Using my neighbour?s loft?

[Bob Buzzard]

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?

[Spartacus]

Did you build a bridge from your mansion to their loft Bob ?

MTH

(Must try harder)

[Bob Buzzard]

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.

[SpringTime]

Are there any other parts of their property they don't use Mr. B? There must be some void behind the loo and under the beds for example.

[Hamletter]

Bob,

It's up there with you ham in Hertfordshire query. Let's have more.

[Sue]

🤣🤣🤣

[Seabag]

Great idea Bob if you actually had a loft

But you live on the 13th floor of a tower block off of the Old Kent Road.

[Bob Buzzard]

Hamletter Wrote:

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> Bob,

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

> Let's have more.

It was Herefordshire actually.

[Whoeveritis]

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?

[TheCat]

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.

[Hamletter]

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.

[Whoeveritis]

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

[Sue]

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 😂

[wordsworth]

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...

[JohnL]

When our family had a loft inside it were

Christmas decorations

Boxes of old books

An old cold water tank not used

A suitcase I never opened

Some spooky dolls

Going up there was a bit of a climb too as we never put in a proper loft ladder just a hole with a hatch

[OutOfFocus]

Ours has things like

- boxes of books that have survived 2 moves unopened

- boxes which consumer electronics came in (in case they needed returning) that have outlived the electronics.

More ...

[Lynne]

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

[malumbu]

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.

[Sue]

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!

[Spartacus]

Hey Bob

Legally they don't own the air above their house so with a careful cantilever design you could always build an extension just above their loft 😉

[Lynne]

I wouldn't be too sure Sue. Think of "Parasite"

[Sue]

Lynne Wrote:

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> I wouldn't be too sure Sue. Think of "Parasite"

"Parasite"?

I'm just going by previous threads BB has started ..... 🙂

[KidKruger]

I think Lynne may be eluding to the recent Korean film..

[Sue]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> I think Lynne may be eluding to the recent Korean

> film..

Oh. clearly I haven't been keeping up.

(Sp, btw, KK :)) )

[Bob Buzzard]

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.