{"id":139044,"date":"2023-09-04T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-found-a-boundary-problem-after-buying-our-house-can-we-challenge-it\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T13:19:27","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T06:19:27","slug":"we-found-a-boundary-problem-after-buying-our-house-can-we-challenge-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/we-found-a-boundary-problem-after-buying-our-house-can-we-challenge-it\/","title":{"rendered":"We found a boundary problem after buying our house. Can we challenge it?"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nNeighbours replaced fence before we moved in and said previous owner of our home was OK with itQ We moved into our home a few years ago, buying the property from an elderly woman. She was clearly in the first stages of dementia and her relatives managed the sale for her to move into a home. As we\u2019ve come to decorate the property, it\u2019s been clear that work she has paid for looks good from the outside but closer inspection sees corners cut and poor workmanship. We thought that was the extent of her being taken advantage of until my partner was invited into our neighbours\u2019 garden. Here they actually have the original fence posts that are, in places, a foot or more away from the current fence dividing our gardens. They had replaced the fence (it\u2019s their side) a year or so before we moved in. When my partner pointed it out, the owner muttered something about the elderly woman being fine with the line of the fence. We, however, are not.This \u201cland grab\u201d has not been registered with the Land Registry and there was no exchange of money for land recorded at the sale. So there\u2019s been no legal transfer of ownership, just more people taking advantage of an elderly woman. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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