Text for Report on Title
ROT: Nuisance and Annoyance Covenant
- Change date
- 20/10/2025
- Word count
- 166
- Deployment measure
- 7/10
Rationale
This draft explains that the buyer must not cause a nuisance or annoyance to neighbours, covering activities that interfere with others’ comfort or enjoyment of their property. It highlights that “annoyance” is a broad term,wider than “nuisance”,and that even lawful actions, such as building an extension that affects a neighbour’s view, could breach this covenant.
You must not create a nuisance or annoyance. A nuisance is “an inconvenience materially interfering with the ordinary physical discomfort of human existence”. So for instance, an activity that causes
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