We moved to a council house in 1978. There was a small piece of land that was attached to ours by some bushes this land was about 12ft by 15ft. The local residents kept dumping rubbish and there were rats, mice and it smelt when we had our windows open. We complained to the council but it had become such a mess they didn't want anything to do with it. They said my Dad could have it if he cleared it and maintained it. My Dad did this and with the councils permission he also fenced it to make the area look better. But a few years later some local youths set fire to the fencing. Dad was upset he didn't fence it again, but he still maintained it until his death in 1995.
My Mum carried on looking after it, and in 2000 the council sold the estate she lives on to a housing association. Then in 2003 my Mum decided to buy her house. I asked the solicitor to make sure the small piece of land was on the land registry plans, but i didn't oversee the plans, i left that to my mum.
Just recently the housing association has come along and cleared the bushes and turfed the area. I got the land registry plans and looked at them. It seems that the solicitor has put some of the land on the plans but not all of it. I think between the solicitor and my Mum they have got the boundaries wrong.
I need some clarity on who owns this land and if its my Mum how do i get the housing association to recognise this.
I would like to fence this and make a small garden or veg plot for my Mum. It's not worth any money but would make a nice addition for her to use properly.
Thanks.
My Mum carried on looking after it, and in 2000 the council sold the estate she lives on to a housing association. Then in 2003 my Mum decided to buy her house. I asked the solicitor to make sure the small piece of land was on the land registry plans, but i didn't oversee the plans, i left that to my mum.
Just recently the housing association has come along and cleared the bushes and turfed the area. I got the land registry plans and looked at them. It seems that the solicitor has put some of the land on the plans but not all of it. I think between the solicitor and my Mum they have got the boundaries wrong.
I need some clarity on who owns this land and if its my Mum how do i get the housing association to recognise this.
I would like to fence this and make a small garden or veg plot for my Mum. It's not worth any money but would make a nice addition for her to use properly.
Thanks.