First bit of good news is that I have discovered what's known as "inherited access rights". In essence, the right of access over the driveway was given to the new owners of 5 Brookvale when they bought their house in 1992. That right of access was granted to the whole property and a plan of the plot accompanied the deed. This clearly shows the section of garden we have bought as belonging to number 5. Apparently, any sub-set of that original plot is automatically granted "inherited rights" of access. In other words, we have legitimate right of access over the drive leading to all the cottages at Brookvale and our very nasty near-neighbour who has been making noises about our lack of access can go fish (or something)!Second development today was the receipt from our solicitor of the Deed for the infamous 106 Agreement. Its only taken 5 weeks for the combined skill of our solicitor and Mid Beds legal team to produce an exact replica of the form that I downloaded 6 weeks ago! Now this document commits us to pay our local council the sum of £3505 for the privilege of building our house. Not only that, but I have to pay the council £310 for submitting this document, and a further £175 to allow them to "monitor" its execution. That means collecting the cheque from me. I really wish I could try this at work - I'd make a fortune. Oh, and of course, there's my solicitor's costs as well.
Abba come to mind - Money, money, money........
Penniless of Clifton
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