Family could lose part of greenhouse in property dispute
August 26, 2009
A family in the UK is at risk of losing part of their greenhouse due to a long-running dispute over property boundaries with a local developer.
Graham Muir and Maurean McLeod-Bain, his wife, claim they were unaware that they did not legally own part of their garden when they bought their home – and then built a six by eight foot greenhouse on it 19 years ago.
Foremost Properties, a developer involved in a building project at the former St Margaret’s School for Girls, which is adjacent to the couple’s property, insist that they need the bit of land for the car park they are constructing. Solicitors for the developer have contacted the couple noting that they will be demolishing two feet of the greenhouse and then build a boundary wall – if the two parties cannot come to an agreement.
Last year Foremost Properties fenced off approximately two-thirds of the couple’s lawn, asserting that it their land.
Muir, the operator of the Ardgowan guest house, said he was stunned when received the letter, commenting: “They told us they would demolish part of the greenhouse, because it’s on their property. But it’s only two feet – how can you take two feet off it?”
He added: “I built it for my son, Finlay, who’s got a learning disability. He likes to grow vines and tomato plants. All the plants in the garden are his.”
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