Campervan parking at home

[Nanniemate]

I doubt there is any development these days that does not state no caravans, motorhomes, houses on wheels, trailers, boats, vans both with & without windows & private or commercial & nothing sign written, etc as covenants. Another we also had was no untaxed vehicles. No vehicles on sorn, no vehicles without mot. This was done specifically to deter banger racers from leaving the scrap on the trailer on the drive & working on it.

& I hope he is putting it up the right way round with the best side out & supports & posts inside? Even if it does have to come down

I looked at a newbuild recently and a detached house was leasehold!!

I could not believe it and although the house was suitable they had control ..no thanks

I was surprised that new houses were sold that way anymore. But apparently its not that unusual in some areas

 

[Puddleduck]

& I hope he is putting it up the right way round with the best side out & supports & posts inside? Even if it does have to come down

Nope, all posts are on the outside of the fences looking from his land. "Nice" side facing into his garden.

Does this mean that if the fence stays and he drops dead the neighbours have a claim for the land he has excluded from his garden .

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

yes it most certainly is

The DVLA classification for a motorhome, or campervan, is

Motor Caravan ..

Check your V5c

That's what mine says, a Motorised Caravan.
Only covenant we have is that we can't keep a pig.
But the cannabis farm is AMAZING Man!

 

[TwistNShout]

I think if its at the front of your propery you need permission for anything over 1m and the sides and rear is 1.8
but i may be wrong as i can only talk about my experience on putting in planning permision for a new build we have done

Interesting, our house is over a hundred years old (in case that is relevant). We have a hedge at the front, with a wooden fence behind it, that are both over two metres high. Both of these were in place when we moved in and the fence is apparently twenty years old, from talking to a neighbour who has lived here for over thirty years. I've had chats with a local planning officer about putting in a garage or car port for our motorhome, which would need planning permission as it would be in front of the property line. He wasn't bothered about the hedge and fence, except to note that they meant that our MH isn't visible from the road and probably the garage/car port wouldn't be either. Maybe the hedge makes the difference?

 

[Brains]

Nope, all posts are on the outside of the fences looking from his land. "Nice" side facing into his garden.

Does this mean that if the fence stays and he drops dead the neighbours have a claim for the land he has excluded from his garden .

I believe, although you would need a property lawyer/surveyor/solicitor to confirm, that if you put up a fence the wrong way around, so that the 'nice' side is facing the erector and the 'rough' side with the rails and posts is facing your neighbour, then, by default, you have given the fence to your neighbour.

The (new) owner then has the right to do what they like to the fence, such as paint one side in dayglow orange and run a jigsaw parallel to the ground and cut off the top 1m !

I'm not sure how this would work when the rough side is on a public highway, as the Highways office is very strict on what fencing they are responsible for and what the adjoining property owners are responsible for.
(My Parents had to remove a big beech hedge as it was deemed as overhanging the roadway)

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[Silver-Fox]

Generally in England a fence should not be over 1m high when adjacent to a highway.

When on a boundary it can be 2m high without planing permission.

There is no good or bad side to a fence in the eyes of the law.

Heights are normally measured from the highest point of the land.

Obviously always check with highways and the local council.

 

[gus-lopez]

I looked at a newbuild recently and a detached house was leasehold!!

I could not believe it and although the house was suitable they had control ..no thanks

I was surprised that new houses were sold that way anymore. But apparently its not that unusual in some areas

I thought that they had now outlawed that scam?

 

[Nanniemate]

I thought that they had now outlawed that scam?

No alive and well sadly .

 

[Brains]

I thought that they had now outlawed that scam?

New laws will be up in the Kings speech for the next parliament.
One would presume most MP's will back the new laws, so should go through fairly easily.
However it will not make it law until some point in a few years time.

 

[Puddleduck]

Generally in England a fence should not be over 1m high when adjacent to a highway.

When on a boundary it can be 2m high without planing permission.

There is no good or bad side to a fence in the eyes of the law.

Heights are normally measured from the highest point of the land.

Obviously always check with highways and the local council.

We are in Scotland and these are the Scottish Regs:

Resource 0038/00388268

4.118 says max height of any gate, fence, wall or other means of enclosure is 2 metres. It's maximum height is I metre if it fronts a road (definition of road given later but quite wide ranging and not just public highway) or comes forward of the principal elevation or side elevation nearest a road. The principal elevation is also defined later in the regulations.

4.119 says when measuring the height on sloping or uneaven ground the height should be measured from the lowest point immediately adjacent to the gate, fence etc.

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[LittleGreyCat]

"House on wheels". What even is that??? My van is not a house on wheels. Not even close. Its a van with accommodation. Nor is it a caravan.
Park in your drive.
If the neighbours complain then argue your case, if not then it's all good.

Just revisiting this.
I wonder if the "house on wheels" is meant to cover a residential caravan like you find on holiday parks.
If you had the access and space you could get an extra 4 bedrooms on the drive or in the back (or front) garden.

 

[GMLS]

I would strongly recommend professional snaggers if considering a new bubuild

Completely agree.Its a lottery and working for one of the largest construction companies (but who don't build houses) I'm often embarrassed by the whole sector.Most colleagues won't buy new as they know how they are built.Mine was built in 1863