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Thanks Alex - the builder also suggested doing this when I spoke to him today. I will give the insurers another call and say they really must come and look.

Yes, I was never going to push the wall over. The reason it's a shared responsibility is that it lies equally on both our properties. Let's say it's 2m across - 1m is on our garden and 1m on theirs. We share joint responsibility for it falling on someone. Sorting out just our side alone...

Ceres, could you please explain how you would resolve the issue? This is a genuine question, I'm not being antagonistic - I might be missing something. It isn't a case of how they choose to mark their boundary, it's a case of dealing with a structure that is a danger to the public that is not my...

I think we may have to do that eventually - I was just hoping that there might be some other way to approach it between us and the neighbours before it got to that stage! If I report to the council (as a dangerous building rather than a neighbour dispute) will it be lodged as a neighbour...

I don't want to force anyone to do anything - I have had the builders in for quotes and all 4 of them have said it is impossible to simply rebuild our section of the wall. Taking down our section and leaving theirs still standing is not an option - if it were I would take it!

Joe-90 It's a shared responsibility as the wall runs across both my neighbours and my yard. It is on our land, therefore our responsibility. As mentioned, the wall is 1.5m by 1.8m. You're very right, we really like our neighbours and have a good relationship with them and do not want...

Ok thanks - the only problem is that even if it isn't a shared wall, it's so unstable that it's impossible to take down only our half of it. So even if we were to just rebuild our half, the entire thing would have to come down for which we would need their permission. At the moment they...

Thanks again for your reply - the wall is approx 1.5m x 1.8m, seems to be about two bricks deep but I'm not sure of the technical spec! I will measure the lean-out and see how far it is away from the concrete post. I'll also take another look at the insurance policy - the rest of the street...

Thanks, that's really helpful. I think even by eyeballing it it's obvious that it needs replacing - there is a vertical concrete post behind it and there's a good couple of inches gap between the post and the wall where the wall is leaning. The rest of the walls along the row have been...

I have also posted in gardens - not sure which is the most appropriate! We have recently noticed that the back wall of our yard (split 50/50 between neighbours property and ours as we are part of a row of terraces), is leaning having buckled at the bottom. It faces out on to a public alleyway...

I have also posted in building - not sure which is the most appropriate! We have recently noticed that the back wall of our yard (split 50/50 between neighbours property and ours as we are part of a row of terraces), is leaning having buckled at the bottom. It faces out on to a public alleyway...