I have a question regarding 'covenants' contained in house purchase contracts.
When we bought our house recently it was a new build on a small development which now has a management company set up to manage and maintain the estate open spaces, central tv reception system etc. to which we pay an annual fee.
In our purchase contract there were some covenants which we had to agree to which were initially between the developer and purchaser, and when the estate was finished these agreements were passed over to the management company.
The covenants included
- Not putting up solar panels
- Not putting up outbuildings in our gardens (such as sheds, workshops conservatories etc)
- Not parking our cars on the estate roads and only to use the spaces provided on the property (two car length spaces on a drive in front of the garage provided).
- Not parking our vehicles in the parking spaces provided for residents visitors (small laybyes at the side of the roads)
- Not parking vehicles such as sign written vans, motorhomes, caravans, boats etc. in our drives
My question is - how enforceable are these covenants in law, and whose job would it be to enforce them.
Any experienced views would be appreciated.
When we bought our house recently it was a new build on a small development which now has a management company set up to manage and maintain the estate open spaces, central tv reception system etc. to which we pay an annual fee.
In our purchase contract there were some covenants which we had to agree to which were initially between the developer and purchaser, and when the estate was finished these agreements were passed over to the management company.
The covenants included
- Not putting up solar panels
- Not putting up outbuildings in our gardens (such as sheds, workshops conservatories etc)
- Not parking our cars on the estate roads and only to use the spaces provided on the property (two car length spaces on a drive in front of the garage provided).
- Not parking our vehicles in the parking spaces provided for residents visitors (small laybyes at the side of the roads)
- Not parking vehicles such as sign written vans, motorhomes, caravans, boats etc. in our drives
My question is - how enforceable are these covenants in law, and whose job would it be to enforce them.
Any experienced views would be appreciated.
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