Hi
I wonder if anyone has experienced a similar problem with poorly worded leases.
We have let a ground floor flat in a purpose built maisonette for several years with very little issue. The ground floor flat owns the back garden and the upstairs flat owns the front garden. Access is granted to both gardens for upstairs and downstairs for repair work.
Recently the owner of the upstairs flat has said that he has access to the back garden for recreational use and hanging washing.
It seemed far fetched but on reading through the lease it does say
[the upstairs flat has] the right to use the back garden for the purpose of recreation and also at reasonable times and so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible [to the ground floor flat] for the purpose of drying and airing clothing.
I wonder if anyone has experienced a similar problem with poorly worded leases.
We have let a ground floor flat in a purpose built maisonette for several years with very little issue. The ground floor flat owns the back garden and the upstairs flat owns the front garden. Access is granted to both gardens for upstairs and downstairs for repair work.
Recently the owner of the upstairs flat has said that he has access to the back garden for recreational use and hanging washing.
It seemed far fetched but on reading through the lease it does say
[the upstairs flat has] the right to use the back garden for the purpose of recreation and also at reasonable times and so as to cause as little inconvenience as possible [to the ground floor flat] for the purpose of drying and airing clothing.