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We have talked to them and they have no interest in sharing a wall (they need a light well/courtyard and if someone builds an extension along theirs they can kiss half the light good bye) Basically we will have to go through the mitigating factors as suggested above Thanks all for your expert...

Yes that's a really good suggestion on how to mitigate the issue thanks :) I know using the new wall in the future seems like a good option but in reality at the moment it's not really how we use our garden (that wall was more like a herb garden and a feature). Would we be allowed to re-instate...

Yes it crossed my mind as well, our garden is covered in Ivy, it's not that easy to tame at the best of times so it's pretty much a certainty that it will end up on their wall.

I am also welcoming suggestions on how to mitigate the disruptions-why so angry? You could just have ignored and then you don't need to get all worked up about it...

No I'm not certain, we will check. Presumably the only way they can't take it down is if it's fully ours? (i'm pretty sure it's a party wall, it's bang in the middle of the two terraces)

Hi The neighbours are planning to extend (classic semi detached and extending in the side return). We do not have an issue with this per se, however the one thing that is really bugging us is that they want to take down the party wall to replace it with their new wall (up to the boundary...