Recent content by ianbowie

Thanks for all the replies so far. I suggested that she put up her own fence - but she is a old age pensioner and I think it is quite expensive for her. I also suggested that she check her deeds to see if the builder wrote that it was her fence in the deeds. My deeds state that if you...

Hi, This is for a friend who does not have internet access. Before her house was built there was a wooden slotted fence in place. Her neighbour has replaced this with two concrete posts with a single strand of wire and claims that this is a fence. She does not dispute that the fence...

HI rjm2k, I think that the rules are that they are allowed to do minimum damage to perform any work under the Party Wall act as long as it is restored adequately after the work is complete. This is my reading - though I am not an expert. For example, if your heighbour wants to remove...

Many thanks to all for your posts. Mine is on the right as you look at the property. At least, they may move their bins which has guarded their property for the last 3 years . Regards Ian

I have not spoken to the neighbour, we "fell out" when they came over the boundary before!

Thanks for all the replies to date. The deeds define these slabs as party walls. (long before the party wall act). I believe that he will knock down the slabs( His workman) and help himself to the land. The slabs are defined as jointly maintained and neither party should weaken them...

Sorry I will try again. The party wall (defined in the deeds) is made up of 2 inch deep slabs standing upright embedded in concrete. Currently this is a curve. I suspect that the neighbours are going to replace this with a straight wall and this will eat into my land. Reading the...

Hi, My neighbour and I share a party wall of a 2in slab. I believe that they are looking to change this into a brick wall and I think they will do this without issuing the Party Wall documentation. Reading the booklet on the party wall , they seem to be able to increase the width of the...

Hi, Think I have found it at //www.diynot.com/network/ianbowie/albums in the soakaway album Ian

Hi, I have added a very rough diagram in an album named soakaway under my id in the forum. Unfortunately I dont know how to reference it here.[/img]

Soakaway

freddymercury.... Thanks for the info. I will prepare a detailed drawing and post it as soon as I can. Percolation tests were not performed. I am one of the neighbours and believed that the soakaway would be closer than 5 meters from my building. I questioned the position of the...

My neighbour has built an extension. It runs round the rear of the building and down 1/2 the side and drains down a downpipe and also onto the garage roof which slopes to the front and then drains down a downpipe at the edge of the property. The garage is ajoined onto the side of the...