Restrictive Covenants on Prospective House Purchase

[FatLazyContractor]

Any questions, legal or medical, this is my first port of call

You never asked us before that sausage extension of yours

[Gumbo Robot]

Does the covenant define a structure - i.e. is it a permanent structure or a temporary one?

Any structure temporary or otherwise.

Was these questions not raised when you bought the house?

Haven't bought it yet Need to think about this before I do.

[vetran]

Any structure temporary or otherwise.



Haven't bought it yet Need to think about this before I do.

what does your legal adviser say?

[ZARDOZ]

In short, my solicitor tells me I can't build any structure within 5 metres of the boundary between me and my neighbour. It's not exactly a huge garden & that was exactly where I wanted to put a summerhouse.

I can stuck it somewhere else but I'm concerned that these kind of restrictions could affect my ability to sell at s later date. Another clause is that I have no right to light (or something) where this boundary is concerned so the neighbour could stick something there & block out my light.

The reason for these Covenants is that the garden is formed from land purchased from the neighbouring property & they made these stipulations when they sold it.

I'm generally not worried about such things bit perhaps I should be?

Could you live with the likely scenario where your neighbour blocks your light and interferes with whatever you want to do? Current neighbour may not enforce it but can guarantee at some point someone will. You are setting yourself up for a legal dispute unless you take the role of your neighbour's bitch.

[Gumbo Robot]

what does your legal adviser say?

Go ahead and buy it so I can charge you a fat fee for doing the conveyancing

[Gumbo Robot]

Could you live with the likely scenario where your neighbour blocks your light and interferes with whatever you want to do? Current neighbour may not enforce it but can guarantee at some point someone will. You are setting yourself up for a legal dispute unless you take the role of your neighbour's bitch.

I must admit, the more I think about it, the more it bothers me. I've spent so much time, energy & money to get this far though.

[Lost It]

Unless there's a very specific reason whay you want this place, walk away. That's what I'd do. Plenty more "DesRes" out there.

[Troll]

I find covenants on properties like this -where the original seller of the land was in the neighbors house and he didn't want anything built close, but people die or move and it's really only an issue if your neighbor is inclined to raise it should you start to build

Find out who put the covenant on and if they are still around as a first action (if it was put on by a statutory body then its a different kettle of fish)
If they're not around might be worth a chat with your neighbor-to-be to see:

a)if they are aware of the covenant
&
b) would they object if you built

[LondonManc]

You never asked us before that sausage extension of yours

Explains why the "After" picture looked more like the "Before" picture.

[WTFH]

Tell them that either they get that covenant changed or they reduce the house price by £50k, or you walk away.