We moved into a new Bovis Home in Bedfordshire which has a restrictive covenant extending over 10 years, commencing in June 2003.
This prevents us from putting an extension on our house. We can see the point of such restrictions when the builders are still on site and we have heard of other Bovis covenants lasting for 5 years, but 10 years seems excessive.
We now wish to add a conservatory to our house and, although we could go through the formality of asking permission from Bovis and paying an appropriate fee, is there any point? Are such covenants really enforced or could there be complications later when we sell?
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