Who can paint or otherwise alter a fence once it’s up? Only the owner of the fence may make any changes to it, even where the other side of the fence is on neighbouring property. This means that if you erect a fence in your garden, your neighbour must ask for permission before painting or staining their side of it.
Can my Neighbour attach things to my fence?
Can my neighbour attach or nail things to my fence? The short answer to this question is, of course, “no”. If you own the fence and you have not granted your neighbour permission to do so, they are not allowed to attach or nail things to your fence.
What happens when you sell your garden to a neighbour?
When selling your garden to a neighbour, you may be creating something called marriage value. By marrying the neighbour’s house with the garden land and thus enhancing the value of the neighbour’s house, this additional financial benefit to the neighbour should be split between the neighbour and yourself.
How can I buy part of my Neighbour’s land?
In effect your neighbour is selling off part of his land to you. That will impact his title and result in your title having additional land added to it. That will require formal paperwork, in the form of a Transfer of Part (TP1).
How to set a price when selling part of my Garden?
You should also separately consider how much the loss of this parcel of land would reduce the value of your property. In our commercial view, you should not sell the land for less than this figure When selling your garden to a neighbour, you may be creating something called marriage value.
Can a neighbour use a boundary agreement to sell a property?
You can’t use a boundary agreement to sell or give away part of your land to your neighbour. Get legal advice if you want to make sure the boundary agreement is still valid after you or your neighbour sell your property. Your boundary agreement must include: You can include the boundary using:
