Bob Buzzard Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Mrs Bob says we need to expand more - in our double fronted 5-bed we've already done the loft, extended out to the side, added a conservatory and tanked the cellar, so I thought about enlarging our garden by buying our neighbour's adjacent back garden. I have asked them to sell it to us for ?10000, but they have said no. I don't know why because they don't use it much - they only seem to sit in it during the summer months and only cut their grass every 3 weeks or so. I know they need the money because I see them go out to work every day. I did think getting a compulsory purchase order, but my mate Mick down The Castle says I can't do that? Shall I up my offer to ?15k instead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ed_pete Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Bob you're pathetic. F**k Off. 1 Private Message Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted September 10, 2019 Author Share Posted September 10, 2019 Steady on - it's a reasonable proposition isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheCat Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 You could put in a Garden Bridge..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keano77 Posted September 10, 2019 Share Posted September 10, 2019 Bob Buzzard Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Steady on - it's a reasonable proposition isn't> it?It depends bob. Is it theirs to sell? Do they have a mortgage? If so your ?15k could disappear down the drain.But I?m sure you?ve done due diligence despite an uncharacteristic lack of judgement wasting money on artisan butter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intexasatthe moment Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I think if you enclose it with a 10 ft wall ,access only possible via your garden and use it for about 12 years you would get ownership by adverse possesion .Would suggest you get wall built while they are out at work ,have one of those "wraps" that replicate the orginal installed to the rear of their house and they'll never notice or challenge the land grab .This lot https://graphics.cunninghamcovers.co.uk/building-wrap do stuff on the scale I think you'll need .And don't overlook the potential of air rights in your quest to improve your home . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humdinger Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Stop trying to aggressively deprive someone of their garden. Compulsory purchase order? get in the sea. Besides, it sounds like your house is big enough.You also sound like you'd be a pain in the arse to live beside, although im half convinced this post is simply taking the piss to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemingway Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 buy 'the Fort' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Humdinger Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> im half convinced this post> is simply taking the piss to be honest.Only half convinced?:)) :)) :)) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humdinger Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 ha, i got got! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtfulDogger Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 I think he's two Bob short of a shilling in MHO (and yes I know a bob is slang for a shilling) Bob what you can do is move away to a cheaper area where you get more bang for Mrs Bob's money with the builders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diable rouge Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Bob, I think you should use Mrs Bob's considerable charms on your neighbours and invite them round for an evening soir?e. Think Abigail's Party, Pampass Grass by the front door, car keys thrown in the Aalvo Aalto glass bowl on your mid-century sideboard, then loosen things up with a rum punch, followed by a hot sticky fondue with suggestively shaped crudit?s. They'll soon be eating out of your hands...quite literally! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 keano77 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Bob Buzzard Wrote:> --------------------------------------------------> -----> > Steady on - it's a reasonable proposition isn't> > it?> > It depends bob. Is it theirs to sell? Do they have> a mortgage? If so your ?15k could disappear down> the drain.> > But I?m sure you?ve done due diligence despite an> uncharacteristic lack of judgement wasting money> on artisan butter.Good point - I?d forgotten some people have mortgages and that you can't seek bits of a property if it?s mortgaged. I thought they just didn?t like me and were just saying no to me, but it?s probably because their mortgage Ts&Cs prevents them from selling their garden to me - how disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Medic Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Why not go the whole hog and make an offer on the house and garden? You could then resell the house without the garden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 intexasatthe moment Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> I think if you enclose it with a 10 ft wall> ,access only possible via your garden and use it> for about 12 years you would get ownership by> adverse possesion .> > Would suggest you get wall built while they are> out at work ,have one of those "wraps" that> replicate the orginal installed to the rear of> their house and they'll never notice or challenge> the land grab .> > This lot> https://graphics.cunninghamcovers.co.uk/building-w> rap do stuff on the scale I think you'll need .> > And don't overlook the potential of air rights in> your quest to improve your home .?Adverse possession? is that a real thing? Could I do that? I don?t want to cause any bother. The other thing I thought about was a shepherd?s hut in my garden with a log burner? Plus I?m also planning to get a brick pizza oven built in the garden (my garden, not the neighbour?s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 Alan Medic Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Why not go the whole hog and make an offer on the> house and garden? You could then resell the house> without the garden.That?s also a good idea I hadn?t thought of yet, it?s just one of those terraced houses on Glengarry Road so I could afford to buy it, but I?m not sure Mrs Bob would like me spending all that cash just to buy an additional bit of garden, but maybe she could be persuaded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncleglen Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Why don't you persuade Mrs Bob to have 10 more children and we might have some sympathy for your 'lack of space' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Buzzard Posted September 11, 2019 Author Share Posted September 11, 2019 uncleglen Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Why don't you persuade Mrs Bob to have 10 more> children and we might have some sympathy for your> 'lack of space'I?ve got three already and all at a fee-paying school, so that?s enough for the moment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diable rouge Posted September 11, 2019 Share Posted September 11, 2019 Melbourne Grove..CheckDouble fronted house...CheckGarden backs onto Glengarry Road...Check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help-Ma-Boab Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 Tees up a possibility of a bush trim and Mrs Buzzard scenario- checkdiable rouge Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Melbourne Grove..Check> > Double fronted house...Check> > Garden backs onto Glengarry Road...Check Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Marvel Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 I read 'burning' my neighbour's bak garden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humdinger Posted September 12, 2019 Share Posted September 12, 2019 You could start up a campaign on intimidation, perhaps? 'encourage' them to bow to your demands. Check with Mick down at The Castle whether he knows any Millwall fans that have spare time on a Saturday afternoon, now they are banned from going within 2 miles of the New Den on match days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DovertheRoad Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 "It's only one of those terraces on Glengarry Road"Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheArtfulDogger Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 Bob I understand Penge is very nice at this time of year and you can sell your modest terraced cottage and buy a mansion there for the same money to satisfy Mrs Bob's urge to have the builders in to satisfy her developing urges ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Help-Ma-Boab Posted September 13, 2019 Share Posted September 13, 2019 I'm wondering what Bob is considering for Christmas dinner this year? No doubt we will soon find out.Ptarmigan is very popular I hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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