u/kanepilk22

Hi Folks,

Brother is living in Navan, old council estate where houses are jigsaw pieced in together. A neighbour next door has a small back garden and my brother has a big back garden.

Neighbour called in and asked if the brother would be okay with him partitioning off his garden and taking some of it. Agreed that they'd obviously pay for it, etc. but just wanted to float the idea to my brother and get a general reaction.

Brother's back garden is about 20 meters long and he's a terraced house so just the width of the house (no side entrance or such). The neighbour wants to take approximately 35-40% of the garden.

Now, my brother doesnt use the garden at all, really. It's just grass and he cuts it now and again, which he finds annoying, so the idea of selling it is appealing enough, but he wants to figure out;

1. how much do you generally charge for garden space? He's not particularly friends with the neighbour. They get on alright together, but they're just neighbours and rarely cross paths. Neighbour is very polite and courteous and was stressing that it's not an issue if the brother says no, so he's obviously afraid of making things awkward.

2. What's the legal situation here? Can he just partition the garden off with a concrete wall, and both of them sign a plain-english Chat-GPT-written contract that lays out whats going on? Or is there a need to involve government bodies or such to change the boundaries? If so, is there a cost involved?

Cheers for any advice in regards to this. Not sure where to start with it. Did google and found some US and UK discussions but nothing with any real substance in regards to what to do or how to proceed.

Cheers folks.

Hi all,

Picked up a second-hand patio doors (like two doors that open outwards; not sliding doors) about 8 years ago and put it on a concrete shed. It's been neglected ever since and has taken a few bangs and clatters.

It no longer closes properly and I am not sure what the issue is. The general condition is poor and i am not sure if the hinges or frame are to blame.

I rang one or two door companies nearby and they said they won't service or fix anything that they didn't install themselves, so that's out the window. Only other options I see via google are lads doing repairs of window hinges/rubber seals.

I don't want to replace the door as it's a big set of doors and likely would cost 3-4k, which I don't fancy spending.

In the north east if anyone knows a tradesman or business that'd be clued into this kinda craic?

Hi Folks,

Not really Legal related, but i figure ye may have a better idea than most.

A long time ago I was hit by a car (they pulled out of a parking space and drove into the side of me). Can't recall the specifics, but I got a quote from an accident repair centre and they forwarded the damage/pics/quote to the the insurance company, who in turn voluntarily gave me the option of paying the repair centre directly or just giving me the money (less VAT as I was self employed at the time) and I could choose to fix it, or live with it and get it fixed at a later date.

They did warn me that the payout was a one-time thing and if I attempted to fix the car in 6 months or whatever, and the cost of repairs had increased, that I couldn't go back looking for more money (seems reasonable).

The car was a pile of shite so I used the money to pay down some debt instead.

However, I am now again in a similar situation. My car was rear-ended and although I do actually take a lot of pride in the car I have now, I am saving for a house deposit so if I can add any amount of money to that pot, then I don't mind driving around with a bit of an ugly (but safe to drive) car.

However, the car insurance company this time never mentioned paying out to me. This time, if it matters, the insurance company are MY insurance company, and the claim is being done via them because I have fully comprehensive insurance and the other party was not insured (so they apply a thing called the "MIBI No Claims Discount Protocol" where my car is fixed by my own insurance, but I am not punished for it (and presumably MIBI re-pay my insurer).

I am just looking to see if anyone has been in a similar situation and wondered if there's a particular way I can broach this without sounding like a total chancer, or if there's a different set of policies or such when it's via MIBI/Uninsured third party caused the crash?

Cheers for any advice or info here.

Hi Folks,

A long time ago I was hit by a car (they pulled out of a parking space and drove into the side of me). Can't recall the specifics, but I got a quote from an accident repair centre and they forwarded the damage/pics/quote to the the insurance company, who in turn voluntarily gave me the option of paying the repair centre directly or just giving me the money (less VAT as I was self employed at the time) and I could choose to fix it, or live with it and get it fixed at a later date.

They did warn me that the payout was a one-time thing and if I attempted to fix the car in 6 months or whatever, and the cost of repairs had increased, that I couldn't go back looking for more money (seems reasonable).

The car was a pile of shite so I used the money to pay down some debt instead.

However, I am now again in a similar situation. My car was rear-ended and although I do actually take a lot of pride in the car I have now, I am saving for a house deposit so if I can add any amount of money to that pot, then I don't mind driving around with a bit of an ugly (but safe to drive) car.

However, the car insurance company this time never mentioned paying out to me. This time, if it matters, the insurance company are MY insurance company, and the claim is being done via them because I have fully comprehensive insurance and the other party was not insured (so they apply a thing called the "MIBI No Claims Discount Protocol" where my car is fixed by my own insurance, but I am not punished for it (and presumably MIBI re-pay my insurer).

I am just looking to see if anyone has been in a similar situation and wondered if there's a particular way I can broach this without sounding like a total chancer, or if there's a different set of policies or such when it's via MIBI/Uninsured third party caused the crash?

Cheers for any advice or info here.

Hi Folks,

I have a 3 bed house, which has a sitting room when you walk into the front of the house, at the front, and then behind it, separately, a kitchen (typical house design, really).

However, the kitchen was extended not too long ago and is a fairly substantial room now. There is sufficient space to partition the room off and turn a section of it into a bedroom.

I am wondering how I can do this legally. What requirements may need to be met. My father lives with me, and I'd like to do this as all the bedrooms are upstairs, so having a downstairs bedroom would make life easier for him. It would also potentially add value to the house when it comes time to sell/rent in future.

As the bedroom would be downstairs, we could put a normal external door on it leading to the back garden (fire escape and convenience for garden access). It could be given it's own light switches easily enough and would be big enough size to house a double bed, wardrobe, etc.

The issue I see (possibly?) is that the door to the bedroom would lead directly into the 'kitchen' space. I'm not sure if this would be considered an issue or not?

If I decided to go ahead and do this, would I need to do anything in terms of paperwork to change the house from a 3 to 4 bedroom? Or is that more of an informal thing?

Cheers

Hi Folks,

House in an area near me has come up for sale on Daft. Noticed straight away the lack of Estate Agent logo or name and sure enough, seller is DIY'ing the sale (and fair play to them, 2% i believe is the average fee nowadays? So makes sense to save that money).

But I am just wondering, from a buying perspective, is there anything to be specifically aware of or anywhere that this could potentially fall down?

As far as I know any property issues will be flagged by a solicitor, and if I am concerned about the physical attributes of the building I can get a survey done. .

So I assume everything else is fairly straight-forward once the seller accepts an offer?