Kristiansand99 wrote:
Hi,
We have recently moved house and we have an area between our house
and
our neighbour's house which you would think would be shared between
the
properties. Our back garden is partly behind this area, so you would
think that that border would continue forward between the houses and
through to the front garden and the up to the road. However our
neighbour tell us they own this entire area between the houses and
have
placed five large plant pots there, one virtualy touching our house.
This is their only side access but we also have access on the other
side of our house. We currently can only get to this area by walking
down their drive but we suspect they have made changes whilst the
house
was empty before we moved in.
A friend tells us that there must be an area next to the outside wall
of a house that belongs to that house, then an area of no-man's land,
then the neighbour's property. If this is true it would prove the
pots
have to be moved as they are on our own land. Please can you advise
if
this is the case and whether the border between the houses at the
back
would reasonably continue forward between the houses as we suspect.
Our
neighbours seem to be telling us that the border curves around our
house
and the chimney breast giving them the whole area between the houses.
Please advise.
Cheers,
Andrew


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Kristiansand99

"no man's land"? between private properties? The only thing I can think
of that remotely resembles that is (a) road allowance, which is a grey
area of your property bordering the street which you need to maintain
but which the city can take over if it wants, and (b) common property
in a condominium or similar situation. Assuming you're in a private
ownership situation, your boundary with the neighbours will be a very
definite, though possibly zigzag, thin line. The only problem is that
you don't know where it is.

Now, there could be an area of your property to which they have
right-of-way access. This ought to be documented on both your
properties but could maybe be documented on either one. Worst case, it
was agreed to by prior owners but never registered anywhere.
Have a survey done pronto.

Chip C