Neighbours new roof

John424

My neighbour has just had a new roof and the tiles are new and modern. We were an old semi detached with roof peg tiles that were in keeping in with the towns' character but now our joint house looks odd. I am wondering whether I have any legal recourse as this probably has affected our house price as well.

John

ILW

Are the buildings listed in any way?

maninthestreet

Get a new roof like your neighbour?

atrixblue.-MFR-.

it ceases to amaze me how someone could be so annoyed that a neghbour has had a new roof and the tiles are a different colour to their tiles, put it this way because the tiles are new, if they had been the same style it would still look different to yours. on compareson to your home theirs could possibly worth more becuase its been updated and future proofed as not to require a new roof.

give up move on and let it go..

kingfisherblue

Most people get a new roof because they need to, and to try to match to an old roof it would probably cost a lot more, even if it is possible. Maybe you have been lucky in not needing a new roof so far. Don't begrudge the neighbour theirs.

fivetide

What I do think in these situations is it would have been good for your neighbour to explain, chances are you could have had both done for a lower individual cost.

Do you know speak to your neighbour at all?

5t.

ILW

Hate to think what will happen if neighbour comes home with an attractive young wife.

Mojisola

In answer to the question, no you can't claim anything from your neighbour.

Unlike the other posters, I think your concerns may be valid. There are some houses I've seen that I wouldn't buy because of what the other half of the semi has done to their bit of the property. It might not affect the price as such but may reduce the possible number of buyers.

John424

I can't believe the vitrolic responses here by people who make assumptions, ATRIXBLUE would you be so rude to me face to face also? We had a new roof 5 years, had the same tiles taken off and put back on again supplemented by a FEW new tiles close to the original peg tiles in sympathy to the surrounding buildings and chose not to sell our tiles for cheaper ones to save 500 quid or so.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

John424 wrote: »

I can't believe the vitrolic responses here by people who make assumptions, ATRIXBLUE would you be so rude to me face to face also? We had a new roof 5 years, had the same tiles taken off and put back on again supplemented by a FEW new tiles close to the original peg tiles in sympathy to the surrounding buildings and chose not to sell our tiles for cheaper ones to save 500 quid or so.

1. yes i would tell you face to face but thats me take it or leave it, im not one to beat around the bush.

2. the way you did it was of personal and sympothetic taste to your surroundings, if the building has no restrictions in its deads, its not listed then you neighbour can do as they wish.

3. suing your neighbour would cause anemosity, anger and desputes and you being the plaintiff would have to have deep pockets and do alot of spending in order to PROVE you home has lost cost as a direct result of the roof being of a different type. yours or people opinion does not count as proof or reasonable argument in a court.

did you actually think that your neighbour opted for this type because the roof had other faults that you did not know about, or availability of the type of tile others have is now obsolete?.

i would sypothise with you if this had caused some sort of roof issue i.e leaks or sagging due to poor craftmenship to your home, but it doesnt, and life is too short to stress about a neighbours different style roof.

mikey72

atrixblue.-MFR-. wrote: »

..............thats me take it or leave it...........

Ha. That takes me back. I've not heard that phrase exactly that way for years.
It was a bar in Glasgow, well before the city of culture, getting a bit heated further along, everyone else keeping their heads down, looking interestedly at the bottom of their pints.
Then the (next to final) words "thats me take it or leave it"
Thump.
Straight down.
His mate says, totally deadpan, "Is that where you're leaving it?"
Answer "Aye", and back to his pint.