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Just to clarify, my mate has not started any legal proceedings other than contacting a solicitor and a letter being issued asking for the construction to be removed. The builders and surveyor that turned up were from the local council (I know no more than that regarding department) and also...

The worrying part is that my mates hasnt seen him since the day after this all kicked off. His daughter came to pick up some clothes and said that he didnt feel 'safe' staying there. it has to be said that the only contact my mate had with him was the day he got back after a few weeks away...

The building has gone and so have all the slabs! Havent seen it for myself but am told that the bobcat went to work at the end of last week and pulled the building down in less than a couple of hours. All put in a skip at the rear of the property and removed the next day. When I spoke to...

How is that? It appears that the outbuilding is coming down and when that is done the fence line will be reinstated. I cant see what other reason the skip and bobcat is there for as they cannot work on the building from my mates garden as he has formally given notice that access is prohibited.

Update: went round to my mates at the weekend and there is some serious progression on this. The neighbour still hasnt been home since the weekend that it all kicked off! Skip and small Bobcat is onsite which suggests something is going on. There is a serious gap at the bottom of the...

This is now fully embedded in a legal case and as a result I have been requested not to vilify against the neighbour :) However an update is that the neighbour has now pretty much moved out of the property as everyone in the local area seems to have sided with my mate and over the last couple...

Thanks for your guidance, appreciated. Will get some quality flexible filler at weekend give it a brush of paint.

Hi all Would appreciate comments on this.... New ensuite fitted Nov '13, stud walling in corner of bedroom. All appeared very solid during construction however now have floor to ceiling crack appeared on join between brick wall and new stud wall and also on door frame. Is this common /...

Okay going to have to be a very brief update on this as a solicitor in civils and property has advised that making public spectacle of the issue might not help the case (even though I have purposely been vague; only mentioned Derby, have not named anyone and also not posted photos even though...

That's exactly what everyone has said. Even if someone had given him the nod that it was going on then I would have been able to go over and look at it but it would appear that this has happened BECAUSE my mate wasnt there to object.

Local radio have been interested and they have asked him if willing to go on air! One of the local Derby stations not sure which one.

I think that is what my friend intended on doing today in the means of a letter but apparently he has been told by the house on the other side that the person has gone "away" - not sure if that means just today, or for a week or longer!!

Good point hadnt even thought of that - I will ask. From what I have just been told it looks like the neighbour isnt even there today and the house on the other side has said that the neighbour was talking about putting the house on the market this week. Which makes the question of why the...

Whats your daily rate Andy :)

There are loads as we were busy yesterday but the issue is he doesnt want to do anything which may have ramifications further on hence we managed to talk him out of emotively reacting yesterday with power tools and a sledge hammer.

It would like be more than 12" if they have dug proper concrete footings as that would need another 6 inches from the brick. We didnt check yesterday but mate is hoping to get a builder friend around today to scope it out.

He is checking today to see if there are any proper foundations or footings under the protruding section cause if not then the structure may not be completely safe. It does look a reasonable job as built in new brick with a part wooden frame - I just cant believe they have clearly stepped...

He was nearly at that point yesterday!!

So it comes down to value and cost to the person who has intently broke the law as opposed to the legal rights of the property owner. My mate has taken a few photos as the weather was good yesterday and you look down the fence line and the the building sticks out like a sore thumb onto his...

Although I had to look up what LB&F meant :oops: I am please to say that it was the sort of door / gate that I was thinking of using anyway :) We are trying to steer away from using keys and use a combination lock however all the purpose made commercial locks are over £200. I am...