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Neighbours building up to the boundary
GDB2222
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Our next door neighbours have just submitted plans to demolish their house and rebuild. Above ground, the new house will not come any closer to us, but below ground they want to create a huge basement that will come right up to the boundary.
Our house comes to within about a metre of the boundary, and obviously the proposal to dig a huge hole up to the boundary will create some interesting 'party wall' issues. However, on the general principle, is development right up to the boundary permitted?
Our house comes to within about a metre of the boundary, and obviously the proposal to dig a huge hole up to the boundary will create some interesting 'party wall' issues. However, on the general principle, is development right up to the boundary permitted?
No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?
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As long as they have someone investigate where your foundations are then I wouldn't worry at all! Just make sure they don't have cowboys doing it!0
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Yes - development up to the boundary is, in principle, acceptable.Warning ..... I'm a peri-menopausal axe-wielding maniac
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If they get PP, I would get a full structural survey commissioned on your place. That way if there are any disputes in the future, about their [STRIKE]monstrosity[/STRIKE] building effecting your house, you will have a base line.I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages, student & coronavirus Boards, money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.0
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If their building comes under the party wall act, then you will be able to bill them for the cost of your surveyor.
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I expect that they will serve the party wall notice in due course, but there's no point until they have planning permission etc.
Thank for confirming that building up to the boundary is okay.No reliance should be placed on the above! Absolutely none, do you hear?0 -
The link was because you may feel reassured by clauses such as:I expect that they will serve the party wall notice in due course, but there's no point until they have planning permission etc.
"The building owner may, and if required by the adjoining owner shall, at his own expense underpin or otherwise strengthen or safeguard the foundations of the building or structure of the adjoining owner so far as may be necessary."
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The chances are very high that your property will enjoy an 'easement of support'. ie their ground holds yours up.
Think very hard and consider opposing any digging out this close."Never underestimate the mindless force of a government bureaucracyseeking to expand its power, dominion and budget"Jay Stanley, American Civil Liberties Union.0 -
WhiteHorse wrote: »The chances are very high that your property will enjoy an 'easement of support'. ie their ground holds yours up.
Think very hard and consider opposing any digging out this close.
As I understand it, this is what the Party Wall process sorts out i.e. what the risks are and what needs to be done to mitigate them.
Correct me if I'm wrong, though .....
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Can't offer any advice, but I think you are right to be concerned."A nation's greatness is measured by how it treats its weakest members." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Ride hard or stay home :iloveyou:0
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