Boundary dispute - ask a solicitor.
A simple guide to a complex area from a UK specialist law firm.
What is a boundary dispute?
Boundary disputes usually arise when one person believes that they own a piece of land that is currently being occupied by another person. Often it involves a wall, but can include a driveway or another structure.
Sometimes a buyer has purchased a property and the conveyancing solicitor may have made a mistake with land ownership; the piece of land you believed you were purchasing does not appear to be yours. Or it could be, that the access that you thought you had, you do not.
You may have a claim for negligence against the conveyancer (the solicitors firm that dealt with the conveyance). We can help look at the documentation and plans and advise you if you do have a claim and how the claim can be resolved.
Boundary disputes have to be resolved because they do not go away. Boundary disputes not only cause huge amounts of stress, they can effect the future sale and value of the property.
In order to look at the boundaries, you need to look at any historic title deeds. You need to examine the title deeds, plans and any historic use documentation that you may have.
If you have a dispute involving your neighbours property, our team at NewBold would be delighted to help you. We would probably complete a site visit so that we can observe in person what the issues are; sometimes this is not always possible, but if you can send us photographic evidence, if you have any ordnance survey plans (otherwise we can obtain them for you), we can look at maps, title documents and advise you. We may have to instruct a surveyor, obtain the original conveyancing file from any previous solicitors firm you instructed. Evidence gathering and reading plans is something we have vast experience of.
Your neighbouring property may argue that they have always had a right of way over a piece of land (for a period of over 20 years), or that they cannot use their property without using a piece of land that you believe is yours. This of course can be argued vice versa.
We at NewBold are specialist property lawyers with 9 staff just dedicated to boundary disputes and property litigation, we know how stressful boundary disputes are, we know they can be expensive, but at the same time, they must be resolved. For this reason we take the case on in stages, and at every stage we try and resolve the issue for your benefit as quickly and cheaply as possible.
Please email housing@newboldsolicitors.com or telephone us on 0330 060 0247
