When in the mid 1970’s Scottish Special Housing Association built 64 houses in Sentry Knowe, Selkirk the responsibility for open space maintenance within the scheme lay with them the landowners.  These houses were then sold to Scottish Homes who in turn sold them to Waverley Housing who remain the landowners.  When these houses became available for purchase it was written in to their title deeds that each owner is liable for the upkeep of the open space maintenance, in other words 1/64^th of the cost.

Up until October 2004 Waverley Housing carried out their responsibility as few superior until the abolition of the Feudal Tenure (Scotland) Act 2000.

 The full provisions of this act came into force in November 2004 and effectively ended the role of feu superior.

The title conditions, which apply to your property, contain obligations to meet any shared cost for common maintenance e.g. grass cutting etc.  However the obligations do not simply stop at grass cutting and the like but include all areas of common maintenance that have not been adopted by another body such as footpaths that may be adopted by the Council.  These obligations were in place prior to the change in legislation and continue to do so.

Because of these changes in legislation, Sentry Knowe Residents Association was formed in April 2005 to manage the open space maintenance within the scheme.

AH

Chairperson