myzeneye
Registered User
have any of you guys bought any land from your local council ???
im about to do my driveway and want to pave a tiny bit of council land adjacent to it. its a private estate, but i beleve the council own all the roads and little gardens and bits of grass that pop up everywhere.....
the land is next to my drive, but its where i park my van... and the bit i want to pave, is only the size of the van, no more......its just i thin line of grass that runs along the front of the house which I have upkept and maintained for years ...
my vans been parked there for years, but its just on mud so when it rains i leave tracks right up the road.... which is not good. im getting the driveway paved and would like to include this cheeky little bit of scrub as no neighbours have any objection as they know the alternative is me parking it on the road, making it i tight squeeze for everyone....
i would just do it, you know, nick it, theyd never know... only im not sure because i know ill be selling the house possibly in in next two years and dont want any problems when i come to do this .... or if, i paved it and there was a problem where the council objected, would i be able to just remove that bit of drive way and return it to its origional state ( of mud ??) or would i be subjct to any fines or costs ??
has anyone got any experience with this sort of thing...?
my mate bought some land off them next to his house, which they made him pay a "peppercorn" rent for, he said the solicitors costs cost more..... so i dont mind that, but i dont really want to be paying any solicitors anything.... i just want to park the frickin van without spreading mud everywhere.....
any help is appreciated. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif
im about to do my driveway and want to pave a tiny bit of council land adjacent to it. its a private estate, but i beleve the council own all the roads and little gardens and bits of grass that pop up everywhere.....
the land is next to my drive, but its where i park my van... and the bit i want to pave, is only the size of the van, no more......its just i thin line of grass that runs along the front of the house which I have upkept and maintained for years ...
my vans been parked there for years, but its just on mud so when it rains i leave tracks right up the road.... which is not good. im getting the driveway paved and would like to include this cheeky little bit of scrub as no neighbours have any objection as they know the alternative is me parking it on the road, making it i tight squeeze for everyone....
i would just do it, you know, nick it, theyd never know... only im not sure because i know ill be selling the house possibly in in next two years and dont want any problems when i come to do this .... or if, i paved it and there was a problem where the council objected, would i be able to just remove that bit of drive way and return it to its origional state ( of mud ??) or would i be subjct to any fines or costs ??
has anyone got any experience with this sort of thing...?
my mate bought some land off them next to his house, which they made him pay a "peppercorn" rent for, he said the solicitors costs cost more..... so i dont mind that, but i dont really want to be paying any solicitors anything.... i just want to park the frickin van without spreading mud everywhere.....
any help is appreciated. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beerchug.gif