Owning your own home

Is it enclosed by fences?

Yes I believe it is

There are non-locked gates either side, both of which are losing the battle against nature and flora

Well there you go.

Red light from me.

Having summoned him I'm sure he'll be able to let you know what he can do.

This picture should provide the gist- the bridleway runs through the gardens in this block of houses

I'm not concerned about ramblers or horses, but what restrictions are in place if I want to work on the house and garden

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It means you’ll never be able to lock your garden securely. Working on the house won’t be a problem as you can temporarily reroute it around any works you need to conduct.
If it no longer runs anywhere and is just access, you might be able to have the public right of way removed which would allow lockable access gates just for the neighbours who need to retain right of access. You’d need a lawyer to look into that.

Thanks very much, that's useful information

Fingers crossed that it becomes my problem in the near future!

i see that the burnt out wreck of a place in leytonstone completed for 529k.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/house-prices/detailMatching.html?prop=73250984&sale=7141864&country=england

Lol, still manages to have the obligatory guitar-in-picture shot to hint creativity, despite having burnt down.

Leyton/stone is the new Walthamstow because of it's unjustifiably extortionate properties

Is it used? We used to have right of access through our garden, which was mid terrace. There was a gate in the fence on either side, but I padlocked them and no one ever used them in the five years that we lived there.

It could be this is one of those technicalities that turns out to be a non issue

People probably would’ve found it difficult to use a padlocked gate.

Were insurers concerned by this? I wonder if they might bump prices up if I technically have a footpath running through my potential garden

Been quoted 2% plus VAT for estate agent fees (not even Foxtons). Said we could have a sliding scale dependant on the selling price. Seems a lot, what have people got them down to?

Currently listed at 1% but we're thinking of switching agents as we're not impressed.

Agent coming around tonight offered 1.4% which we agreed if we managed an offer in the first two weeks; 1.1% after that.

Good to know.

Just got the bumpf through from Foxtons and they want 2.5% rising to 3% if you list with multiple branches.

😂

You've spotted the key part of my plan!

It was only technically a right of access, that no one would ever have used (except for building access etc, at which point they'd have probably knocked on my door with a box of chocolates to ask first.

I can see there's a difference between right of access and an actual bridleway - if people on horses were regularly coming through the garden then I'm not sure I would have bought.

@dbadger - no idea about insurance to be honest - the other person we shared the freehold with sorted all the paperwork.

We couldn't get the EAs we spoke to down to 1% - might depend on the value of the place you're selling. We got down to a minimum flat fee of £5-6k, or 1.25% + VAT.

Tell Foxtons to jog the fuck on.

I think I had 1.5 with Currels? Maybe less?

Anyone know of a decent waste removal company around E7? I've got loads of rubble, timber and general waste from ripping up my garden. Lots of services online but would like to make sure it's not just someone that'll fly tip it all.

Hippowaste is my go-to.

Or Pilgrims' Way, obvs.

Hippywaist is my go-to.

That explains all.

I don't think you can put rubble In a hippo bag.