extension next door - attaching stuff to wall?

snowmaid

amcluesent wrote: »

Even if the brick wall is on the boundary, chances are the roof soffit and/or guttering will extend further and be intruding upon your property. Ask your neighbour how much he intends to pay in rent!

:rotfl: :rotfl: good idea! :T

darich

snowmaid wrote: »

More than likely it is exactly on the boundary, which is fine.

It's not really fine at all - it means you'll be asked for access to your land for maintenance on your neighbour's property. It means it limits you as to what you can do with the land adjacent to the wall. It's not always the wall that needs maintaining - it could be the guttering, roofing, drainpipe etc as you've already observed.

The best solution would be to extend your property to the same extent as your neighbours.

snowmaid

darich wrote: »

It's not really fine at all - it means you'll be asked for access to your land for maintenance on your neighbour's property. It means it limits you as to what you can do with the land adjacent to the wall. It's not always the wall that needs maintaining - it could be the guttering, roofing, drainpipe etc as you've already observed.

The best solution would be to extend your property to the same extent as your neighbours.

Thanks.....don't I feel better......!:p

beachbeth

Doozergirl wrote: »

I'd ask you neighbour. It might be the boundary, but it's their wall. I doubt they'd object to some hanging baskets.

We had a neighbour who went ballistic if we so much as breathed on his fence! He sent us a nasty letter when we were newly weds and had just moved in saying we were not to attach anything to his fence or even lean anything against it! Yet the neighbours we had now wouldn't care what we did as long as no damage was caused!

jackieb

Our neighbours built a sunroom next door. We share a drain and a drainpipe and they built right up to it. We're getting plans for an extension drawn up right now and unless we want 3ft of wasted space between the 2 extensions (which would be use for nothing, and since our houses aren't very wide in the first place, it would hardly be worth putting up an extension if we did that) we have to pay for the drain to get shifted and their wastepipe rerouted. If we'd managed to do the extension first it would have been their problem - it's hardly very fair.

GabbaGabbaHey

darich wrote: »

If your neighbour refuses permission politely ask him how he intends to maintain his wall if he can't get access from your land.

Presumably by invoking the Access to Neighbouring Land Act 1992.

clutton_2

under which 1992 Act neighbours cannot refuse you access to cross their landto maintain your property, but you must return it to its original state when leaving.

david29dpo

clutton wrote: »

under which 1992 Act neighbours cannot refuse you access to cross their landto maintain your property, but you must return it to its original state when leaving.

interesting. my parents neighbours are refusing to remove 6 feet of soil they have banked up against there wall, which is now bowing out with the weight, and its not a retaining wall!

darich

david29dpo wrote: »

interesting. my parents neighbours are refusing to remove 6 feet of soil they have banked up against there wall, which is now bowing out with the weight, and its not a retaining wall!

I'd imagine your parents would be responsible for the collapse of the wall since they've stockpiled material against it.

pcwilkins

I think it was the parent's neighbours who piled the soil. If the wall collapses they will be responsible but I'm not sure if they can be forced to remove it now. Though I think it would a good idea to get them to come round and see the bowing wall.

Peter