Neighbour wants to knock down and rebuild.....

chunkytfg

This might seem like a crazy idea but have you been a next door and asked your neighbour how they plan on knocking a house down when part of your house is in the way?!

marmaluke

chunkytfg wrote: »

This might seem like a crazy idea but have you been a next door and asked your neighbour how they plan on knocking a house down when part of your house is in the way?!

I have asked multiple times, in person and by email but he’s still yet to enlighten me. He just says that this is what he “has been advised”.

I forgot to mention, he is in property development - I’m assuming he thinks he will see bigger profits this way, then move on when it’s all done...

TELLIT01

marmaluke wrote: »

I forgot to mention, he is in property development -

If he's done other developing he should know that he has next to no chance of getting permission to do what he wants to. You need to keep an eye out for any planning application anyway, but I'd be intrigued to know how he would cope with the flying freehold even if permission was granted.

Mistral001

marmaluke wrote: »

Hi all,

If anyone is in the know I'd appreciate advice, or pointing in the right direction. Our neighbours are putting in a new planning application to knock down and rebuild their half of our semi-detached houses as a detached dwelling and also build a new house in the garden. (This is following a year of them pushing to get 3 houses, and subsequently a block of 3 flats in their front garden, which eventually got refused.)

Anyway, we are very much against the proposals. The house is a 200+ year old farmhouse in central Newbury and we have major concerns about structural damage to our house and disruption. In the summer when they were doing a 'soft-strip' next door they managed to knock huge chunks of plaster off our bedroom wall. There is also a flying freehold, with one of our rooms sitting above one of theirs. Could anyone please tell me our rights with regards to party wall agreements etc, ie, can we straight up refuse? Are there any specialists we should talk to?

Cheers

This trumps everything. I think this is similar to a ransom strip. Get legal advice on what you can ask for it. The maximum amount you can get for it is determined by law and is set as a percentage of the value of the property being built.

The developer is banking on the OP not seeking proper legal advice on the matter. OP get legal advice.

consumers_revenge

As said why not consider selling your for well over the odds and get a trade up for nothing.

Sure they would jump at the chance and you are in a great bargaining position.