Conveyancing Solicitors in London check on use of shared driveway

Conveyancing Solicitors in London find that a common feature of suburban semi-detached homes is a shared driveway. These run between each adjacent pair of houses, and lead to garages or parking spaces in the rear gardens of each property. The legal boundary normally runs down the centreline of the drive, with each owner having a legal right of way over that part of the drive in the ownership of the adjacent property.

In December 2010 Property Lawyer Dawn Thomas was instructed By Mr and Mrs F who were buying a freehold home on Mansfield Drive, Hayes, London UB4 8EA. They had found this through Shaw and Co. of 910 Uxbridge Road, Hayes, London UB4 0RW.

Title register confirmed legal right of way

Dawn received a copy of the title register from G.J. Templeman of 49 Boston Road, Hanwell, London, W7 3SH, the Conveyancing Solicitors in London acting for the sellers. She spotted that there was a shared access running to a garage at the rear. The register  also stated that the dwelling had the necessary legal easements (as they are known to Property Lawyers) so there was no problem on that score.

However Dawn did ask for confirmation that the vendors had not had any arguments with their neighbours about the use of the drive. She also queried whether they had ever been asked to contribute to any repair costs, as these were supposed to be shared. The owners were happy to confirm that they had always been able to use to access without any arguments, and their neighbours had never asked them to pay anything towards its maintenance.

Matters are not always so straightforward, and sometimes homeowners have major arguments over the use of such facilities. It is essential for enquiries to be raised in all cases since buyers will not want to find that they have problems with their new neighbours after a transfer has been completed. All her other enquiries having been satisfactorily dealt with, Dawn was soon able to finalise the transfer so that her clients could arrange the move to their new home.

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