangement if lived anywhere else, oh and i
think my parents covered cost of wall removal in first place and first surface
that was laid.

good luck and hope your legal cover can sort things.

its a very similar situation for us. wasnt always a drive but has been for a long time. the problem is the neighbours interpretation of the driveway and its division. He thinks its HIS land, and i intend to correct him on this. We park our caravan at the back, although this is going to change we are going tomove th ecaravan to the front, so i have constant use of the drive for my cars lol, thatll shut him up the cock end.

besides, soon he will be out of our hair, and we can square up the deeds with whoever lives in the house. all i want is legal advice to ensure i know what im talking about, so ill be ringing them either tonight, or tomorrow (free legal advice via insurance-sweet!)