{"product_id":"vragen-74699-hallo-ik-heb-2-jaar-geleden-een-huis-gekocht-een-aangebouwde-garage","title":"Legal Advice on Plot Boundaries","description":"\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Hello,\n I bought a house with an attached garage 2 years ago.\n There is a path next to the garage and next to it a hedge of approximately 70 cm wide.\n \nFor safety reasons, I want to partially replace this with a 2-meter-high fence. (The height is OK, and a fence is allowed in that location; I've checked with the municipality.)\n\n During my research, I discovered that, according to the land registry, the property boundary runs approximately halfway along that path. (The municipality sent a surveyor because they saw on an aerial photograph that the hedge is on municipal land.)\n\n The hedge was planted about 19 years ago by the previous owner, at the same time as the garage was built. I asked him about this, and he wasn't aware that the hedge extends beyond the property line.\n Isn't it the case that there is some kind of acquisition by prescription here?\n I can see with Google Maps and Google Earth that the hedge is clearly visible in the 2008 photo. With Google Earth, I can also see that the hedge is already there in 2007.\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n A limited or full right can expire after twenty years. This must be proven. Are you asking your municipality for a green space policy?\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e \nHello Monique, and what about the 10-year term you see on many websites about this topic?\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n In that case, good faith is a requirement. Specifically, they must have relied on information from the land registry. You lack good faith because you could\/should have known about the fact before the purchase. Hence, the long-term perspective.\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Hi Monique, I understand.\n I called my real estate agent about this, and he was also very surprised by the situation. Both he and the selling agent thought everything was perfectly fine. A search with the land registry had revealed nothing unusual on either side.\n The previous owner also says that he had no better knowledge that this land with the hedge was his.\n\u003ch4\u003e Questioner\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\n Yes, but the seller also lacks good faith, which in this case makes it possible on the one hand to appeal to the green rent policy and on the other hand you can hold the seller liable for a mutual error if you suffer damage as a result.\n","brand":"Rechtswinkel.nl","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56302067417437,"sku":"","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rechtswinkel.nl\/en\/products\/vragen-74699-hallo-ik-heb-2-jaar-geleden-een-huis-gekocht-een-aangebouwde-garage","provider":"Rechtswinkel.nl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}