A friend is buying a house down the country, the way to which has been a long-standing right of way. It crosses about 5 or 6 landowner's fields. Now that the law requires explicit permission from each landowner, everyone has given permission EXCEPT the last landowner. So he can get to within 20 yards of his house, but would need to pole-vault the last bit.
We suspected that the owner of the field is looking for a few grand for themselves, naturally enough - but the request from the right-of-way holder is regarding the prospective buyer's character.
This seems crazy. What are the options, other than walking away? I'm presuming that there will be an onus on the sellers to inform prospective buyers of this issue in the future - or it there?
We suspected that the owner of the field is looking for a few grand for themselves, naturally enough - but the request from the right-of-way holder is regarding the prospective buyer's character.
This seems crazy. What are the options, other than walking away? I'm presuming that there will be an onus on the sellers to inform prospective buyers of this issue in the future - or it there?