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To cut a long story short. Our neighbours garage roof overhangs into our garage and their guttering is actually inside our garage! This was done about 10 years ago. It leaks inside our garage. Last year we had an extension built. We appointed a joint party wall surveyor. We were told he had worked with neighbours son in law but he assured us he had to act impartially. He told us the garage roof just needed cutting back and the guttering moved so we agreed we would pay for this? When the builders started they said they wouldn't do it as the roof as made of plastic it would just shatter. They just refused and when the lintel to hold the extension was fitted the neighbours guttering fitted inside? They said they would move it if inspector told them to but they never. We asked them a few times to move this but they wouldn't. They left December after building the extension. We got another builder impn a couple of weeks ago who confirmed neighbour would need a whole new roof. He spoke to her and her son in law. He also uncovered another problem. At the back the spout from her downpipe is in our garden. He said she has no drainage at the back and we are also taking water from two doors up! I rang party wall surveyor and explained all this and he said we now need to sort it out between us! I have sent an email to them friday offering to pay half of new garage roof for her and to pay to move her guttering and given 7 days to reply or we will take legal advice. Where do we stand legally here? We are so stressed out by whole situation