9 Crown Row, Bracknell, Berkshire, RG12 0TH
Liam McDonnell
Lettings Valuer
Liam attended school locally in Ascot and began his career in estate agency aged 18 in the Bracknell area. He has gone on to gain experience within the Maidenhead, Reading and Wokingham markets too. Building relationships is what Liam enjoys the most in his role, which gives him the opportunity to meet and help all kinds of people. Away from work, Liam enjoys playing football throughout the week and for a local Bracknell team on a Sunday (some say the next Sunday League Pirlo).
The best piece of advice I’ve ever been given is…
The way to get started is to quit talking and start doing.
Top of my bucket list is…
To travel around America and Australia.
On Sunday mornings, you can usually find me…
On a football pitch in all weathers – potentially a little jaded from the night before.
My guilty pleasures are…
Watching Super Sunday and the F1 whilst devouring a takeaway. Highly recommended.
The thing I like best about my job…
Helping and advising landlords on how to make the process of letting their property as stress-free as possible, and assuring tenants throughout the process so that it becomes an enjoyable and exciting experience.
The person I’d most like to go for a drink with is…
Sir Alex Ferguson.
27 Apr 2017
A Right to light is an easement allowed for in English law. When it exists, It gives the owner of a building with windows a right to maintain the existing level of illumination. It is based on Ancient Lights law.
Rights of Light may be acquired by ‘anyone who has had uninterrupted use of something over someone else’s land for 20 years without consent, openly and without threat, and without interruption for more than a year.’
A landowner’s right to light is protected under common law, adverse possession and in England and Wales by the Prescription Act 1832.
The most common reason for a Rights to Light claim is where a neighbour extends their home or a larger development on adjacent land is proposed. If the new development is likely to reduce historic rights to light then the adjacent landowner might apply for an injunction to prohibit the proposed development or amend its design. Alternatively, there might be a solution if the owner of land accommodating the proposed development makes a compensatory payment. In some cases the court might impose changes on a completed development, although this is unusual.
The law relating to Rights to Light is a specialist area and if you are proposing a development on your land or there is development proposed on land adjacent to your own, you should consult an expert for initial advice.
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