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As part of the agreement to purchase the property, you have to agree to use the property as a residence only; you may not operate a business from the home. You agree to do so and purchase the property. The agreement you made to refrain from using the home as a business is an example of a restrictive covenant.
If there is a restrictive covenant on your property you may be able to remove it. The first step would be to negotiate with the original developer or landowner to enter into a formal agreement to remove the covenants from the title.
Why are they needed? Protective covenants are restrictions placed on the firm issuing bonds, in order to protect the bondholders. For example, they may limit the dividends or corporate officer salaries, or limit the amount of debt the firm can issue.
A covenant is an agreement like a contract. The covenantor makes a promise to a covenantee to perform an action (affirmative covenant in the United States or positive covenant in England and Wales) or to refrain from an action (negative covenant).
If you decide to ignore a restrictive covenant, or are unaware that one applies to your land and breach it, it can be enforced against you. The most common remedies available to the enforcer of a breach of covenant are compensation or injunctions to prevent you from carrying out the action which is in breach.
As restrictive covenants don't 'expire', if they are breached the person with the benefit of the covenant can enforce them against you.
Personal Covenants are covenants which do not run with the land, and usually relate to an action that the Purchaser has agreed to take when buying the property, e.g. erecting a stock proof fence.
If the covenant is attached to the land it is said to 'run with the land'. That means it continues to apply to the land regardless of whether either the burdened or neighbouring lands have been sold on. This means a restrictive covenant can last indefinitely even if its purpose now seems obsolete.
Are covenants legally enforceable? Restrictive covenants are usually legally enforceable and binding if they have been set up properly, but can cease to be enforceable after a period of time in some circumstances.
Generally, it is difficult to enforce a breach of covenant after 20 years. The Limitation Act 1980 also states that claims in land should be brought within 12 years. However, the time starts to run from when the breach occurs, not the date of the deed.