I am a first time buyer and was looking forward to buying a property at olivet road on woodseats which has been on the market as semi-detached house, but has walking access granted to the neighbour to put the bin out (Path between the garden and the house). The house itself is in good state with a well kept garden and a external garge which can accomodate two cars. Would it be worth the buy for a asking price of £155k; with walking access to the neighbour. Would it be a major problem if i wish to sell in 3-4years time.

Please advice
Thanks
Paul

P.S - The neighbour has no alternative access route. But uses the front entrance for daily use and only the back entrance on bin day.

Welcome to the forum :wave:

Woodseats is a lovely place to live and to enjoy life, great local facilities etc etc

IMO if this arrangement has worked for years with the current residents and you have no objection to it continuing and you love all other aspects of the property I would say go for it!!

To be honest this sort of arrangement exists with many properties - especially terraced.

I remember looking at 2 houses at Greenhill when we were buying that had shared drives....both houses had offers flooding in for over the asking price but other features made them the wrong choice for us to put an offer in....I really don't think it will affect resale potential.

Good Luck

:thumbsup:

You should be allright. Lots of Sheffield properties have arrangements like this, although I'm surprised to hear of a semi needing it. The positive thing is, it puts you in touch with your neighbour and means someone is keeping an eye on your place when you're away. We put the bins out for our neighbour, and vice-versa. Not that security is a massive issue in Woodseats, which is a fairly peaceable kind of place.

What it boils down to is a small clause in the deeds, probably. You might find another odd one, if Olivet has the same kind of strictures as Linburn, prohibiting you from making bricks in your back garden. You have been warned...

I have viewed many houses in Hillsborough with the same arrangement. As none of these houses were on the market long before selling, it doesn't look like this is an issue for many buyers.

If you think about the time your neighbour will be using the shared access, 2-3 minutes per week, compared to the time they won't. Not worth worrying about really.

Thank you all for your suggestions.
Joyphil, i am new in sheffield so did not understand quite what you meant about ''prohibiting you from making bricks in your back garden - at lindburn.

It would great help if you could elaborate a little more.

Thanks
Paul

My neighbour shares my passage and the joint entry has never been a problem.

Originally posted by msbehavin
My neighbour shares my passage and the joint entry has never been a problem. I've heard the rumours but there is no need to be so vulgar!! This is a family forum - populated mainly by the over 30s.

don't even go there mini

Originally posted by paul31
Thank you all for your suggestions.
Joyphil, i am new in sheffield so did not understand quite what you meant about ''prohibiting you from making bricks in your back garden - at lindburn.

It would great help if you could elaborate a little more.

Thanks
Paul

Well, in my deeds there is such a clause. Basically stems from the massive building phase of 1880 - 1915ish, when much of Sheffield's terraced housing was put up. There was a ready market for bricks, and judging by the presence of a big brick works where the Chesterfield Road Homebase now stands, the materials about to make them even on a cottage industry basis. My guess is that brick making is a hazardous and messy business, and in a nice suburbanish place like Linburn Rd this sort of thing wouldn't be deemed very pleasant in small back gardens. So some houses, mine included, were sold with contractual clauses preventing such messy stuff. The industrial revolution and its aftermath was a period of influx from the country, of people used to doing all sorts of stuff in their back gardens etc. There still exists an edict concerning the Woodseats allotments, limiting the type and number of livestock you can keep there and insisting that you get permission first. Nowadays we all shop in supermarkets and don't have to be so proactive in accessing food and finance. Our forebears were Renaissance men and women by comparison.

Originally posted by joyphil
Well, in my deeds there is such a clause. Basically stems from the massive building phase of 1880 - 1915ish, when much of Sheffield's terraced housing was put up. There was a ready market for bricks, and judging by the presence of a big brick works where the Chesterfield Road Homebase now stands, the materials about to make them even on a cottage industry basis. My guess is that brick making is a hazardous and messy business, and in a nice suburbanish place like Linburn Rd this sort of thing wouldn't be deemed very pleasant in small back gardens. So some houses, mine included, were sold with contractual clauses preventing such messy stuff. The industrial revolution and its aftermath was a period of influx from the country, of people used to doing all sorts of stuff in their back gardens etc. There still exists an edict concerning the Woodseats allotments, limiting the type and number of livestock you can keep there and insisting that you get permission first. Nowadays we all shop in supermarkets and don't have to be so proactive in accessing food and finance. Our forebears were Renaissance men and women by comparison.

Have lived in two houses in Woodseats now and the deeds for both prohibit the running of a tripe (boiling?) business on the premises. Might try it out to see if it gets me in trouble. :gag:

Oops. being a writer, most of what I produce is a load of old tripe. I'm beginning to think that the young Woodseats had aspirations above its demographics.