Areas of Law / Property

Whether you are buying a property, moving house or selling your property on, for many this is one of the biggest financial decisions you can make in life, and can often be a stressful process.

The last thing you need is complicated legal jargon to add to the mix. The right expert legal support can make the whole property process quicker and easier for you.

Once you’ve got the keys to that dream property, its natural that your top priority will be to protect it. When property disputes arise, life can suddenly become stressful. Whether you are a home owner, a landlord or a tenant, we understand that property disputes can be unpleasant and highly complicated, and you need the right legal advice to guide you through the process.

Residential property law can cover a wide range of areas, including:

  • Buying or selling your home
  • Compulsory purchases
  • Deeds of Gift
  • Property Disputes
  • Part-Exchanges
  • Re-Mortgages
  • Right to Buy
  • Transfers of Equity

From home hunter queries to house-builder advice or neighbour disputes, we have wide-ranging experience in the day-to-day and the complexities of property law; so everything you need to get moving is right here. Our bank of free questions and answers can provide a wide range of legal advice with regards to residential property and your rights.

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Property Questions

My mother bought a property in a retirement complex ten years ago. Many of the facilities in the brochure never materialised: there is no health club, swimming pool, bowling green, putting green or outdoor brasserie for example. As a result my mother’s apartment is now worth £100,000 less than what she paid for it. Is there any way we could get compensation for this?

We bought our house three years ago and were told by the seller that the strip of land opposite belonged to the property. We found it was not on the deeds but the sellers maintained it for over 40 years and put large stones around it painted white. How do we prove ownership if anyone ever asks? We do have an aerial photo dated 1997.

Many years ago I bought a large house with three acres of land. My wife and I divorced, and she put her half share in trust for the children. I’m now selling up, and am told that there will be capital gains tax to pay on all the land other than that immediately surrounding the house. Is this correct?

I’ve bought a semi-detached cottage. The owner of the house next door parks his car on some land I own at the back of my house. Am I entitled to charge him for the privilege of parking on my property?

Seven years ago I sold a cottage and garden adjoining my own. Should I have some paperwork showing what was sold and what was retained? My solicitor said he’d sent me certain deeds three years after the sale, but I’ve no record of this.

Our title deeds say that no pillars, posts or fences can be erected beyond the building line, and that the fronts of the properties should be kept mainly as lawn. But our neighbours have put up walls and pillars and dug up their lawn to turn it into a huge driveway. Can we do anything about this, and if we decided to pursue it could we claim the costs off our neighbours?

If a person gains “possessory title” to some land, can they at a later date sell all or part of it? Does “possessory title” make the person concerned its legal owner?

I would like to sort out who I should pay my flat’s ground rent to. I live in a listed building which comprises three flats and a house. I used to pay the ground rent to a neighbour who lives in one of the flats and who, until recently, owned the house. Now the man she sold the house to tells me I should pay my ground rent to him in future.

I bought a house two years ago, and it was pointed out during the purchase that the double glazing had a ten-year guarantee. I soon noticed that there was a problem with a door and a window. I contacted the double glazing suppliers, but they refused to come out, saying the guarantee was “not transferable”. Is this the case?

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