urgent advice required/width of extension

rabialiones

our builder is building 12" into our boundary

rabialiones

he is disputing what was discussed initially, its my word against his
don't really want to have a dispute with him

GwylimT

rabialiones wrote: »

he is disputing what was discussed initially, its my word against his
don't really want to have a dispute with him

What would you like the end result to be?

System

rabialiones wrote: »

he is disputing what was discussed initially, its my word against his
don't really want to have a dispute with him

He's building it wrong, you are paying him to build it - there's no much more to dispute here

There's no point in letting him build it incorrectly just to avoid a dispute - and if you let him go ahead with something blatantly incorrect you are heading for trouble all the way through, he will know he has free reign to built as he pleases. You either need to get someone in to sort it out - architect/designer should be able to instruct him, presumably you don't have any formal contract in place? do you have building reg drawings or is he building from planning drawings?

rabialiones

my only concern is the size of the extension will be smaller than desired and expected

rabialiones

the_r_sole wrote: »

He's building it wrong, you are paying him to build it - there's no much more to dispute here

There's no point in letting him build it incorrectly just to avoid a dispute - and if you let him go ahead with something blatantly incorrect you are heading for trouble all the way through, he will know he has free reign to built as he pleases. You either need to get someone in to sort it out - architect/designer should be able to instruct him, presumably you don't have any formal contract in place? do you have building reg drawings or is he building from planning drawings?

we do have a contract and building reg drawings

DRP

rabialiones wrote: »

he is disputing what was discussed initially, its my word against his
don't really want to have a dispute with him

I don't understand how this is word of mouth - do you have architectural plans that form the basis of your contract?

As Gwylim says:

GwylimT wrote: »

If you're not willing to ensure the extension you want is built, I'm afraid you have little room to complain.

System

rabialiones wrote: »

we do have a contract and building reg drawings

well, give a copy to the builder - any setting out issues will be dealt with in the contract, any dispute resolution will be set out in there - the drawings are contract documents and if they are being built incorrectly USE THE CONTRACT

rabialiones

builder has copy of drawings, contacted build. regs. they have confirmed the drawings are correct and we can build to edge of house, and there is no law saying we need to leave gap.

problem is foundations have been laid now, can they be extended?

we have also paid lot of money as was set out in contract

GwylimT

rabialiones wrote: »

builder has copy of drawings, contacted build. regs. they have confirmed the drawings are correct and we can build to edge of house, and there is no law saying we need to leave gap.

problem is foundations have been laid now, can they be extended?

Yes they can.