Neighour's extension on my land

pinkshoes

VictorMeldew wrote: »

It seems to be ridiculously easy to steal some of your neighbours land - once something is built, unless your deed diagrams happen to represent your fences very accurately, and you're prepared to spend thousands going to court and even then risk losing, there is not much you can do about it.

So what would now happen if you put in a planning application for a small building on YOUR land (as marked by the boundary line on the deeds which the council themselves drew up in 1980!) which would then just happen to overlap the piece of land that he has now stolen? Would you be allowed to take a sledge hammer to his overlaping wall so that your extension could be built?

ginvzt

pinkshoes wrote: »

So what would now happen if you put in a planning application for a small building on YOUR land (as marked by the boundary line on the deeds which the council themselves drew up in 1980!) which would then just happen to overlap the piece of land that he has now stolen? Would you be allowed to take a sledge hammer to his overlaping wall so that your extension could be built?

I like your thinking...:rotfl:

shays_mum

I would really appreciate some advice!
Quick senario:
Neighbuor builds extension, one of those ones where you can legally do it without council plans.
Neighbor asks if party fence can be taken down for extension wall - so they can dig foundations without damaging fence. Wall so high no light coming in at all
Neighbour builds wall right upto & over property line quite a few inches - as well as right upto main drainage house on my.
Neighbour builds guttering which is basically a down pipe going into my main water downpipes on the back of my house. Water splashing everywhere down my walls everytime it rains
Neighbour never replaces fence - well is pebble dashed & things are falling of it onto my land.
I know once things are built the party wall agreement don't come into play?? - is this true?, where do i stand legally?. Same thing happened to the other neighbours down the road & they were forced to re-build properly. Can i do this as well? So confused sorry for the ramble, am not well at the mo.
Sorry for being so long, but really would appreciate some input many thanks in advance

Jackie2oo7

Haha, I think going through with this would more trouble than it's actually worth, I would not waste your time, and Councils aren't that stupid those days, threaten them all you want, people are starting to take action on that too.

billydino

shays_mum wrote: »

I would really appreciate some advice!
Quick senario:
Neighbuor builds extension, one of those ones where you can legally do it without council plans.
Neighbor asks if party fence can be taken down for extension wall - so they can dig foundations without damaging fence. Wall so high no light coming in at all
Neighbour builds wall right upto & over property line quite a few inches - as well as right upto main drainage house on my.
Neighbour builds guttering which is basically a down pipe going into my main water downpipes on the back of my house. Water splashing everywhere down my walls everytime it rains
Neighbour never replaces fence - well is pebble dashed & things are falling of it onto my land.
I know once things are built the party wall agreement don't come into play?? - is this true?, where do i stand legally?. Same thing happened to the other neighbours down the road & they were forced to re-build properly. Can i do this as well? So confused sorry for the ramble, am not well at the mo.
Sorry for being so long, but really would appreciate some input many thanks in advance

Horrendous. If it was me I'm afraid I'd be locked up for Criminal damage to his property. Good luck!

billydino

ginvzt wrote: »

I like your thinking...:rotfl:

I wonder how many times you'd have to 'water' his wall with a hosepipe before it got damp on the inside?

Doozergirl

Have you got legal cover with your home insurance? Time to use it I think.

Lots of people who know what they are talking about on the forum here:
http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/
Moreso than this forum for this sort of thing.

shays_mum

billydino wrote: »

I wonder how many times you'd have to 'water' his wall with a hosepipe before it got damp on the inside?

I like YOUR thinking :rotfl:

I can see the water already going up their wall with the normal rainfall, so only a matter of time before the damp sets in!!

shays_mum

Doozergirl wrote: »

Have you got legal cover with your home insurance? Time to use it I think.

Lots of people who know what they are talking about on the forum here:
http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/
Moreso than this forum for this sort of thing.

Completely forgotten about legal cover, had it for years & never used it thanks!!

shays_mum

Also, i am legally allowed to block off my down pipes?, which takes water from this neighbour & 3 other houses!!.