Hi,
I am starting to think about adding an extension to the rear of my property. As you can see in the attached photo, my neighbours house already had an extension, which was build about 8 years ago by the previous owners (also before we moved in). I have marked a blue line on the photo where I believe the boundary is. As you can see the external wall of the neighbours extension is about 6 inch within their boundary.
Ideally I would like to build right up to the extension, i.e. use their external wall as my internal wall. Not because it will give us slightly more room but I would be concerned about the future problems of a small gap between the extensions. The footprint and height would be exactly the same as my neighbours extension. I have not yet spoken to my neighbours about my plans but they seem to be reasonable people so I'm not too concerned. However, I would like everything to be done properly to avoid any issues when selling.
I'm basically after some expert opinions on what I'm suggesting and if there is a better way to approach building it. I understand that I would have to serve a party wall agreement but would there be any issues down the line relating to the 6 inches of my property that would actually be on my neighbours land.
Any advice is much appreciated.
I am starting to think about adding an extension to the rear of my property. As you can see in the attached photo, my neighbours house already had an extension, which was build about 8 years ago by the previous owners (also before we moved in). I have marked a blue line on the photo where I believe the boundary is. As you can see the external wall of the neighbours extension is about 6 inch within their boundary.
Ideally I would like to build right up to the extension, i.e. use their external wall as my internal wall. Not because it will give us slightly more room but I would be concerned about the future problems of a small gap between the extensions. The footprint and height would be exactly the same as my neighbours extension. I have not yet spoken to my neighbours about my plans but they seem to be reasonable people so I'm not too concerned. However, I would like everything to be done properly to avoid any issues when selling.
I'm basically after some expert opinions on what I'm suggesting and if there is a better way to approach building it. I understand that I would have to serve a party wall agreement but would there be any issues down the line relating to the 6 inches of my property that would actually be on my neighbours land.
Any advice is much appreciated.