Extending gardens?

Question

I want to extend my garden and take some common land. Can ou keep this if you have had it for more that a ertain period of time?

Answer 1

If you maintain land for twelve years without the owner maintaining it during that time or erecting fencing, etc, you can claim the land as your own.

Answer 2

No, if that land is owned by another person or party you can not claim it as your own no matter how long you have "had" it, whatever that means. Whoever holds the deed to the property owns the land.

Well, I stand corrected and I can't believe what I just read. You can in fact steal property out from under someone and it is called adverse possession. Turns out that if you take over someones property without them knowing it and openly use it without their permission, you can commit an act of legal theft. That's what it is too, It's stealing and I can't believe that anything like this exists and that is why I responded with a no. Well, whatever, stealing is stealing legal or not. However, it's not as easy as suggested in the prior answer.

If you own land that you are not using you should check out the link below or you could lose it.

Answer 3

Legal or not, if someone tried that around these parts they would be shot and left for the critters to dispose of. When I worked in England, I couldn't believe the laws allowing squatters to break into vacant housing, stay without paying rent and not being able to be evicted. And to answer this gentleman's question, don't you ever try this with me. RScott

Answer 4

In this day and age I'd check with City Hall's Inspection Department first.

Answer 5

check your house deeds to see if u might already be entitled to a longer garden