Joe Fraser Chartered Surveyors act on matters of boundary disputes and follow established best practices. Our clients have included private homeowners as well as solicitors acting for commercial bodies.
We aim to solve boundary disputes by preventing them from becoming a legal conflict, and with willing parties, we broker a fair solution. Our approach is balanced and impartial, expressing a genuine opinion and reaching a fair conclusion for all parties. Our dispute reports are always clear and written with court rules in mind.
What is a Boundary Dispute?
When you purchase a property, you are also buying the land on which the property sits. Where your property ends is marked by a boundary line. The boundary line could be a wall, a fence, some hedges or trees, but it could also be unmarked. If you or your neighbour have a dispute over the boundary line, you can instruct a Chartered Surveyor to create a detailed plan of the property with clearly marked boundary lines.
Some common examples are:
- Trees or hedges growing over the boundary line and impacting the property on the other side.
- Extensions being built on or over the boundary line.
- If a wall or fence needs to be repaired, a boundary dispute could happen if neither party want responsibility for the repairs.
- If changes to party walls need to be made.
Boundary disputes can often be disproportionately costly when compared to the value of the land or property in question, so Joe Fraser Chartered Surveyors are highly effective at dispute resolution, thinking laterally to come to an agreement with both parties.
We have a number of experienced chartered surveyors who specialise in their areas of expertise and are accustomed to the requirements when it comes to providing Expert Evidence to manage a dispute and provide a robust report.
This Expert Evidence can be used early on in the dispute resolution process, and can potentially save you both time and litigation costs.
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