Scaffolding next door causing damage

ManofLeisure_2

chunkytfg wrote: »

Looks to me like the scaffolding is on the pathway infront of the 2 houses and therefore not actually on the OP's property.

If it was me a knock on the door to have a chat with the owner about the work and the small paint chips that need touching up would be the first thing I did. Why start out being aggressive by writing 'formal' letters etc when you could just go a speak to them.

Maybe read the OP's original post to see why I suggested a letter
I actually suggested a 'polite' letter of introduction - not an aggressive one.
At least one of the poles is touching the OP's house - the evidence is there for us to see. The fact that the scaffolding has been erected on the pavement in front of the other house, isn't important.

moneyistooshorttomention

I thought you'd just taken a photo of my last house for a minute:rotfl: - until I saw it has a different front door.

Bearing that in mind - it does look to me as if this could be a row of Victorian terrace houses straight onto the pavement. That would mean the scaffolding is straight on the pavement.

So that's another aspect of this situation - ie is there anything there to indicate clearly that there is scaffolding there ready for any passerby walking along the pavement to bump into (eg if it's the middle of the night and the street lights have gone off for the day - think I recall my streetlights went off around midnight). Visions of drunk revellers walking along the street in the early hours bumping into them if they aren't adequately marked. Think I can just about spot orange tape there - is it sufficient indication for someone whose head is fuddled by alcohol to avoid bumping into?

EachPenny

Ader1 wrote: »

My property is a mid-terraced property. It appears that the property next door is having their chimney I would say repaired.

You say 'their' chimney, but looking at the chimney on the other side of the house it appears to be 50/50 between yours and theirs (and probably has flues for both houses).

If the one being repaired is the same 50/50 then are they also planning to do repair work on 'your' half of the chimney? Does 'your' side need any work, or was it checked when you had the roof done?

Jackmydad

EachPenny wrote: »

You say 'their' chimney, but looking at the chimney on the other side of the house it appears to be 50/50 between yours and theirs (and probably has flues for both houses).

If the one being repaired is the same 50/50 then are they also planning to do repair work on 'your' half of the chimney? Does 'your' side need any work, or was it checked when you had the roof done?

I'd just scrolled down to say much the same.

-taff

Probably not shared, you can see a separate chimney to the right. When I was in a terraced house, they were individual chimneys because the fire backed on to the next doors hallway and four house fireplaces funnled into the same chimney.
Same in my fathers house.

cjv

Contact the scaffolding company using their business number/email if it is visible on a sign. If they are a reputable company they should be willing and eager to fix any problems caused from their work and ensure they cause no further damage.

BucksLady

cjv wrote: »

Contact the scaffolding company using their business number/email if it is visible on a sign. If they are a reputable company they should be willing and eager to fix any problems caused from their work and ensure they cause no further damage.

I would have thought a reputable company would have approached the OP before the start of the project - explaining what would happen and also asking if would be ok to place poles against his property.

J_B

Being totally ignorant of the fact (sorry) but shouldn't there be a 'party wall agreement' in place?

cjv

BucksLady wrote: »

I would have thought a reputable company would have approached the OP before the start of the project - explaining what would happen and also asking if would be ok to place poles against his property.

Yep, that was why I suggested contacting the company rather than talking to the scaffolder's who are working on the property. In the scaffolding industry lots of jobs are sub contracted out so you need to go to the top of the chain to report the problems, to be safe.

Ader1

I spoke to a neighbour today and he says the building company doing the work on this chimney is also the same company that erected the scaffolding. The owner of the company isn't a principled kind of fellow I was told. The chimney to my property is on the other side of the house. I had it repaired 3 years ago along with re-tiling my roof. Thank you for all of your replies so far. Who is ultimately to blame? The absent neighbour or the scaffolder/builder?