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I told my neighbours first, all except one who I rarely saw and his wife more or less ignored me in the street. Mumbling a reply to my hello without looking at me. They all objected to the planning but none of their objections was valid because they were basically about their issues with the building process causing problems as I am on quite a narrow cul de sac. The new build is in my garden and I have lived here longer than any of them (I know that is not relevant ) They caused problems all the way through the build wanting to come in and out whenever I had a delivery. We had half a dozen council visits due to complaint, each time the officer was fine and accepted that some disruption. It didn't stop them phoning again. They would shout and swear at any trades and were a total pain. I asked them at the beginning if I could have a mobile number of email so I could let them know when there was likely to be an issue - during concrete pours for example. They wouldn't give me any details. To start with I would take a letter to each of the 3 houses whenever there was something major planned but then when the concrete pour was 4 hours late they were still complaining so I just gave up and let them get on with it. More or less done now so things have calmed down. I don't really see any of them now unless we happen to cross in the street. Despite them being absolute 8^*&^s I say 'hi' if our paths cross and I have taken in a parcel for the loudest of them. In the long run, we have to share a street and though I don't want to be 'friends' with any of them neither do I want to be enemies. I live alone and am in my 60's - I need to feel that in an emergency (and it would have to be an emergency) I could call on them for help and I can't do that if I keep ignoring them. They are not important enough for me to waste time having bad feelings about them.

All sorted, no solicitor or conveyancer needed. I had all the deeds dating back to the 1800's and for my specific piece of land dating back to 1950, with every transfer of rights detailed. Somehow it had been wrongly registered when the deeds went digital. I sent in the evidence. They have corrected it. ALL DONE

Yep He was looking for an excuse as no questions were asked he just cancelled the buy. I think there was a difference of opinion in how much he was going to do to the house for the women who was going to be living there. Debating whether to let her know that it has all been sorted - just in case there is a way to resurrect it

Letter sent to land registry with copies of original land registry and mine in 2000. They wrote back within a couple of days asking for copies of all other transfer for deeds to ensure a piece hadn't been separated off during the last 70 years. I posted that back to them on Monday of this week (17 sheets). I received a letter back today confirming the title plan had been altered as requested and enclosing an official copy of the registry and plan. Pretty good service I think. One issue done. I've had one viewing since the buyer pulled out (loved the house but didn't like that there were steps down to the garden for the dog) - there is level access at the other side) and I have another one today so fingers crossed

The warmth on the feet is more than enough - if my feet are warm the rest of me rarely feels cold - but I can have cold feet even when I feel generally warm Yep - I've done that Me neither. This house is obviously better insulated than my old draughty place (which I know is a large part of it) but in winter last year I was running the central heating most of the day. Here an hour or so in the morning and it stays warm enough all day with another hour or 2 early evening

Had an email from MKM today warning me of this scam and reminding me they will not change their bank details with just an email

That's not going to happen. This guy has ranted at me for not doing what he wants when he wants it. He doesn't make requests, he told me to do something that wasn't necessary and when I asked why and what benefit it was he just stated 'IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN' He has threatened the Estate Agent and shouted and sworn at both the manager and the agent looking after my property. I wanted to pull out a fortnight ago when he started getting arsey but the Estate Agent, who hadn't had direct dealings with him at that time, said it was better to stick with it rather than start again. I'm glad it's been flagged up - I can now do something abut it and get it sorted. Hopefully I'll get a decent buyer soon.

Not even attempting to go there. I know they have get out clauses and I'll just cause myself even more stress and get no where.

Well they should have spotted it but I doubt that will count for anything. Nothing is ever their fault - they just take instruction. Could have been sorted by now if either set of solicitors spotted it in the first place

Thanks, I'll talk to solicitors. It will probably add a few quid but worth it if it speeds things up

I've spoken to the land registry and have been told I need to send it all via snail mail. (What century are we in?) He also said if it as clear cut as it sounds then it could be sorted within a couple of weeks.

Yes = it wasn't picked up by my solicitor and seems to have been picked up by his solicitor just when they were about to sign. Until I looked into I couldn't understand what he was saying about being land locked. I now realise that if the new (and wrong) line was correct and the area belonged to someone else then they could effectively prevent access to the house. I am going to get straight on to The Land Registry now. i have just been scanning in all relevant documents and am about to put them into an email. The guy would not be living there even if the sale went through. It is a family purchase to enable a daughter to live and look after her father who has alzheimer's. She can't afford the house on her own and this guy was adding additional finance

Thank You. This is kind of what I believed to be the case. I do appreciate that it might not be and that others have had much more difficult time but I really do think this is pretty clear cut. I have been coming here myself (before I lived here) since 1955 (ok I don't remember that as I was a baby but memories since 1960) I know there will be a cost - thousands though are just not on. The land is only worth about £10k - The whole property around £200k so there isn't cash to throw around

I'm in enough of a state about this as it is ---- I don't need people catastrophising it even further

From research it seems my first port f call is to write to the land registry with the evidence I have for a mistake having been made and they will put it right. if that doesn't work then yes This is what I think I will need to do if the land registry don't agree Yep - the land registry is my first port of call. The land was registered correctly in 1950 ffs. I have the original - it is totally correct. Somewhere along the way it has been changed (certainly not in my time) and his 'advice' that it going to cost me hundreds of thousands, making assumptions despite not having correctly read my post is not helpful. It doesn't even touch a neighbour. This is and always has been land belonging to the property for 70 years

It's only unregistered in that it has, at some stage, been chopped off my registered land and it isn't under dispute. As far as anyone, including the council, is concerned it belongs to the bungalow. It doesn't even touch anyone else's land. It has been solely in the use of my family since 1950 and me since 2000

I have paperwork going back to the 1800s. My family have had sole use of it since 1950 My situation is clearly nothing like yours I do know it needs sorting out but there is no other property that even touches it Your advice has not been helpful

whatever

Picture 2 shows the land belongs to me, picture 3 shows the land sold to me in 2000 and picture 3 shows the current position. Not quite sure how anyone can dispute it TBH

Thanks - but there are no neighbours involved. The land in question is the higher bit of garden showing on picture one - and the path next to it The specific bit of land isn't showing as registered to anyone and cannot belong to anyone else but me as I have the original registry showing it belongs to me. The other side of it belongs to the council. They sent me a letter telling me I had to maintain the right of way across this bit of property as they were building a fence at the edge of their property

My solicitor is a fixed fee conveyancer - not sure if he would have any idea about this or if he would charge me more than the fixed fee for his time and advice on this.

The car park is registered to the council. About 10 years ago they put the green fence in at the bottom of the car park which meant that people could no longer cut across the car park as they had been doing. I was sent a letter at that time telling me I had to reopen the right of way across my property so - to them - it was mine anyway

The person buying my house has pulled out at the last minute. He is saying that my Estate Agent and I have both deliberately misled him and that half my front garden isn't even mine. There is about 8m of garden, a wooden fence, a public right of way that is also on my property and then a metal fence and carpark. The land was sold to my grandfather in 1950 and he built the bungalow that is on it so I have all relevant paperwork back to the 1800's. This is the land that was sold to Granddad on which the property now stands. (Dick Croft had name change to High Croft and the Ministry of labour and cottages on Dick Croft are no longer there) This is in my paperwork from 2000 when I bought the house. Looking closely at notes which I didn't even get until I paid the mortgage off and didn't really look at there was something about the land not being registered This is what the buyer has from the land registry - and why he now wants out. My view is that there has been an error some time in the past which has reduced the plot and that the land registry should correct this. Alternatively if they -refuse, I have had continuous use of this area for 19 years so am entitled to claim adverse possession. Even the public footpath, I have been looking after it and using weedkiller to keep the way clear.

I got someone to do a complete EIRC (£120) - flagged up a couple of minor issues that I had fixed for about £30. And got a satisfactory report with a couple of cat 3s relating to changed regulations. He said he had had quotes to 'put it right' (even though it was satisfactory) of £800 to £1,000. I offered £400 just to get him off my back, which he accepted but now has pulled out for 'another' reason.

No - nothing to do with planning permission, something else entirely. Just that if I saved the attachment it saved without the information If I chose 'print to PDF', because I was technically printing the form, then the information stayed in place and I had a saved PDF with the information intact.