I hope someone can help me here.
I’ve been drowning in this dispute for almost three years with no progress.
to be short, my downstairs neighbor had a single way locking gate into my garden and his fence includes half of the sharing land into his own private use. So he can come into my garden anytime anywhere but we can’t go into his. The only document of the land showing a different shape of boundary and the sharing land is completely open for both side.
The neighbor claimed that he has been living here over 30 years but he don’t have any evidence to show that the land he usurped had been registered, he only has responsibilities for maintenance, but we share the same right of access over it. Plus, the map from estate agent showing that I owns all of the area outside his fence when I bought it.
we were first time buyer and we didn’t check all of the documents carefully ourselves, either did our conveyancer noticed the difference between actual boundary and the lease.
The neighbor dig out my new tiles outside his fence on the sharing land, which was the first time we called the police (end up to be useless) and took it seriously as a dispute.
I’ve tried solicitor letters, a charter surveyor report , to show the neighbor the fact of his encroachment( his shed is over sailing part of my land according to the lease) and trespassing (he kept putting things covering the whole sharing bit) , but he just ignore everything by attaching words only.
after two years “letter fight”, he finally used a solicitor (Atwell, London) (he intended to sale his property, and needs a deed of variation with us), who ended up to be aggressively baseless just like the neighbor! So far, they can’t show any evidence to prove his position but only asking for my land.
I heard that the court doesn’t worth the money, but I don’t know if there is another way to get this done as the neighbor has been taken advantage of his right of access to intrude my garden anytime. He left his scraps in my garden, taking pictures from my garden into my balcony/kitchen, he stole the tennis balls I left in my garden overnight, he dig out my tiles when we were on holiday… basically, we can’t use my garden due to his “right of access”. We have been so stressful for his harassment over the years…
many advice or similar experience are welcome. Please.
I’ve been drowning in this dispute for almost three years with no progress.
to be short, my downstairs neighbor had a single way locking gate into my garden and his fence includes half of the sharing land into his own private use. So he can come into my garden anytime anywhere but we can’t go into his. The only document of the land showing a different shape of boundary and the sharing land is completely open for both side.
The neighbor claimed that he has been living here over 30 years but he don’t have any evidence to show that the land he usurped had been registered, he only has responsibilities for maintenance, but we share the same right of access over it. Plus, the map from estate agent showing that I owns all of the area outside his fence when I bought it.
we were first time buyer and we didn’t check all of the documents carefully ourselves, either did our conveyancer noticed the difference between actual boundary and the lease.
The neighbor dig out my new tiles outside his fence on the sharing land, which was the first time we called the police (end up to be useless) and took it seriously as a dispute.
I’ve tried solicitor letters, a charter surveyor report , to show the neighbor the fact of his encroachment( his shed is over sailing part of my land according to the lease) and trespassing (he kept putting things covering the whole sharing bit) , but he just ignore everything by attaching words only.
after two years “letter fight”, he finally used a solicitor (Atwell, London) (he intended to sale his property, and needs a deed of variation with us), who ended up to be aggressively baseless just like the neighbor! So far, they can’t show any evidence to prove his position but only asking for my land.
I heard that the court doesn’t worth the money, but I don’t know if there is another way to get this done as the neighbor has been taken advantage of his right of access to intrude my garden anytime. He left his scraps in my garden, taking pictures from my garden into my balcony/kitchen, he stole the tennis balls I left in my garden overnight, he dig out my tiles when we were on holiday… basically, we can’t use my garden due to his “right of access”. We have been so stressful for his harassment over the years…
many advice or similar experience are welcome. Please.
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