• Boundary Wall In Wrong Place

    By Guest on 22nd Jun 2019

    I bought a Victorian terraced property with a creeping freehold five years ago ( my kitchen runs under next door’s bedroom/bathroom)& have since discovered that although it states quite clearly on my deeds that the outside yard boundary runs in line with the end of my kitchen, the dividing wall between me and next door, is five feet inside this area meaning I am losing a five foot by 15 foot section of back yard. This wall, and the neighbours, have been there for over 15 years. Do they now own this land or can I reclaim it by erecting a fence where my deeds show the boundary to be? A claim for adverse possession has never been made. I’d like to be able to park my car in my yard and this would really be useful space to have

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    By Guest on 22/06/2019

    Possibly. You could try applying to HM Land Registry for rectification of the deeds. You may wish to check that there was no historic transfer of the additional land to the neighbour. There may be evidence of this in the deeds.

    www.notaryexpress.co.uk

  • By Guest on 22/06/2019

    Many thanks for your response; the deeds clearly state that the ‘drying ground yard area follows the boundary from the end of my kitchen which is the part of my property that joins next door with their dining room being on the other side. The yard wall however, comes five feet across the rear of my kitchen. If you envision a row of terraces, the yard wall comes out mid way from next to my kitchen window to the lane and not five feet over where my kitchen actually ends. I noticed when I had the boiler renewed and had the old one taken out...it left a hole in ‘my’ wall which on the outside is in the yard enclosed as next door’s property & I had to ask if I could go into to seal it up. According to the deeds, that’s actually my part of the yard too

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