We are purchasing a house (Title 1 in picture) and solicitor has mentioned that there is strip of land (Title 2) that belongs to the vendor that is included in the sale. The strip of land is approximately 2m x 10m. There is a similar strip of land (in black) on either side of Title 2 that is un-registered in the land registry (as per solicitor). We also noted that the rear property owner has planted two trees on either side of what could be the rear end of Title 2. Currently the rear property share our existing rear fence with the 3 properties. They image I have attached is from the land registry website.
Having visited the property we have think the strip of land is outside the rear fence, mainly because the rear fence of the property is inline with the other two neighbouring rear fences. We asked the solicitors to clarify this with the vendor and the response was the property is within the rear fence- which we think is incorrect.
We are thinking of asking the vendor to get a CS to verify this, is this an acceptable request? What other options do we have?
I have read that if you hold a piece of land for more than 12 years (?) you can register it as yours- does this apply here?