London woman bought a £600,000 semi-detached home in 2021; a year later she challenged her neighbours’ kitchen for crossing the boundary by 48cm, but a tribunal has now ruled the tiny strip belongs to them
- Photo credit: Champion NewsA London homeowner has lost a four-year legal battle over a strip of land measuring just 48 centimetres after a tribunal ruled that her neighbours’ kitchen extension had acquired “squatters’ rights.
- ” Susannah James bought the £600,000 semi-detached house in Surbiton in 2021, but a year later claimed that part of the adjoining property’s kitchen had been built across the boundary onto her land.
- The First-tier Tribunal has now found in favour of neighbours Mina Sharma and Neil Deeley, who will not have to demolish the disputed section of their kitchen.
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- Photo credit: Champion NewsA London homeowner has lost a four-year legal battle over a strip of land measuring just 48 centimetres after a tribunal ruled that her neighbours’ kitchen extension had acquired “squatters’ rights.
- ” Susannah James bought the £600,000 semi-detached house in Surbiton in 2021, but a year later claimed that part of the adjoining property’s kitchen had been built across the boundary onto her land.
- The First-tier Tribunal has now found in favour of neighbours Mina Sharma and Neil Deeley, who will not have to demolish the disputed section of their kitchen.
Sources: Times of India