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Hi vinn, Totally appreciate it won't be cheap (or easy) to do the job properly but I need a bit of a stop gap as it were - I appreciate this doesn't necessarily sit well with the Pro's as, quite understandably, you want to advise on doing the job correctly, however I do appreciate your input...

Hi vinn, Many thanks for your detailed reply, its much appreciated. You'll have to excuse my ignorance but what is CWI ? Regarding the trees, we were in touch with the council a few years back and whilst on the phone, they went onto google earth and were horrified at how big they were...

The main area of blown pebble dashing is more or less in the centre of the bay, with cracks running down and out from it, with separate cracks left and right. Regarding curing the water problem, in the small amount of research I've done, I've never seen curved drainage channels (the type with...

Hi all, I wonder if I could get some opinions on the best way to tackle the following (sorry for the long post btw)... 1930's semi, block paved drive slightly inclined towards house, morons who laid it donkey's year's ago laid it above the height of the damp course so inevitably we had damp...

No absolutely motorbiking fair point...sorry I've taken my own post off on a tangent.

Sorrry I'm not going to do that it's purely hypothetical its more a case of me thinking up scenarios and what ifs based on learning a little more about PWA's You mentioned earlier on that a PWA allows you to put foundations onto your neighbours land and I was just thinking is that dependant on...

Many thanks for all the replies, I do appreciate it. Picking up on the point regarding reasonable access / allowing foundations to cross the boundary line, is this regardless of what's built on the neighbours land at the point your foundations cross over ? i.e. if I was gonna build a structure...

Without wanting to take my own post off topic...what are the real benefits of the PWA ? I can see that reading some other threads on the forum people are saying it doesn't really offer anything that doesn't already exist in common law - if my neighbour damages my wall without PWA in place, then...

Thanks for that info motorbiking, I did not realise this...and on checking with cousin, neither did they.

They're all terraced. In answer to your question, I've got no idea but as I say, with such a miniscule gap between them which is gonna allow the weather in etc. what do you do about maintenance ?

I'm not sure if a PWA was issued motorbiking my cousin has not mentioned this so I assume not. I must be honest and say I hadn't realised the PWA doesn't always have to directly relate to a wall...just digging close to foundations is enough to need one ?

Chappers I couldn't agree with you more but this neighbour is something else. The builder of my cousin's extension has actually suggested that, with a PWA in place, it would actually work out better for both sides if he butted the extension right up to my cousin's. He's says he won't do this so...

Hi Ken, thanks for your input. You make very valid points, I've kinda said the same thing to my cousin - how can all these professionals and authorities all make the same mistake, if indeed it is a mistake ? This has all been made a 100 times worse because the neighbour seems to have been...

Hi Tony, thanks for your reply too. So unlikely though court action may be, it would still be my cousin's fault despite them taking all the advice from the architect, builder, council etc. etc. at the time ? It wouldn't be a case of them arguing they'd been poorly advised, because I'm sure...

Thanks for your reply Woody. Just to clarify, when they built the extension 10 years ago, they weren't building up against any existing structure, essentially where there was a fence between the two patios, that became the outside wall of my cousin's extention. Would a party wall agreement...

Hi, I wonder if someone could clarify the legality of a situation my cousin's family is in. They had a single story extention built at the back of their property 10 years ago. They had an architect draw up plans, employed a local building company, they did everything by the book, with building...

Thanks for your reply Frank and I totally agree....the problem is that it's difficult for us to moan at this guy (or any of the last few owners) when they've bought the house with the garage already in being. The house is (or rather would be, without this garage) a shared drive to garages...

Many thanks for your reply LanceCorpralJones. The drains are original and, as far as my mum can remember, have never been looked at - they are at exactly the same height, opposite each other, a garage door width apart. Good shout about dying his drain, wish I'd suggested that when the...

Apologises for the long post but I thought a bit of background and what we’ve done so far might help. I live in a 1930’s semi-detached house and we’ve got problems with a rainwater drain at the front of the house which is fed by a down pipe from the gutters. The drain is situated on the...