Extending the border of my property...Advice needed

[fireisdangerous]

Just moved into a property and my garden backs on to and area of conservation land. This land belongs to a local couple at the end of our street who according to our neighbour have been dead for 3 years or more. The land currently houses 2 large disused greenhouses and overgrown weeds and grass.

What are the laws for exstending your boundry without permission from the owner as they are dead. My mum seems to think that if you exstend your border and no one notices for 5 years then the land is legally yours?

We have written a letter about the land and posted it through the owners letterbox but the house looks abandond.

Anyone been in a situation like this, what would you do.

Some pics

This is all the weeds behind my back fence

 

[fireisdangerous]

Thanks for all your replies. I have done a bit for reaserch on the land and property is still registered to the elderly couple who died over 2 years ago which to me suggests that the deeds have not been passed to anyone otherwise the land registry would have been updated.

I have tracked down the address of the couples son and will be righting to him about the land.

The area is conservation land so cannot be developed. The main point to finding out who owns the land is not to get a bit more garden but to find out who's owns the land to take ownership and remove the unsightly green houses and tatty outbuildings. It also does not provide not the greatest view to look out on. Someone needs to claim the land as its just a waste of space that is going to become even more un cared for and over time will look even worse. The lad could be used as allotments or just a small park.

And once I have found out who owns the land I can ask If they would sell some of their land so I could extend the land.

I at no stage said I was going to steal the land I was just asking if anyone had been in a similar position. And why would I want a bigger garden... to have more space, make my house worth more etc.

Whilst I investigate further and wait for replies to my letter I will cut back all the plants from behind my fence and look at replacing the fence.

 

[fireisdangerous]

Some funny comments such as don't be a gypsy!! Lol

It just annoys that unless someone Linda out who the land belongs to its just going to look worse overtime. I am fully renovating my house at the mo and in the years to come when I come to sell it I don't want people to be put off because of 2 large derelict green houses and over grow grass etc.