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Advice please! Subsidence caused by neighbour's extension?
starfluf
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My tenant in our rented terrace house has send me photos of movement within the walls (not just hair line crack - wider that a coin edge). We've owned the house since 2005. The timing of this seems to sit parallel with the adjoining neighbour's extension work. Please can anyone advice on how to sort this out? Does party wall act come into play?
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Probably one for your insurers to handle...
The party wall act would only apply if there was party wall work (was there?) AND you invoked the act at the time (did you?)0 -
This is their extension on our shared wall. (Which is also looking a right bodge!) Only learned about PWA with all the googling I've been doing today.princeofpounds said:Probably one for your insurers to handle...
The party wall act would only apply if there was party wall work (was there?) AND you invoked the act at the time (did you?)
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I have nothing useful to add. But even I can tell that’s a bad job.starfluf said:
This is their extension on our shared wall. (Which is also looking a right bodge!) Only learned about PWA with all the googling I've been doing today.princeofpounds said:Probably one for your insurers to handle...
The party wall act would only apply if there was party wall work (was there?) AND you invoked the act at the time (did you?) DIP 09/02/21
Offer on property 17/02/21
Offer accepted 18/02/21
Mortgage application submitted 22/02/21
Desktop valuation 22/02/21
Mortgage offer received 22/02/21
Solicitor instructed 23/02/21
Draft contract received and enquiries sent 02/03/21
searches back 08/03/21
Enquiries back 10/06/21
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Some real quality workmanship going on there.6
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You need to urgently engage building control at your council, get round there pronoto. Also if you have legal cover then speak with them. Need more pics of inside and outside.5
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Wowstarfluf said:
This is their extension on our shared wall. (Which is also looking a right bodge!) Only learned about PWA with all the googling I've been doing today.princeofpounds said:Probably one for your insurers to handle...
The party wall act would only apply if there was party wall work (was there?) AND you invoked the act at the time (did you?)
This must have been done by an apprentice in the first week of their new job3 -
OP it does look like a mess, let us know what the council and your insurance say. But I would go round there and maybe speak with the neighbour and point out the shambolic building standards and for details for the builders insurance.1
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Of course you can't necessarily link the cracking and the construction, although there's a decent chance. That's one reason why I think it's likely to be an insurance matter; they will pay for investigations if they think they need to pursue the other side for the money3
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What the actual f..... ??? Was that built at night by visually impaired moles?? Jeez....Nothing is foolproof to a talented fool.8
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And I thought Mr O'Reilly had retired...5
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