Neighbour attaching gates to my wall

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Bookworm105

why are you so upset by this?
You say the wall is not strong enough, are you a structural engineer?
Do you resent these people moving in next door?

Millsandovis

Bookworm105 said:

why are you so upset by this?
You say the wall is not strong enough, are you a structural engineer?
Do you resent these people moving in next door?

Because someone is attaching something to his property. Really not hard to work out 

Schwarzwald

Bookworm105 said:

why are you so upset by this?
You say the wall is not strong enough, are you a structural engineer?
Do you resent these people moving in next door?

Being the owner tops being a structural engineer.
if he doesnt want it, he doesnt have to explain himself.
any decent person wld first ask the owner if they can modify their property. And if the answer is a No, then find another way.

ThisIsWeird

A bit more info required, Steve.

What wall is this - part of your house or garage, or a boundary wall? If the latter, is it wholly yours, fully on your side of the boundary line, or is it shared or 'party', straddling the boundary line, and for which you both have rights and responsibilities?

If it's your house or garage wall, then I'd suggest a straight, uncompromising 'non'. You don't want holes drilled through your buildings, and you don't want sound transmission either. Just explain it for these reasons. If it's your wall, and they begin this work after you have said 'no', then it's 'trespass with criminal property damage'.

If you have concerns about what they might do, permission or not, then cover yourself by taking photos now of the wall as it is, and record yourself telling them, "Sorry - no".

If it's a garden or boundary wall, then my strong inclination would be the same - it's simply best all round to keep things separate. Once fitted, I understand your neighbour could, over time, obtain an easement or whatevs it's called to keep having their gate attached to your wall. There was a thread some time ago where (as I recall) a homeowner wanted to repair their house wall, and have it rendered. To do this, they first needed their neighbour's wide driveway gate - for which their previous owner had apparently given permission - removed from this wall. One nicely rendered wall later, and the neighbour was demanding that he be allowed to reattach his gate, claiming he had 'the right'. The OP was clearly not too happy about this. No idea how it ended, but - really - you just do not want to go there.

The only type of wall I'd consider allowing this to happen is if it's a sturdy 'party' boundary wall, which straddles the boundary line, and for which you both have rights. Even then, I'd check your deeds carefully to see if they are simply permitted to do this, or whether agreement is required. Perhaps a condition could be that they take ongoing responsibility for maintenance of that section of wall?

m0bov

What happens if there is damage to your wall? Or you want to remove your wall? The fact they are attaching it to your wall, rather than a post, suggests it might not be a very good job.