If you are told to hide your boat from view...

[David Mack]

 

[Alan de Enfield]

[ditchcrawler]

I had a boat on  my front lawn which upset the site developer, he had upset me several times and mine was the first property turning onto the estate. I pointed out to him the covenant said no caravans to be stored at the front of the property, it didn't mention boats 

[Ronaldo47]

Our house and the others in our road have  "no caravans" covenants anywhere on site. Our solicitor said this would have been added when the plot of land was sold to a developer, and carried over to the individual houses as they were built.  The reason was usually to prevent the original plot being used for hosting travelling fairs or gypsy encampments and the like which might have caused annoyance to the original seller if he was still living near the plot being sold.  The covenant did not apply to our campervan as it was not a caravan.  

[blackrose]

Why didn't he just get his friend to paint a fence onto his boat? 😋

[magnetman]

I know of several plots of land adjacent to the Thames which have restrictive covenants prohibiting erections.

 

 

[Momac]

51 minutes ago, magnetman said:

.... prohibiting erections.

 

 

I know of some medication which does that.

[Alan de Enfield]

20 minutes ago, Momac said:

I know of some medication which does that.

 

And, a friend tells me, some that actually encourage them.

[Ronaldo47]

The Institution of Civil Engineers used to have an "Erection of the Year" award that was given to the most outstanding civil engineering project.

[magnetman]

I was discussing this with a learnèd friend recently and we were at odds as to whether a Boat could be an erection. I maintain the position that it may be but he was of the view that a Boat would not be an erection. 

 

It interests me a little as one of my Boats currently occupies the water adjacent to a small plot of land which has a restrictive covenant prohibiting erections. It goes back a hundred yars and things have changed since then but it still piques my interest. 

 

Can a Boat be an erection under the legal definition?

[IanD]

1 hour ago, magnetman said:

I was discussing this with a learnèd friend recently and we were at odds as to whether a Boat could be an erection. I maintain the position that it may be but he was of the view that a Boat would not be an erection. 

 

It interests me a little as one of my Boats currently occupies the water adjacent to a small plot of land which has a restrictive covenant prohibiting erections. It goes back a hundred yars and things have changed since then but it still piques my interest. 

 

Can a Boat be an erection under the legal definition?

It must be a pirate boat if it goes back a hundreds yars... 😉

[Momac]

8 hours ago, magnetman said:

Can a Boat be an erection under the legal definition?

If it was ashore it could be.

[David Mack]

When David Hutchings was constructing the lock on the Avon at Stratford the steel piled sides started moving inwards, and Hutch had to put in the steel gantry frames that span the lock to this day. At the time they caused much consternation, and one elderly lady Councillor is said to have complained at a council meeting about "Mr. Hutchings' monstrous erection"!

[Hudds Lad]

38 minutes ago, David Mack said:

When David Hutchings was constructing the lock on the Avon at Stratford the steel piled sides started moving inwards, and Hutch had to put in the steel gantry frames that span the lock to this day. At the time they caused much consternation, and one elderly lady Councillor is said to have complained at a council meeting about "Mr. Hutchings' monstrous erection"!

Good job Mary Whitehouse didn't get wind of it