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gerbiljo
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Hi
We have planning permission for a side extension which will in effect become our neighbours back of the garden (a terrace of 3 houses). We obtained permission about 18months ago. 2 of the houses did object to the extension however it was passed anyway, the third house has a conifer hedge in their back garden which they look after and is maintained (they did not object).
This hedge means that the area of the extension will need to be piled. For us of course this is increased costs, but means major garden disruption/ mess/ noise, we will need to take down an internal wall and fence and probably returf the garden. It also means having a huge piling rig in the garden. We have no relationship as such with the neighbour, we don't especially get on, weve got dogs so perhaps are not their favourite people but there are no current issues. My husband has discussed asking them to remove the hedge previously and I have said no as I felt they would say no and it would be awkward.
Anyway they have just put their house up for sale and my husband feels we should offer them a deal to remove the hedge, as if they say no they are moving anyway, I still feel they will say no. The offer we had decided on would be to offer to have the trees removed, replace them with a fence of their choice height/ colour /design, returf the area and offer them a payment of £200 for their inconvenience. So realistically as there are a good few trees this would probably set us back about £1000 or just over. Not having to pile the area could save us up to 5k but we have not saved up that money yet so realistically were not in a position to offer much more possibly £500 cash max if they asked for more, though hubby is not so keen.
We had planned to do the foundations next year so the piling rig could possibly present during the time they are planning to sell if not.
What I am interested in is peoples opinions and whether or not that would appear a reasonable deal?
The hedge does offer screening from our house to some degree, though of the three houses they are less affected as the extension in front of their garden is only single storey, also their garden is fairly small so the hedge probably takes about a 1/6 of the garden in some places.
Would like to hear peoples opinions thank you
Hi
We have planning permission for a side extension which will in effect become our neighbours back of the garden (a terrace of 3 houses). We obtained permission about 18months ago. 2 of the houses did object to the extension however it was passed anyway, the third house has a conifer hedge in their back garden which they look after and is maintained (they did not object).
This hedge means that the area of the extension will need to be piled. For us of course this is increased costs, but means major garden disruption/ mess/ noise, we will need to take down an internal wall and fence and probably returf the garden. It also means having a huge piling rig in the garden. We have no relationship as such with the neighbour, we don't especially get on, weve got dogs so perhaps are not their favourite people but there are no current issues. My husband has discussed asking them to remove the hedge previously and I have said no as I felt they would say no and it would be awkward.
Anyway they have just put their house up for sale and my husband feels we should offer them a deal to remove the hedge, as if they say no they are moving anyway, I still feel they will say no. The offer we had decided on would be to offer to have the trees removed, replace them with a fence of their choice height/ colour /design, returf the area and offer them a payment of £200 for their inconvenience. So realistically as there are a good few trees this would probably set us back about £1000 or just over. Not having to pile the area could save us up to 5k but we have not saved up that money yet so realistically were not in a position to offer much more possibly £500 cash max if they asked for more, though hubby is not so keen.
We had planned to do the foundations next year so the piling rig could possibly present during the time they are planning to sell if not.
What I am interested in is peoples opinions and whether or not that would appear a reasonable deal?
The hedge does offer screening from our house to some degree, though of the three houses they are less affected as the extension in front of their garden is only single storey, also their garden is fairly small so the hedge probably takes about a 1/6 of the garden in some places.
Would like to hear peoples opinions thank you
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