Right to Light?

Yawlboy

Hi,

Our house has a kitchen window into the builders providers yard next door. We originally had 4 windows on his side but blocked up the others 20 odd years ago -the house was originally built in the 1700's.

The kitchen window is purely for light not a view. However the owner of the yard has put up some steel bars (actually a load of scrap metal bolted together) to "restrict access" to his premises and now he has started stacking blocks/pallets etc in front of the window.

I did speak to my solicitor and he said we had a right to light but I am not sure what exactly he means by that. Does anyone have some examples I could reference?

Thanks in advance
YB

Gumbo

Yawlboy wrote: »

I did speak to my solicitor and he said we had a right to light but I am not sure what exactly he means by that. Does anyone have some examples I could reference?
Thanks in advance
YB

Isint that what you have paid your solicitor for?
surely if theres a legal issue, your solicitor should be straight on the case.

Is there a boundary outside of the window? Is the window used for fire escape purposes?

Yawlboy

kceire wrote: »

Isint that what you have paid your solicitor for?
surely if theres a legal issue, your solicitor should be straight on the case.

Is there a boundary outside of the window? Is the window used for fire escape purposes?

I spoke to my solicitor on the phone about it as he is at the high court today. There is no boundary as the window directly faces into the yard - I also have numerous windows on the first floor facing this yard and no it is not a fire escape.

the_syco

Sounds like an odd setup. Are you sure there's no land at all between your house, and the yard?

braddun

no right to light in Ireland

you might get them on fire hazards

Poor Uncle Tom

http://www.lawsociety.ie/Documents/Gazette/Gazette%202014/Jan-Feb2014.pdf

From page 31 onward is well worth a read.