tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post6239253774058971155..comments2024-02-14T20:17:15.115+00:00Comments on Chertsey: HouseSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-34773857341162506332021-02-11T08:07:04.427+00:002021-02-11T08:07:04.427+00:00When I lived in Bolton I owned a terraced house th...When I lived in Bolton I owned a terraced house that despite being a freehold property was still subject to something called "Chief Rent". The rare, which was fixed in perpetuity was £1.47 per annum payable in six-monthly instalments. To my amazement a man with a cash bag, notebook and pen used to come and collect it!Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502754753792780008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-80634656054079224902021-02-10T18:18:25.010+00:002021-02-10T18:18:25.010+00:00A great post - I was born in a two up and down i...A great post - I was born in a two up and down in the back downstairs room. Eventually there were seven of us in the house with four sisters I eventually was given the front room ( divided off by my dad) as my bedroom so in effect seven of us in one back room and a kitchen. was there till at 15 we moved.... into another terraced house this one didn't have a bathroom and just an outside toilet so at least there was three upstairs bedrooms but two of my sisters had come back home so we were back to seven. I like my cottage and my boat - plenty of space now ! Nev Wellshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-43343381159944407652021-02-10T16:51:58.095+00:002021-02-10T16:51:58.095+00:00Don't get me onto tenure - I have what is appa...Don't get me onto tenure - I have what is apparently called a 'good' leasehold (common round here, less so elsewhere) originally for 800 years (from 1899) at a ground rent of £2.0s.5d p.a. which I have insurance against anyone ever trying to collect.Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01759448161130667128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-14741309532688242242021-02-10T16:22:53.574+00:002021-02-10T16:22:53.574+00:00Sarah,
Our house has a "front door" at t...Sarah,<br />Our house has a "front door" at the side, directly opposite our neighbour's and the stairs go up through the middle of the ground floor, although we have created a small hallway and restored an interior wall to create two rooms. The top floors overlap with our backroom (at the back) and next door's (at the front) being sited over the passageway (which we call a "ginnel") in what is known as a "flying freehold". Ownership of the ginnel is unclear. Based on ownership of the rooms above next door own the bit next to the street and we own the rest. However, that would mean we have no access to our front door and next door would have no access to their back yard! It's a good job we all get along.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502754753792780008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-41124738644655687462021-02-10T16:16:20.664+00:002021-02-10T16:16:20.664+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14502754753792780008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5087283544997030082.post-23566314717732554182021-02-10T00:04:08.300+00:002021-02-10T00:04:08.300+00:00Another great post Sarah. My childhood is from jus...Another great post Sarah. My childhood is from just the same type of houses, in my case we had the Walsall canal at the bottom of th garden. I've often wondered when our houses were built. I can see from old maps that they were built by 1900 but I've never traced them back any further. Now, thanks to your post, I think that they must have been built after the 1875 act. I remember that the access between the houses to the back was called an "entry" but, like you, I don't recall the passage along the back of the houses having a name.Grahamnoreply@blogger.com