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Hi, chap has now turned up and done some work and put new joists etc , nice chap but i do have a concern (apart from how untidy he is with cement up the neighbours newly painted wall ) . He originally left the wooden posts in-situ as he was going to clad them, he set out the Upstand for the...

Hi doug, I got a phone call today Saturday (30/08/14) from the property investment firms builder saying he would be here on Tuesday and planned for it to take three days. They will be putting a fibre glass covering on, doing away with the cladding and wooden posts and putting up a wrought iron...

I have just checked my email, and the investment firm are being great, proactive and has sent the photos to his builder. As you can see the cladding is missing from the wall, down the bottom of the picture above you can tell the angle the cladding has drop and the balcony continues to...

Something odd going on. On Friday 1st August he moved out, leaving no forwarding address. It gets worse, on the 06/08/14 a property investment company was added to the Title registry ., the same colin is still listed head of the title absolute I phoned them up and they seemed...

Thanks for the reply, I understand what you mean about the 'possible' condensation, I have seen the water trickling down in three seperate locations directly from underneath where the balcony meets the wall and have discounted that it is condensation. I have sent him an email this afternoon...

I read that as we are both jointly responsible for the joists ie medial = 1. Relating to, situated in, or extending toward the middle; median.(http://www.thefreedictionary.com/medial) but solely responsible for the 'skins' either side. The water is definitely coming from above and is not...

Thanks for the replies. The Properties are 'flying freeholds', As far as i can remember the building was converted in 1982 (badly, i have slowly been trying do things properly) and the balcony had planning permission. The construction of the balcony itself seems to have been to remove...

Hi, I have a bit of a problem and am hopeful the god folks here can give me some advice. The upstairs neighbours has a balcony above my kitchen (kitchen at ground level), The joists (180mm depth) on one side, holding the balcony floor have rotted away and dropped by 110mm. I am (was )...

The joists should be in the holes

The joists ends have rotted away and dropped by 110mm

Above my kitchen is my neighbours collapsing balcony

Hi awl,I am looking a bit of advice, I want to create a raised bed and storage area in a room with 3.5m high ceiling,the room size is 3.6m x 4m and is a ground floor victorian flat bedroom with concrete floor and brick walls. I plan on making the ceiling 2.3m(7'6") high with 195mm joists with...