Overhanging gutter what would you do?

ey_up

Hi all. Hoping for some advice. We've been in our house for many years and bought it knowing the gutter of our neighbours conservatory overhangs our boundary by approx 1 inch above our patio. I think circa 20 years ago, during construction, the builders recognised the wall had been built with insufficient room to keep the gutter solely within our neighbours boundary and the gutter was installed with half sat on top of the wall and half overhanging the wall. Now the neighbour wants to replace the roof and the installers, concerned it's more hassle for them, want to overhang further onto our property. One side of me says this is only a few more inches, the other side says it only going to be a problem later should we sell or want to extend our selves.

There are clearly options available to the neighbour yo have secret gutter, narrow gutters, box gutter on the wall but they don't want to consider it as its more potential problems for the installers.

Does anyone have any advice? We like our neighbours but feel whatever we do now effects us forever with very little reward. :-s 

Thank you 

Grenage

Just say no; there are alternatives and it's not your problem.

searchlight123

just explain nicely that you have taken advice and been told that it could cause problems for you in the future were you to decide to sell. as pointed out above, there are ways around this (they may be a  bit more expensive to implement) but that really isn't your problem. 

Jeepers_Creepers

I wouldn't accept a further encroachment, either. As pointed out above, you might be 'ok' (resigned...) with it, but it is the type of issue that rankles with many folk, so you could be opening yourself up for some significant hassle when you come to sell.

I'd go with Tony's explanation - which has the benefit of being truthful :-)

There are alternatives, and it isn't your problem to suggest or find them.

fenwick458

tonygold said:

just explain nicely that you have taken advice and been told that it could cause problems for you in the future were you to decide to sell. as pointed out above, there are ways around this (they may be a  bit more expensive to implement) but that really isn't your problem. 

that is absolutely spot on

ey_up

Thank you everyone. Much appreciated 

Mojisola

And keep an eye on the work - the neighbour or the builder might just decide to go with the overhang and hope that you accept it once it's done.

twopenny

Photograph as it is now...........keep an eye as Moj says.

If you can be out there waving your phone/camera about that always helps I've found.

You don't want further encrochment. It's not your problem. The neighbours want this let them sort it out.

MaryNB

There has a been a few posts on this forum regarding neighbourly disputes over flows from gutters, usually a neighbour's gutter overflowing onto their property or a shared drainage system causing problems. In one post, if I recall correctly, the neighbour's overhanging gutter was damaged and when it rained, water was pouring onto the poster's property. The neighbours were being difficult about repairing it. Seems it's generally better for people to keep their rainfall runoff to themselves.

Obviously ideally it would be entirely on their property but at the very least you should avoid any further overhanging.  

Maxson

Your neighbours need to build their new conservatory smaller so that none of it overhangs your property. Point out that it needs to be ideally at least 18" away from the boundary to allow them access for maintenance of their building as well as any fence. How do they plan to put wood treatment on their side of the fence if a person can't fit down there?