Selling a property with a boundary or neighbour dispute

A boundary or neighbour dispute can stall a sale long before it reaches court. Buyers and their solicitors both grow cautious once a dispute is disclosed. Selling directly for cash means the dispute doesn’t need resolving first.

Our guide covers the general boundaries rule, disclosure duties, and the RICS mediation route for unresolved disputes. Read our in-depth guide on boundary and neighbour disputes for more detail.

Skip the solicitor correspondence entirely. Avoid waiting for a formal resolution. Sell the property exactly as it stands today.

Being in this position usually means a disagreement exists over where your legal boundary sits. It might involve a fence, a wall, or an encroaching structure. You are not necessarily facing court action, only an unresolved conversation.

Buyers’ solicitors typically pause once a dispute is disclosed on the TA6 form. Lenders can be equally cautious about title uncertainty.

• Solicitor caution once a dispute is disclosed: A buyer’s solicitor will often want the matter resolved or insured against first.
• Lender reluctance over an uncertain title: Some lenders want confirmation the title is free of disputes before releasing funds.
• Buyer anxiety over inheriting a conflict: Even a minor disagreement can put off a family buyer entirely.

Resolving a boundary dispute before selling can take far longer than expected.

• Escalating solicitor correspondence costs: Letters between solicitors add up quickly without necessarily reaching a resolution.
• Land Registry determination timelines: A formal boundary determination application can take many months to conclude.
• Estate agency fees on a sale delayed by the dispute: These further reduce your eventual proceeds.

A direct cash sale removes the need to resolve the dispute before selling. We purchase the property with the disagreement still outstanding.

We purchase your property directly using our own funds. We are comfortable working with an unresolved boundary question. Your sale proceeds without the dispute needing to be settled first.

• Genuine flexibility: No public listing exposing the disagreement to prospective buyers.
• Zero hidden transaction costs: What you’re offered is what you get, since no agent cut or marketing charge applies here.
• An experienced legal process: Our team is comfortable working with title indemnity insurance where needed.

We routinely purchase properties affected by boundary and neighbour disputes.

• Fence or hedge line disagreements: Purchasing homes where the exact boundary has never been formally agreed.
• Encroaching extensions or outbuildings: Buying properties where a structure sits partly over the boundary line.
• Right to light or overlooking complaints: Stepping in where a dispute concerns light or privacy from an extension.
• Unresolved title plan discrepancies: Purchasing land where the Land Registry plan doesn’t clearly match the ground.
• Long-running personal conflicts with neighbours: Buying properties regardless of how relations have broken down.

If a boundary dispute is holding up your sale, contact us today for a cash offer.