Neighbours new roof

John424

Very funny. You do find that people who post a lot on forums think they own them and get 'loose' with their words. Atrixblue, I'll wait until a CAB person responds thanks.

Meadows

John424 wrote: »

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

Legal recourse for what? Just because your neighbour is up keeping their house and the tiles now make your roof look less attractive!

Do your tiles need replacing? If not then less expense to you.

Are you planning to sell? If not why worry about saleability, in a few years time their new tiles will weather!

Caroline_a

I think it will affect your house price a lot more if you are in dispute with your neighbour as you will have to declare this if you sell you house. Unless your house is listed then I don't think you have any recourse - I can understand your annoyance, but it could be worse - they could have put plastic stone cladding on it!

teneighty

If you have peg tiles is it a conservation area by any chance or other protected status? Ask the planning department at your local council or check on their website.

Failing that I am not aware of any legal recourse, you just have neighbours with no taste. I bet their roofer made a tidy sum selling on all the old tiles.

art_for_arts_sake

John424, you have my sympathies, but without knowing your neighbours I find it hard to pass judgement on them. They might be young, not know any better or simply not have the funds to do a sympathetic restoration — it isn't cheap to replace a roof, as you know. We had a slate-clad roof replaced with concrete tiles, we're detached, so it doesn't affect our neighbours, but with hindsight it would have been nice to have kept the slates. However, I've noticed the houses in our street with the traditional blue tiles are the first to have their tiles blown off in the ever more frequent high winds, and even reslated roofs being damaged. We're all at the mercy of the elements, so if your neighbours' work has meant flashing being placed between the two adjoining houses I understand your concerns. Atrixblue's comments, although succinct, are accurate. Unfortunately taste is something you can't buy, or even pass on to others.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

John424 wrote: »

Very funny. You do find that people who post a lot on forums think they own them and get 'loose' with their words. Atrixblue, I'll wait until a CAB person responds thanks.

i see you get all defensive when you dont get the replies you want to see.

whats funny, me being straight with you?

John424

I think dismissive is a better word!

somethingcorporate

Realistic is probably more accurate.

Cate1976

John424: A few questions for you.

1) Is the building listed or in a conservation area with restrictions on what colour/type of tiles can be used?

2) If there are restrictions, is it possible/likely that your neighbours have abided by the rules but used the cheapest tiles they could get?

3) Even if building isn't in conservation area or listed, how likely is it that with weathering, the difference in colour won't be visible unless someone goes up to inspect the roof?

4) Even if there aren't any restrictions, IMO your neighbours should have got tiles which are in keeping with the character of the house. My parents house was built in 1863, a lovely flint faced one which was 2 cottages. My parents got grants to knock the 2 into a four bedroom house back in 1983, we lived in one cottage for a couple of years before the conversion. One of the conditions of the grants were that where possible, the original doors were to be kept, the only ones that weren't were a couple which were rotten means that my husband who's 5'2 has to duck to get through a couple of doorways and often forgets. In 1993, I was 16 and my parents had the wooden windows on the front replaced with upvc, on being told this I told them I wanted my window to be the same style as the old one. The windows were of the design with six panes with the vertical support being off centre. My parents told me that the new ones were in the same style as the old ones. The windows on the back had all been replaced with the modern 4 pane design during the conversion in 1983.

I can understand your concerns about the value of your house possibly being reduced or if you do want to move, potential buyers being put off if the 2 roofs are very different. If your neighbours have broken any rules, they'll soon get a letter from the council. Hope you get it sorted without falling out with your neighbours.

atrixblue.-MFR-.

its been asked a few times now but the OP seems to avoid those bits of info when he posts.

so i assume the OP has not established either of the requested from others, or knows perfectly well (from own restoration of roof)there isnt any restrictions.

untill it comes to light that theres somesort of restrictions and the OP posts these then there is nothing the OP can DO, in the event there is restrictions there no garrantee that the OP will be entitled to any compensation and the neighbour will have to correct their mistake by changing the tiles in keeping with the restriction. the OP wants to seek losses.