Hi,

Hope someone can advise me on this.

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

I've not breached the subject with them yet but wanted to be as clued
up as possible.
cheers
Spoons

wrote:
Hi,

Hope someone can advise me on this.

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

I've not breached the subject with them yet but wanted to be as clued
up as possible.
cheers
Spoons

If he never uses it it should be possible if he doesn't object..


The legal fees will dwarf the transaction fees.

It's not so much a minefield as a barbed wire entanglement.

wrote:

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

It shouldn't be anything more than a matter of going to be a matter of
agreeing a price and going to your solicitor and organising for the
deeds / Land Registry entry to be amended. Probably your neighbour will
want his own solicitor to check things, so you'd need to pay for that too.

I imagine the toughest part will be the price... Why does you neigbour
actually have the right of access: is it historical, or does he need it
/ use it for some reason? If it's the former, and you get on well with
him, he'd probably let it go pretty cheaply, but if it's the latter, and
you aren't on good terms, he could hold you to ransom over it, couldn't
he? Really, the value of it is as much as you're prepared to offer in
order to secure your extension.

Would it be possible to "reroute" the right of access beyond the new
extension?

David

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 17:40:07 GMT, Lobster
wrote:

wrote:

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

It shouldn't be anything more than a matter of going to be a matter of
agreeing a price and going to your solicitor and organising for the
deeds / Land Registry entry to be amended. Probably your neighbour will
want his own solicitor to check things, so you'd need to pay for that too.


And for your neighbour to notify/ask the mortgage company if
applicable
Robert

In message .com,
writes

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

Probably no help at all (?!) as it's a bit different, but 7 years ago we
paid £4k for vehicular and pedestrian access rights from the bottom of
our garden onto a privately owned lane.

Val
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Hi,

Hope someone can advise me on this.

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

I've not breached the subject with them yet but wanted to be as clued
up as possible.
cheers
Spoons


My first thought upon reading your posting was why has the neighbour got a
right of access across your property and does he use it. Does he know about
it.
Before you start all the legal bumf, I would ask your neighbour about it
first. You certainly don't want to cause any upset legally if you can both
talk about it first and both agree to the sale in principle. The you could
both start the legal band wagon rolling.
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On 21 Sep, 18:12, wrote:
Hi,

Hope someone can advise me on this.

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

I've not breached the subject with them yet but wanted to be as clued
up as possible.
cheers
Spoons

I`ve done it in Scotland which will be different from English law I
suppose.It did not cost much considering lawyer charges £120/hr.I
can`t remember what the procedure is called but it`s an add on to the
deeds which is signed by both parties.
I paid other persons legal cost as well and total bill was under
£1000.

wrote:
Hi,

Hope someone can advise me on this.

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

I've not breached the subject with them yet but wanted to be as clued
up as possible.

Can you tell us a bit more about why the right of way is there? The present
neighbour may not use it but that does not mean that future owners might not
want to. It certainly not a job to DIY the legal side. It would be normal
for you to pay the neighbour's reasonable legal costs as well as your own.

Peter Crosland

"Peter Crosland" wrote in message
...
wrote:
Hi,

Hope someone can advise me on this.

My neighbour currentley has a 'right of access' across the back of my
property (directly under my kitchen windows/back wall of house) and
I'd like to purchase it of him so I can extend out te back. It's in
the deeds and all legal.

A) Has anyone done this?
B) Is it a legal minefield?
C) Any tips you can offer. Price?

I've not breached the subject with them yet but wanted to be as clued
up as possible.

Can you tell us a bit more about why the right of way is there? The
present neighbour may not use it but that does not mean that future owners
might not want to. It certainly not a job to DIY the legal side. It would
be normal for you to pay the neighbour's reasonable legal costs as well as
your own.

Peter Crosland




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