New Build Garage Overhang

penny22

Advise needed, Just moved into to our new build and only got to viewed garden 2 days before move in, Our issue is the Neighbours double garage at the rear of our garden seems to have been built over the boundary line, boundary line is where the fence is, Also the over hang is very low and dangerous, The deleloper has said that can put a fence around, We have asked for legal advice from the conveyance solicitor that delt with the purchase but they were recommended from the deleloper, any suggestions or do we just put up with it and go with the fence around?    
  

UnderOffer

That looks similar to what another poster Benno1980 has just posted about. He currently has a fence but the fence is being removed to allow the building of garage and the plan provided shows the garage slightly over his current temporary fence boundary. Have you checked your title plan to see if it shows this stepping in? Benno plan clearly shows this. 

penny22

UnderOffer said:

That looks similar to what another poster Benno1980 has just posted about. He currently has a fence but the fence is being removed to allow the building of garage and the plan provided shows the garage slightly over his current temporary fence boundary. Have you checked your title plan to see if it shows this stepping in? Benno plan clearly shows this. 

Hi, Thank you for your reply, We wouldn't mind so much with the overhang but at that low level its seems wrong,   

Slithery

That's just the developers plan which doesn't have any useful meaning.

What does the plan that the Land Registry hold show?

penny22

Slithery said:

That's just the developers plan which doesn't have any useful meaning.

What does the plan that the Land Registry hold show?

Hi, Thank you for your reply, that is the plan we had with deeds TP1 which we signed with the solicitor, only other plans with have are, 

clive0510

its obviously wrong. you have some else roof tiles in your garden! If it were me I would certainly contest it. 

[Deleted User]

It looks quite dangerous. They won't want to demolish the garage and move it so you probably need to think about what other options you would accept, or if you want to push for that.

UnderOffer

Is your garden higher than other plots? That garage looks so odd and far too low. How strange. Having the fence will mean you lose a few more inches of your grass, but at least it would give better height. 

Doozergirl

penny22 said:

Slithery said:

That's just the developers plan which doesn't have any useful meaning.

What does the plan that the Land Registry hold show?

Hi, Thank you for your reply, that is the plan we had with deeds TP1 which we signed with the solicitor, only other plans with have are, 

That's a measured landscaping survey. 

The tiles are low because you're higher and there's a significant drop down.  FFL means 'finished floor level'.   Your garage is 1.3m higher than theirs.  

Developers don't always do the cleverest things.   What looks sensible on paper translates into, erm, that.  The boundary differences are too blurred for me to read.  

You could create an interesting water feature with the rainwater run-off?! 

The positioning looks correct when you compare the garage of 148 to the one of 144.  Your boundary doesn't appear straight.  

penny22

UnderOffer said:

Is your garden higher than other plots? That garage looks so odd and far too low. How strange. Having the fence will mean you lose a few more inches of your grass, but at least it would give better height. 

Yes our plot is higher, our first thought was a fence to make it safe, then place our bamboo pots a long the fence line, but just worried that the boundary issue might come up if we sell the property, 

penny22

[Deleted User] said:

It looks quite dangerous. They won't want to demolish the garage and move it so you probably need to think about what other options you would accept, or if you want to push for that.

No they won't demolish, a fence is probably our only option,