Parking

[Novakart]

Anyone else thinking f**k the neighbours?

Always~I have no desire to fit in ..

 

[Salty Spuds]

Anyone else thinking f**k the neighbours?

what neighbours?

 

[Ayjay]

I had a friend who moved into a house on a relatively new estate of mainly 3 and 4 bedroom houses about 6 years ago and they had some sort of clause in the contracts that forbade parking of work vans with company logos or names on them. One of his not too close but kind neighbours complained about him parking his T6 camper outside his own house on the basis that there was the name of both the conversion company and pop top printed on it - my mate told politely him to go forth and multiply and he never heard anything else.

 

[Bav]

About 10 years ago, I bought some land from a farmer and onward sold packets of that land to a couple of our immediate neighbours.

As we have geat rural views and our house directly overlooks the acquired land, I stipulated several restrictive covenants as part of the onward sale - one such restriction being to prohibit commercial vehicles from being parked on the land.

Fast forward a few years and the guy that was our next door neighbour now rents out his house. Unfortunately, he neglects to mention the restrictions to prospective tenants, leaving me to be the bearer of bad news... but only after the tenancy has been committed to.

Anyway, the latest tenant, a guy with a civil engineering company (and numerous commercial vehicles ) just shrugged and told me 'tough luck'.

Not being someone to let such things lie, both tenant and landlord were issued with solicitor's letters threatening them with a court injunction and claims for financial compensation for each subsequent breach. There have been no further breaches since the letters were issued!

So, be aware, restrictive covenants are enforceable - very much so - and they're not always made by parties that have a time-limited interest in enforcing them.

 

[cgtmiles]

Anyone else thinking f**k the neighbours?

That is fine, right up to the point they put a F off massive dent in the wing of your car!!! (Fair play, they owned up to this one but the smaller dent further back they didn’t, got them both fixed at their cost)

Worth talking to the neighbours about things ,maybe not in advance, but best to have things out in the open as you do have to live next to them, AND the next ones might be worse!

 

[doncarlyon]

View attachment 306819That is fine, right up to the point they put a F off massive dent in the wing of your car!!! (Fair play, they owned up to this one but the smaller dent further back they didn’t, got them both fixed at their cost)

Worth talking to the neighbours about things ,maybe not in advance, but best to have things out in the open as you do have to live next to them, AND the next ones might be worse!

Yep, everyone is big and clever until they are on the receiving end of it.

Imagine getting home and not even being able to drive into the street, let alone get on your drive. It's great.

 

[Sackmycook]

Our previous home had Restrictive Covenants which were particularly galling, including asking the developer for permission to erect a shed in the back garden and permission to change the colour of the front door. These were put in place as his property backed onto the plots sold....
Fast forward a few years, he no longer has a view of any plots through development.
Saying this, we were lucky our buyers solicitor never asked for proof of compliance

 

[Sasquatch]

One of my old neighbours had grief through a restrictive covenant when they erected a greenhouse. They dug their heels in with the developer, and the Judge laughed it out of court. It seems the court only tends to uphold them when there is some genuine detriment or loss to the original land owner, and not simply because the new owner of the freehold refused to pay £1500 to gain permission from them.

 

[Lubrown]

Our street was laid and houses started to be built in earnest in the 1920’s onward. The only restrictive covenants apply to the shared ground around the back of the house, not the adopted highway.
So unfortunately I cannot set up a steam fair in the shared space (to be fair I doubt the neighbours would mind as it’s one of those where they like a good street party - even applying to the council to close the road at the slightest excuse).

As for parking we get all sorts dumped on our road - dodgy vans that don’t move for six weeks, cars from the various streets around - lots of HIMOs where each one has about five vehicles and no off road parking.

I’d say unless it’s a private road it’s not even a question really.

 

[drinfinity]

We keep ours at a nearby secure van park (big fence, gates, 24hr CCTV that they do monitor) mainly so we don’t take up the limited on-street parking. It might spend a few days outside the house every now and again, just not constantly.

 

[Bav]

One of my old neighbours had grief through a restrictive covenant when they erected a greenhouse. They dug their heels in with the developer, and the Judge laughed it out of court. It seems the court only tends to uphold them when there is some genuine detriment or loss to the original land owner, and not simply because the new owner of the freehold refused to pay £1500 to gain permission from them.

Two sides of the same coin - one person's grief is another person's protection. Agree, though, restrictions have to serve a purpose and not be frivolous or an opportunity to rinse neighbours for.

 

[Sackmycook]

You can get Restrictive Covenants deleted by Civil Court if they are deemed to be no longer pertinent .

 

[Bav]

You can get Restrictive Covenants deleted by Civil Court if they are deemed to be no longer pertinent .

Also, if an RC is breached and the breach isn't challenged promptly, it becomes problematic to subsequently enforce.