Getting Off the Fence ; (1) Homes Property Lawyer Karen Whitburn Answers Your Questions(2) Homes Property

Evening Standard - London › November 21, 2007

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My neighbours and I live in a cul-de-sac and have shared access over a dropped kerb into the street. He wants to put up a fence and take it all the way to the dropped kerb, so splitting the frontage. This will make access for me very difficult. Can he do this without my consent? This access arrangement is not uncommon.

Whether or not the legal rights granted to both homes work in practice often depends on the relationship between neighbours. If they get along on a friendly basis and neither one obstructs the other, mutual rights of access over the other's land can be very effective.

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Getting Off the Fence ; (1) Homes Property Lawyer Karen Whitburn Answers Your Questions(2) Homes Property

However, if the parties fall into dispute, it is very easy for one party to make life difficult by creating obstructions, such as leaving ou...

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