Grim yesterday:
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| Author: | Grim... [ Mon Apr 14, 2008 23:45 ] |
| Post subject: | I have a road |
See this road? I found out today that it was never adopted, ie. it doesn't belong to the council, it actually belongs to me. Plenty of people drive their cars on it, and park on it, and have houses on it. What should I do with it? So far I have done a few handbrake turns safe in the knowledge that the local bobby can only stand and watch (and then, possibly, only with my permission). Next step: Look into private clamping laws :evil: |
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| Author: | MrD [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 0:03 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
Does it have two different names or one? |
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| Author: | CUS [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 0:04 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
You own a road? Oh you are just taking the piss now. edit: a riverside drive, no less! |
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| Author: | Dr Lave [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 0:40 ] |
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Grim yesterday:
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| Author: | Pod [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 1:51 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Next step: Look into private clamping laws :evil: Do that and I will actually hate you. edit: also, please get a sign and name your road "Grim... St" 
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| Author: | sinister agent [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 3:23 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
Clearly, you should forge in steel an enormous motorised shoe and hat and have them patrol the area. |
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| Author: | RBR2 [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 6:38 ] |
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| Author: | romanista [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 7:59 ] |
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although it sounds cool, doesn't this mean the council can send you bills for the maintance of the last few years? |
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| Author: | Dudley [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:17 ] |
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No, he didn't solicit that service. They can certainly STOP maintaining it now. |
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| Author: | MrChris [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:50 ] |
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Grim... wrote: See this road? I found out today that it was never adopted, ie. it doesn't belong to the council, it actually belongs to me. Are you sure? Do you own the entire block of flats that you live in, or something? Or do you merely have a part share in the freehold of the block and therefore actually only own a part share in the freehold ownership of the road? And as for other people parking and driving, there may well be an established right of way now. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 8:52 ] |
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Grim..., how did you come to own the road in the first place? Have you inherited it, or something? If so, why did the person you inherited it from own it. I am quite interested and quickly rifling through my chest of drawers to see if I have own long-forgotten streets that I have known nothing about. The Harrow Road, or something like that. Maybe the North Circular. |
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| Author: | Malabelm [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:14 ] |
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Mimi wrote: Grim..., how did you come to own the road in the first place? Have you inherited it, or something? If so, why did the person you inherited it from own it. He's so rich now that councils and governments just assume he owns everything, and bend right over. mrak wrote: In Redditch, there's a Mark Close which is also unadopted and makes me a bit sad whenever I go past it. I ride past a 'Brains Lane' on the way to work. Worth a chuckle every time. |
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| Author: | MrD [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:15 ] |
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Do NOT do what the guy did in Mine All Mine. |
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| Author: | Pod [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:15 ] |
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Grim..., ignore these baffoons and there "legalality" questions! In bed last night I had this thought: Does the road get to have a postcode, and if it doens't have one, can you "apply" for one? If so, try and bag "0ZZ" or something cooooool looking! |
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| Author: | markg [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:18 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
You should definitely change its name to "Grim... Beard Rd." too. |
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| Author: | Squirt [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:29 ] |
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If it's your road, can you sell the naming rights, like they do with football stadiums. OK, living on Starbucks Street, or Tesco Avenue might be a but crap, but at least you'll get a few quid. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 9:37 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
Call it "Excellent Street" and use it to hold drag races, |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:09 ] |
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Grim... wrote: What should I do with it? An old fashioned street party? I'll bring a trifle and some bunting. |
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| Author: | Zardoz [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:13 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
Dig it all up and split it into allotments. With a bronze statue of yourself in the middle, with laser eyes. |
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| Author: | Curiosity [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:24 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
That's just around the corner from my old flat... ah, the memories. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:25 ] |
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I iz under your road, uncoverin your victimz. |
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| Author: | GazChap [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:45 ] |
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I have to echo the question as to what you own on that road that allows you to claim ownership on the road itself? 
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| Author: | devilman [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:45 ] |
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GazChap wrote: I have to echo the question as to what you own on that road that allows you to claim ownership on the road itself? I suppose a tank would persuade people. |
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| Author: | WTB [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:53 ] |
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Can I build a house on it? |
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| Author: | CraigGrannell [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 12:03 ] |
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CUS wrote: You own a road? Oh you are just taking the piss now. It'd be more of a shocker to the council if he discovered he also owned the river, since it's a fairly popular one. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
Mr Chris wrote: Or do you merely have a part share in the freehold of the block and therefore actually only own a part share in the freehold ownership of the road? Yes, but I'm by far the hardest bloke that was at the residents association last night, so I call the shots, obv. Mr Chris wrote: And as for other people parking and driving, there may well be an established right of way now. Pavement yes, road no apparently. Because we could gate it if we wanted. romanista wrote: although it sounds cool, doesn't this mean the council can send you bills for the maintance of the last few years? If we choose to maintain it (which we do) then we have to pay for it. We don't have to, though. |
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| Author: | sinister agent [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:44 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
jonarob wrote: Can I build a house on it? I would like to build four houses, then knock them down and build a hotel. |
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| Author: | kalmar [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:47 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Yes, but I'm by far the hardest bloke that was at the residents association last night, so I call the shots, obv. And, I am considerably richer, than yow. |
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| Author: | chinnyhill10 [ Tue Apr 15, 2008 13:48 ] |
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Grim... wrote: Mr Chris wrote: Or do you merely have a part share in the freehold of the block and therefore actually only own a part share in the freehold ownership of the road? Yes, but I'm by far the hardest bloke that was at the residents association last night, so I call the shots, obv.  Grim.. yesterday. Most obscure joke on here, ever. |
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| Author: | Shewolf [ Wed Apr 16, 2008 17:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: I have a road |
I'm interested in this. How do you specifically own it? There is an unadopted road near me and it's a state, ofc the council won't do anything to help fix it as they didn't adopt it and turn their backs. So who's road isi t? If many people live on it... |
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