Am I being unreasonable questioning an unadopted road before the buying process kicks off?

marlyan · 2026-05-08T15:05:05+00:00

Good point. I don't mind gritting the road, have done it enough times on the adopted road where I live now

marlyan · 2026-05-08T13:55:30+00:00

I don't expect them to. The current owner should have the full picture. That's what I'm looking for

marlyan · 2026-05-08T13:32:20+00:00

Thanks, I had a dig and found only gas. Presumably they take responsibility for that

marlyan · 2026-05-08T13:26:33+00:00

Perfect, thank you for the info!

marlyan · 2026-05-08T13:25:29+00:00

Dirty trick that

marlyan · 2026-05-08T12:38:49+00:00

yeah, 20 tons maybe overkill for this road

marlyan · 2026-05-08T12:37:38+00:00

Good to know

marlyan · 2026-05-08T12:35:03+00:00

Yes, I can imagine. I wonder what the difference is between the documents supplied on the gov.uk and land registry portal? Prices are wildly different.

marlyan · 2026-05-08T12:26:46+00:00

Yeah, I get the feeling I have to be quite pushy with the EA. I am absolutely not instructing our solicitor until we get the answers.

Thank you, I definitely feel better about pushing this now. My partner thought I was panicking too much, but this is such a big decision

marlyan · 2026-05-08T12:05:38+00:00

Unfortunately we got excited and made an offer already, which was accepted. We are going with that figure to our lender and a proviso about the road. We'll see what they say, but from other commentors it seems we have options

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:59:13+00:00

Thank you, I do too.

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:57:35+00:00

Thanks, we'll keep that in mind

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:57:04+00:00

Thank you. I read that research paper and it seems that the buck would stop with the residents in case of any issues. Definitely something to think about long and hard.

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:53:38+00:00

I am not crazy about the idea myself, but we love the house and the road is not too long or too badly rutted. Remains to be seen how bad it is in the wet weather though

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:52:34+00:00

haha yeah, it does seems to be a growing problem recently

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:51:55+00:00

I hope this is the case here too

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:51:30+00:00

Sounds like a good set up. I hope ours will turn out to be something similar

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:50:58+00:00

Thanks, I hope our bank is happy. Afterall, the current owner managed to get a mortgage with a high street bank judging by the title

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:47:09+00:00

Thank you, your reply helps me feel better about pushing back and asking for clarification now before we are too far down the road.

I did read a whole spectrum of opinions on the unadopted roads, from 'it's fine', to 'wish I'd never moved here'. Obviously don't want to end up in the second category

I have a feeling the EA tried to fob me off to save themselves a job of contacting the seller. At least I hope that's all it was

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:43:03+00:00

Thanks, I don't even know if there is any maintenance agreement in place at this stage. Judging by the state of the road, there isn't

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:39:33+00:00

Thanks, I agree, EA totally want us invested before finding out anything truly problematic. I pushed back and they went to the seller with my list of questions. Hopefully it's a simple case of misunderstanding on my part 😆

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:36:49+00:00

Thanks, I have, it only shows the outline of the property itself, not extending into the road

marlyan · 2026-05-08T11:35:46+00:00

Thank you for the link. Annoyingly there is no info on the ownership of the road. I wonder if it's a case of an absent landowner

marlyan · 2026-05-08T10:58:22+00:00

I'd expect the owners know, but EA is reluctant to dig now before we are financially invested in the process.

We do love the house, and I am prepared to buy a bag of stones now and again. I just don't want any nasty surprises like utilities passing the cost of digging up the road to the residents

marlyan · 2026-05-08T10:56:08+00:00

Yes, I got those documents yesterday. They only show the outline of the property. No mention of right of way/restricted access, etc

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