Access To Rear Garden

[searchlight]

We want to take some materials into our back garden that won't fit through the house. Only external route is via neighbours (end terrace) side passage and back garden and through connecting gate. We fell out 5 years ago and he's refusing to move his caravan to enable this. Anything we can do? Thanks

[EcclesCake]

Do you have any defined rights to the route you are proposing?

[buildersmate]

If not, pecuniary offer might do the trick. Would be far cheaper than hiring a massive crane to shift the stuff over the roof.

[askyourgran]

You may need a solicitor. Have a look at your deeds to the house searchlight, you should have a legal access to the back of your house which enables you/your gardener/window cleaner or other neighbours to walk around whenever you want to, no permission required. The land for your house will delineated in red on the plan and the access (the width usually measured) and probably only on foot - no vehicles, will be mentioned in the house deeds. If he is blocking the access a letter from your solicitor should work. Otherwise the solictor could advise you. Do any other neighbours have an access?

[themas]

In an ideal world what askyourgran says might be the case. But I know of many cases where there are long rows of terraced houses with no access at all to the back except through the house itself.

I agree with bm.

[Peter Pedant]

If there is a connecting gage.... then it is likely that there is a right to use it. Look at your deeds.

Once you know, you can say look I am coming thro your garden and I undertake to correct any damage....