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I?ve removed a few bricks from the party wall with next door, and noticed they don?t seem to use their loft - I don?t see them going in there and there?s only a few boxes of junk in there, some suitcases, chairs, and Christmas decorations. I regularly go in my own loft as it?s been converted to an en-suite bedroom. As they don?t similarly use theirs I was wondering if I went in there and started using it regularly for extra storage if in a few years I could claim it as my own additional loft via adverse possession?
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No. What I?ve done to monitor their usage of the loft is to install in my loft space a ?Mr Beams? motion sensitive light directed toward the (small) hole in the party wall, then if they go in the loft, the light is triggered and that is then picked by my light sensitive webcam in my loft space and I get an app alert on my iPhone 6s. I haven?t had any app alerts since I installed the system 2 weeks ago, so I know they don?t use their loft.

Whoeveritis Wrote:

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> I hate these lofts, they completely ruin the

> Victorian houses. Ugly doesn?t even come in to it.

> Why not just buy a bigger house that isn?t an

> eyesore, is it because people are greedy?


Why bother doing any upkeep or renovation work right? Your house needs repainting? Just buy a newly painted house that isn't an eyesore.

Bob Buzzard Wrote:

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> Hamletter Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > Bob,

> > It's up there with you ham in Hertfordshire

> query.

> > Let's have more.

>

>

> It was Herefordshire actually.


My dyslexia, sorry.

TheCat Wrote:

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> Whoeveritis Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I hate these lofts, they completely ruin the

> > Victorian houses. Ugly doesn?t even come in to

> it.

> > Why not just buy a bigger house that isn?t an

> > eyesore, is it because people are greedy?

>

> Why bother doing any upkeep or renovation work

> right? Your house needs repainting? Just buy a

> newly painted house that isn't an eyesore.


Painting a house is different to ruining architecture

Whoeveritis Wrote:

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> I hate these lofts, they completely ruin the

> Victorian houses. Ugly doesn?t even come in to it.



I think there are worse things than lofts which ruin the Victorian style of the houses. At least you generally only see the hideous lofts from the back.


Inappropriate double glazed windows at the front which aren't sash windows are worse, I think, and also plantation (I think they're called) shutters, though I can see from a functional point of view they are good.


ETA: Anyway, I think Bob is probably referring to the original loft, not some carbuncle stuck onto it.


ETA: As you were, sorry 😂

Sue Wrote:

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> Whoeveritis Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > I hate these lofts, they completely ruin the

> > Victorian houses. Ugly doesn?t even come in to

> it.

>

>

> I think there are worse things than lofts which

> ruin the Victorian style of the houses. At least

> you generally only see the hideous lofts from the

> back.

>

> Inappropriate double glazed windows at the front

> which aren't sash windows are worse, I think, and

> also plantation (I think they're called) shutters,

> though I can see from a functional point of view

> they are good.

>

> ETA: Anyway, I think Bob is probably referring to

> the original loft, not some carbuncle stuck onto

> it.

>

> ETA: As you were, sorry 😂



Fgs...

Used to have noisy neighbours and I'd sit in bed thinking of schemes such as drilling into their loft and filling it with chlorine. Glad I didn't as the acid bath worked much better.


Also had a terraced house in Nottingham where the cellar was longer than the house, went into soil flooring and then continued, I assume into the street behind. It freaked me out so we bricked it up at an appropriate place.

Lynne Wrote:

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> Am i the only one who thinks spying on your

> neighbours is creepy?

> Which part of the house next? Peepholes to the

> bathroom?

> And no, to adverse possession, but a possible yes

> to trespass and harassment



It's a joke!

Lynne Wrote:

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> Am i the only one who thinks spying on your

> neighbours is creepy?

> Which part of the house next? Peepholes to the

> bathroom?

> And no, to adverse possession, but a possible yes

> to trespass and harassment


But, I?m not directly spying in them - all I?ve done is put a small hole in our party wall (which I?m allowed to do as it?s shared) then pointed a motion sensitive light at it, which activates my loft webcam and sends an app alert to my phone if they go in their loft and activate the motion sensitive light. I also have webcams on the front and rear of my house so I can monitor comings and goings on my street, such as Amazon deliveries, and take-out food deliveries.

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