Hey, great video! There is an old coastguard near me that i have been told from multiple people who has lived here has been abandoned for decades, it is a small concrete/stone property with rubble, graffiti etc and I believe it could be easily restored and used as a decent living space. Would this fall into government land (30 years for adverse possession) or another category? Cheers
absolute BS, i know exactly how you did this, it did not take you 'months to calculate', you just overlaid existing free info onto a map and are now trying to profit of it.
I have a question if someone can answer it...I recently bought a house but I do not own the front garden only the building and back garden, the previous owner built a fence around the front garden and looked after the property for well over 10years...since then the local authority (the registered owner) hasn't had any interaction with this property since. they don't cut the grass and have not been on the land since the original sale so my question is can I apply for adverse possession to claim the front garden as my own now that I have bought the house or do I need to wait the 10 years in order to apply for possession
Hi Rafe.. Nice video. Just seen your website.. this maps a game changer when looking for unclaimed land. Do you know what time frame an unregistered abandoned piece of land that probably belonged to British rail would fall under?
That'll come under Government Land. Be very careful, because the Railways Act allows the railway to compulsory purchase any land within 50 yards of the railway boundary. The other issue is that as soon as it comes out from under the Railways Act, it usually reverts to Greenfield status - no matter how polluted. Not a lawyer, just a 35 year railway engineer.
