Anyone on here got any knowledge on these matters???

We have a property that has been under family ownership for about 60 years ... I have just become aware of the covenant on the title that is 100 years old, or more ...

The entity that "owns" the covenant still exists.

This is a shop with two flats above ... but the charge limits the use of the land to "Not to erect more than one house or house and shop on the piece of land hereby conveyed." ...

Anyone got any experience with these matters? Do covenants expire at all or lose their rights if not enforced / collected on over the years?

Any guidance would be most welcome before I go knocking on the solicitors door ...



THE FIRST SCHEDULE above referred to

1. Not to erect more than one house or house and shop on the piece of land hereby conveyed.

2. To erect and hereafter maintain proper boundary walls or fences on the sides of the said piece of land as shown on the plan hereon and thereon marked T."

NOTE 1:-The two Conveyances referred to are the Conveyances dated 10 May 1900 and 28 December 1922 referred to above.