Flying Freehold On Property

[yellowjohn]

I have seen a property that we maybe interested in viewing, it is a semi detached house. On the house details on rightmove it states "double bedroom having two storage cupboards with flying freehold"

I have heard flying freeholds can cause problems.

The party wall has a fireplace in the middle and either side of it has a cupboard that goes into the neighbors bedroom.

Has anyone bought a property with a flying freehold and did you have any problems.

Many thanks

[Buenchico]

This, from the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, might be helpful:
https://www.ricsfirms.com/glossary/flying-freeholds/

[The Builder]

Yes, I've owned one, and worked on a few.
Usually it's a whole room, not just cupboards though.

As long as it's shown on the title deeds, it should be no problem legally.
Most important is that you make sure the neighbour is fully aware of the situation. The biggest factor, as always, is keeping good neighbourly relations.

Most possible problems concern access for repairs. That shouldn't be a concern if it's only cupboards.
The bad news is that Lenders often don't like them, and restrict the loan, or refuse them altogether.

[ladybirder]

Yes my son has one where next door's kitchen extends over the end of his sitting room. Not had any problems.

[yellowjohn]

Thank you all very much for your replies, I have also seen houses with a room over next door but its odd that it is just 2 cupboards. It must really reduce the neighbors bedroom size. I wonder why it was built like that in the first place.

[zebo]

My shower in the en-suite is over next door's passage, when it started to develop a leak it was the neighbour who kindly warned me of it!

There is an insurance policy covering the flying freehold specifically.