House Extension - neighbour's complaint about devaluing her house

Tancred

anonbirmingham wrote: »

That was my thinking too, but in her letter she says that if we can not comply by her request, she will take legal action!

Let her take the legal action. Don't be scared off by the threat. My feeling is that she won't take any action at all and is just trying to scare you - just a form of bullying.

anonbirmingham

I_have_spoken wrote: »

>We have built an extension which has a common boundary with our next door neighbour<

Did you serve a party wall notice and reach an agreement on the award?

Did she object at the planning stage and not get anywhere with the planners? Poss. the neighbour has been contacted by 'no win, no fee' chancers who look for PP grants and then make trouble.

Yes, we served part wall notice. No problems there. She stated her complaints before the planning permission was granted, so I guess the council did not consider her issues major.

anonbirmingham

Tancred wrote: »

Let her take the legal action. Don't be scared off by the threat. My feeling is that she won't take any action at all and is just trying to scare you - just a form of bullying.

You know, you are absolutely right, she is a bully. Only writing letters and posting them through the door even when it is clear we are at home.

I_have_spoken

Yes, we served part wall notice.

Yes, but did you reach an agreed award within 14 days of serving?

Richard_Webster

I generally agree with what others have said.

However it is just possible that there is a restrictive covenant preventing alterations/extensions. Even if there is the neighbour would have to prove that she had the benefit of it, which is not necessarily the case.

theGrinch

if she was the neighbour from hell, she could claim damage to her property, which while unjustified could tie you up with expensive party wall surveyors.

Errata

anonbirmingham wrote: »

Yes, we served part wall notice. No problems there. She stated her complaints before the planning permission was granted, so I guess the council did not consider her issues major.

Clearly any objections she lodged with the planning department were not valid. Ignore her, she's away with the fairies.

anonbirmingham

I_have_spoken wrote: »

Yes, but did you reach an agreed award within 14 days of serving?

Yes, and she is aware that she can not claim anything under the Party Wall act

Naf

anonbirmingham wrote: »

That was my thinking too, but in her letter she says that if we can not comply by her request, she will take legal action!

I can take legal action against you too, if I liked. But its quite clear that neither she nor I have any legitimate grounds to do so, and would be thrown out.

anonbirmingham wrote: »

Yes, we served part wall notice. No problems there. She stated her complaints before the planning permission was granted, so I guess the council did not consider her issues major.

Errata wrote: »

Clearly any objections she lodged with the planning department were not valid. Ignore her, she's away with the fairies.

Yes, this. You had proper planning permission granted, which had already taken her gripes into consideration. Just ignore the windbag.

m0bov

You could point out to her that engaging a sol will need to be notified when she sells and this will affect her. Otherwise keep letters, or just put them back into her letters box marked return to sender!