I am wanting to build a garage in the back garden and there only one place it can go. The problem is the neighbours garage which butts up to the boundary has an *huge* roof structure which overhangs my garden by at least a foot.
If we were to build a garage we would have to considerably cut into this overhang. Questions are:
1. Are we allowed to alter the part of his building without his permission even though it's on my land? Can he object? (seems ridiculous if he can)
2. As the overhang is quite considerable I imagine it adds a fair bit of ££ onto the cost of building our garage, is it all down to me to pay?
I knew about the overhanging issue when I bought my house, the neighbour built the garage ten years ago without planning permission but got it in retrospect. The previous owner of my house was so laid back that he allowed the garage to be built.
If we were to build a garage we would have to considerably cut into this overhang. Questions are:
1. Are we allowed to alter the part of his building without his permission even though it's on my land? Can he object? (seems ridiculous if he can)
2. As the overhang is quite considerable I imagine it adds a fair bit of ££ onto the cost of building our garage, is it all down to me to pay?
I knew about the overhanging issue when I bought my house, the neighbour built the garage ten years ago without planning permission but got it in retrospect. The previous owner of my house was so laid back that he allowed the garage to be built.