Could this building collasp.. please help.

googler

What about their neighbours on the other side?

Have any of the beighbours across the street or on each side of you witnessed any of the 'incidents'?

CharlesCooper222

My sincerest condolenceses. Clearly you need help and assistance.

For the moment however just try to remain calm. The situation isn't going to get any worse for the moment and worrying about this idiot you have to live next to won't solve anything. We can all only chat on here but you must seek help from friends, family, other neighbours and the council. Do it today and keep us posted.

You deserve and need some good fortune - so take some goodwill from us...

JQ.

It sounds like you're running round in circles and not getting anywhere with the Local Authority. I would suggest employing a Structural Engineer to assess the building. They would then be able to tell you what course of action you need to take with regard to the Local Authority. It may cost you a little, but frankly no-one on here can tell you anything meaningful from a couple of photos and I suspect it would provide alot of comfort knowing it's been assessed by an expert.

I would suggest going into your local reputable Estate Agent and get a couple of recommendations from them of Engineers who specialise in resdidential property. Phone a couple up and explain the situation and get a fee quote for them coming out to inspect - I would suggest you ask them to quote on the basis of a 2 stage instruction :

1. An initial inspection of the property followed up by a brief summary of the quality and safety of the extension.
2. If the Structural Engineer does believe the extension to be dangerous or not in compliance with Building Regs, ask them to produce a report which would be acceptable to the Local Authority highlighting in detail all the issues with the building, which you can then present to the Local Authority.

There's no point asking and paying for them to complete the second stage of the instruction if the extension is actually safe and in compliance with regs.

I think doing the above would relieve alot of stress in the short term and if there are issues found you would have an expert to back up your claims.

Good luck.

KKKKP

googler wrote: »

What about their neighbours on the other side?

Have any of the beighbours across the street or on each side of you witnessed any of the 'incidents'?

Yes a neighbour who walks both his dogs saw him catapoling stones and gave a witness.

KKKKP

CharlesCooper222 wrote: »

My sincerest condolenceses. Clearly you need help and assistance.

For the moment however just try to remain calm. The situation isn't going to get any worse for the moment and worrying about this idiot you have to live next to won't solve anything. We can all only chat on here but you must seek help from friends, family, other neighbours and the council. Do it today and keep us posted.

You deserve and need some good fortune - so take some goodwill from us...

Thanx for that.. i definately need a pick me up!!.. my main concern are my twins and i have cryed so much. I feel as my husband helped my twin survive being born so early with so many complications, they are fine now, only afew test like hearing and their eye test. All the major problems they had they pulled through ... but really upsets me as my husband is not here to see them , but what keeps me going is that i feel he is here with me. I do have family who i havent really spoken to about this as i dont want them to worry. I will definately go to the council and send emails.. I cant believe how much this has helped me with all the advice, and cant thank you enough for making me feel that much better. X

KKKKP

JQ. wrote: »

It sounds like you're running round in circles and not getting anywhere with the Local Authority. I would suggest employing a Structural Engineer to assess the building. They would then be able to tell you what course of action you need to take with regard to the Local Authority. It may cost you a little, but frankly no-one on here can tell you anything meaningful from a couple of photos and I suspect it would provide alot of comfort knowing it's been assessed by an expert.

I would suggest going into your local reputable Estate Agent and get a couple of recommendations from them of Engineers who specialise in resdidential property. Phone a couple up and explain the situation and get a fee quote for them coming out to inspect - I would suggest you ask them to quote on the basis of a 2 stage instruction :

1. An initial inspection of the property followed up by a brief summary of the quality and safety of the extension.
2. If the Structural Engineer does believe the extension to be dangerous or not in compliance with Building Regs, ask them to produce a report which would be acceptable to the Local Authority highlighting in detail all the issues with the building, which you can then present to the Local Authority.

There's no point asking and paying for them to complete the second stage of the instruction if the extension is actually safe and in compliance with regs.

I think doing the above would relieve alot of stress in the short term and if there are issues found you would have an expert to back up your claims.

Good luck.

Thank you for taking your time writing, must say that is a very good idea.. If council dont do anything now then at least i can show then proof of this, also the neighbour did not want to do a Structural Engineer report and now i know why.. i will search on a few on the internet, ive written all the things i need to do as my memories so bad at the moment. Thanx again X

poppysarah

I would def write to building control - once they have it in writing they have to deal with it in some way even if it's only coming out and having a look and then writing to say they have looked.

Our building control man will go out and have a look at stuff if you ask him. He's quite keen I think for Oldham to not fall down in the night and squish people.

g_attrill

As a non-expert the conversion looks pretty dodgy, as you have noted the lintel only appears to be sitting on the bricks, which do look like they have moved a bit. I would have thought that they either need to be on pillars or go right into the inner blockwork (and presumably be secured each end). Do you know for certain that they don't continue on and just have mortar covering the edge?

I have no idea how they were allowed to attach it to your wall either although it seems you did get professional advice. I imagine the outer wall of your property could be regarded regarded as a party wall (to which they can attach things) and they own the freehold of the access route so they can build over it. That said, it's silly that they didn't put pillars in and do it properly like yours, there is plenty of room!

michaels

Under the party wall act tho they would need to have appointed a surveyor to represent you to make sure they were not damaging your property. I don't know what the penalties are for ignoring that act tho.

JQ.

KKKKP wrote: »

Thank you for taking your time writing, must say that is a very good idea.. If council dont do anything now then at least i can show then proof of this, also the neighbour did not want to do a Structural Engineer report and now i know why.. i will search on a few on the internet, ive written all the things i need to do as my memories so bad at the moment. Thanx again X

No worries, but I really would just go into your local estate agent and get a firm recommendation for an SE. The internet is a very dangerous place to go searching out experts - there are plenty of idiots out there. You need someone who is regularly inspecting houses in your area and Estate Agents will be in regular contact with these people.