SWaka1

I had thought of this but there's a brick raised bed that would need moving on their side. The 4 houses used to have one larger yard but it seems to have been split over the years and at some point the plans drawn up gave us ownership of the whole yard behind two houses and the neighbours access. All 4 houses maintain access through the alley. On their side their title plan covers the boundaries of their house only.

Hi, I live in a terrace and the neighbours have access rights through the yard which I have no problem with but unfortunately they use the back door as the front door and have a constant stream of visitors through the house. We were not aware of this at the time of purchase. There are people walking through our garden up to 20 times a day and as I only moved in 6 months ago and they have been here decades I don't want to be unreasonable but I feel like that's too much and our garden is basically a corridor. I know in smaller terraces it's common for the back door to used as the main, but we're not in the smaller terraces and nobody else does in the houses around us does this apart from to take out the bins. We'd like to put up a fence between us and the neighbours (obviously with a gate) and to add extra security on the alleyway side as it is totally open to the road. Would this be unreasonable? I'm new to Sheffield and I don't want to be a dick but I feel like I can't even have my dining room curtains open as so many people pass by all day. What makes matters worse is I often find cigarette butts in our garden and I've also seen their family members throw rubbish in our plant pots. According to the lease and title plan the whole yard (both us the the neighbours side) has been conveyed to/is owned by us and the neighbours have access over it all so I guess we cannot stop them? Do you think it's unreasonable to put a fence up, obviously we'd talk to them first but I'm worried that they'll continue to go through anyway so it'll just be fence doors banging all day. I doubt they'll change their habits as the lady next door has lived in that house for 40 years so it's the norm for her and her family/visitors to go through the back

Hi All, I'm about to agree a completion date for a house I'm purchasing and my solicitor seems confused by the deeds as they show that the whole shared yard is to be conveyed to us. ( land in red). She raised an enquiry around the boundary and for clarification if we would own it all and the seller just said the garden is separated by a flowerbed. Our solicitor has said if we want to claim the yard at some point this may result in litigation with the neighbour. The house we are purchasing is the one to the right of the alley and we aren't going to try and claim the neighbours garden, but would like to purchase the freehold reversion at some point. Does anyone know if the lack of boundary on this property would make it more difficult? . There's approx 350 years left on the lease and the block of 4 houses are all leasehold and owned by the same freeholder) https://ibb.co/MhbVyh4 this image shows our right of way over the land coloured brown (alley) and next doors right of way over the land coloured yellow which is the entirety of the shared yard., https://ibb.co/L9ZXVrF thanks a lot for any advice!

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I'm in the process of buying a 3 bed victorian terrace that will likely need a full re roofing. Surveyor said it's still the original roof on there as there's no felt. Is it possible to get a ballpark figure quote by DM or will someone need to visit the property?