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Would be grateful for any advice. I own the ground floor flat of a Tyneside property with the confusing Tyneside Lease (Criss cross lease). Our kitchen boundary wall which faces the next door's back yard, has damp issues and my builder needs to partly re-render that wall and remove old crumbling paint/whitewash that was put on years ago. When the work has been completed am I within my rights to ask the neighbour not to paint that wall or attach any bolts etc into the wall? I assume I "own" this wall and would not expect the next door neighbours to contribute to the cost of repair.
However my second question relates to who pays for this work. I know from reading about Tyneside Leases that the Ground Floor flat owns the leasehold of the ground floor and freehold of the upper flat and vice versa. When I bought the flat my solicitor told me that I should only insure for mine (ground floor), so I have building and contents insurance for ground floor only. I find this confusing in itself as if I am the freeholder of the upper flat who would be responsible in worst case scenario ie a fire? The "criss cross lease" is to me a nightmare. My upstairs neighbours are very reasonable and we are on good terms, I assume payment for the repair to the ground floor wall is mine but I don't know if they should be contributing to the repair or not! Or if they needed work done to to upper flat walls would I be liable for part or all of the cost?
Advice gratefully received.
Would be grateful for any advice. I own the ground floor flat of a Tyneside property with the confusing Tyneside Lease (Criss cross lease). Our kitchen boundary wall which faces the next door's back yard, has damp issues and my builder needs to partly re-render that wall and remove old crumbling paint/whitewash that was put on years ago. When the work has been completed am I within my rights to ask the neighbour not to paint that wall or attach any bolts etc into the wall? I assume I "own" this wall and would not expect the next door neighbours to contribute to the cost of repair.
However my second question relates to who pays for this work. I know from reading about Tyneside Leases that the Ground Floor flat owns the leasehold of the ground floor and freehold of the upper flat and vice versa. When I bought the flat my solicitor told me that I should only insure for mine (ground floor), so I have building and contents insurance for ground floor only. I find this confusing in itself as if I am the freeholder of the upper flat who would be responsible in worst case scenario ie a fire? The "criss cross lease" is to me a nightmare. My upstairs neighbours are very reasonable and we are on good terms, I assume payment for the repair to the ground floor wall is mine but I don't know if they should be contributing to the repair or not! Or if they needed work done to to upper flat walls would I be liable for part or all of the cost?
Advice gratefully received.
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