Boundaries · Report on Title scenarios
Boundary problems
4 situations in which a boundary problem comes up during a conveyancing transaction, each answering a different question.
- Part of the garden does not belong to the propertyLand that has been used as part of the garden for years can belong to somebody else entirely. What you do and do not get on completion, and what it does to a future sale.
- The title plan does not include part of what is being soldAn unregistered strip outside the legal title, and a seller willing to evidence their years of occupation. How possession periods join up, and what the application involves.
- A water main runs through the propertyA mains pipe inside the boundary brings statutory access rights with it and a records position that is not guaranteed. Why the only safe step before digging is to find it.
- Who owns the boundary fence?The commonest boundary question has no general answer. What the title plan's markings mean and do not mean, what the seller is obliged to tell you, and how disputes actually start.
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