Legal Covenants

Summary of legal covenants and restrictions

In the transfer of each new Linden home, a number of common sense stipulations and obligations (i.e. covenants) are in place. These covenants are simply to ensure our customers do not undertake to do anything unreasonable to their new homes which may cause a nuisance to their neighbours.

Covenants may vary slightly from development to development to take into account any special needs for a particular location, but generally, the types of covenants are:-

• Within five years of your purchase, the plan and specifications for any alterations must first be submitted to Linden Homes for approval for which a reasonable fee will be charged.
• Your home must be used as a single private family residence i.e. not for business purposes. (This would not prevent an individual from undertaking an administrative job from home, provided it did not generate additional traffic).
• Not to do anything which may be a nuisance or a disturbance to adjoining owners.
• Not to erect boundary walls and fences on the boundaries of the property other than on the boundaries indicated by 'T' marks on the plan attached to the transfer document.
• To maintain the garden and to lay out the rear garden.
• Not to keep any animals other than usual domestic pets.
• To contribute to the cost of maintaining private services shared with other customers.
• Not to park, or allow to be parked, on any part of the property, any trailer, horse box, boat, caravan or any house on wheels, motor caravans or lorries or vans exceeding a carrying capacity of 250kg.
• Not to erect any external aerials and not to erect or allow to be erected or installed on any part of the property, a satellite dish without the prior written consent of Linden
• Not to plant any trees or deep rooting plants within 1.5 metres either side of the route of any service supply pipes or wires.
• Not to erect any 'For Sale' or 'To Let' signs on the property until Linden have completed their sales on the development.
• Where the side wall of any adjoining property forms the boundary to your garden, not to erect any trellis or construct a rockery against that wall or to incinerate rubbish against the wall.
• Not to obstruct the estate road or any shared driveways.
• Not to obstruct any sight line area which may be within the property.
• Not to remove the Linden plaque, if any, which may be set in the elevation of the property.

Although the above are standard restrictive covenants used on all Linden developments there may be additional ones specific to individual developments. A full list of the relevant covenants for your development will be included within the contract. Please refer to your Sales Advisor who will be able to assist.