18mo after moving into new build, told our garden fence temporary, will now lose 31.5msq

AdrianC

pinkteapot said:

And I'm afraid MSE doesn't really do hand-holding and hugs. You may need to use Mumsnet for that...

I looked in there once.
It's a den of vipers. I ran screaming.

UnderOffer

I can see why you are so upset, you’d loose your newly built bedding and guess the boundary fence would move to the very edge of your patio. Looks like you should have only had half the width of the fence at the ‘dead end’ beside your property. At a guess I’m assuming the fence is currently at the blue line I’ve drawn on your map, instead of the red boundary line shown?  

AdrianC

Are A3 and A9's garden boundaries marked out yet, to refer to?

How does the relative width of the walkway on the R121 side of R122 compare?

babyblade41

Download the plans first... marry up with the docs you signed on completion , get the scaled drawings and outside with the old tape measure .

These things can be very long and protracted  , I'd be going for compensation if proved right in your favour.

Pick your battles wisely and this maybe one that the quickest solution maybe the best 

pinkteapot

AdrianC said:

pinkteapot said:

And I'm afraid MSE doesn't really do hand-holding and hugs. You may need to use Mumsnet for that...

I looked in there once.
It's a den of vipers. I ran screaming.

I wasn't saying it to be snarky. OP had said they'd been pointed here for help by people on Mumsnet so I assume she's still on there too. MSE is just different so I was just trying to say that people here are only trying to help (practically, not emotionally). 

moneymattersnatter

Thank you!  I don't mind if people want to be abupt with me as long as it's practical and I can act on it. The poster clearly isn't reading what I'm saying though and their tone is unpleasant, unhelpful and unkind. I'm glad they've jogged on (with a great pun, touche!) 
Thanks so much for your advice.  I've turned the house upside down. With the landscaping I KNOW we've got docs with measurements on (the builders had to know where water pipes were to install electricity into the garden).  So, I've asked them if they may still have them.  In the meantime, I've got the online version, super quick and easy to attain 🙌
Here it is... I'm not sure if it does help?!  LOL!

mortgage_noob

moneymattersnatter said:

Ditzy_Mitzy said:

Do you have anything that confirms the measurements, in terms of feet and inches, of the 'plot plan'?  If not this is all speculation.  

If you're not going to read my posts, please can you jog on?
Thanks anyway, but your comments are really not helpful and I don't appreciate your tone. 

Sorry OP but I think it's you who's posting with a rude tone here. Ditzy_Mitzy is trying to help you and 'jog on' is totally uncalled for.

anteguardian

I’d be equally as annoyed as you OP and wouldn’t take this lying down either. I’m glad you’ve got your insurance(?) on your side and that you are covered for this...

I think to all those saying it’s only 40cm I think you’d be equally as annoyed if you were in the same position and thought that was your land and there was nothing saying otherwise. Especially when you’d been living there for a period of time and had spent lots of money on landscaping and furniture etc to get it just right - from the emotional attachment alone before bringing the amount of money it cost into it. 

 
From everything (plans and photos etc) that the OP has posted I don’t think I would think any different... I would’ve assumed that everything had been don’t correctly to plan... especially if nothing had been flagged before now.

Im sure your mortgage and insurance company will be keeping a close eye on this as the developer is at fault in my personal opinion. 

Who installs a ‘temporary’ fence on land that you don’t own - it’s unheard of surely? 

I’m frustrated for you!

p00hsticks

Mojisola said:

That plan looks as if the fence almost touches the corner of your house.

I think we've established that the boundary in question is the one at the bottom of the plan, not the top.

es5595

I started reading this on mumsnet and was glad to see someone had already sent you here OP.
Like @AdrianC said, its a bit hit and miss, and you'll get really good advice on MSE. If anyone is interested, the mumsnet thread is here - https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/legal_matters/4147936-New-build-told-18mo-after-moved-in-our-boundary-temporary
Well done on not just rolling over OP, I'd contact your landscaper and see if they can do a 'best guess' on cost to move everything over, plus the cost of you looking at the 'new boundary' and feeling happy, and give them that as a one-time offer, on the proviso that they also pay all associated fees and legal costs. They might well decide its not worth it!