Neighbours have built a conservatory attached to my house, what are my rights?

mattastic

Thanks for the replies, thats a bit more reassuring.

What do you mean by a tie?

I haven't seen the work so I'm not sure whats involved I'm just posting on my parents behalf.

Would it have any impact when selling the house?

RJS86

mattastic wrote: »

Thanks for the replies, thats a bit more reassuring.

What do you mean by a tie?

I haven't seen the work so I'm not sure whats involved I'm just posting on my parents behalf.

Would it have any impact when selling the house?

Well it's all guesswork without any details, I Just can't envisage three screws being a load bearing support. So I would image it's just acting as a tie to the party wall to stop a gap from opening up between the party wall and the conservatory.

I would imagine that their conservatory would have no effect to your parents house price/saleability either, especially if it doesn't protrude any further than their existing extension.

princeofpounds

As stated, google 'party wall'. This will tell you all you might want to know about rights and responsibilities in these situations.

The main thing they should make sure about (assuming there is no structural integrity issue with just 3 screws!) is that the drainage still works with the new structure in place. You don't want torrents of water falling into a narrow gap between buildings with no drainage.

I'd also firmly express my displeasure to the neighbours on a one-off basis, but if there are no technical issues let it slide after that. There's every chance the neighbours didn't know this would be done by the builder.