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Asking for a relative
My brother purchased a house
Rear boundary wall is very old and the rear neighbour is saying.its unsafe.
We sent a builder around and the builder said it needs a few replacement bricks and repointing some brick faces have shalled and it's.lime mortar
As a few bits of the mortar has dropped out.
Neighbour would like a pristine replacement wall
And won't allow us to repair as a good will gesture
He sent a so called structural engineer around who did not show any Id or company details and the neighbour accompanied him on the visit who did not take photos and came armed with a spirit level
Can I get the local council to inspect the wall ?
And if they say it's structurally dangerous
(Which I doubt)
can I take the wall down and replace it with a 3 ft picket fence as the boundary.
The wall in question predates the 1830s
And is around 11ft and made of stone 26 inches thick with a second brick skin on the complainants side. He has also fixed a building to the wall with a.
Lean to roof and channelled lead flashing into it.
Can this be claased as criminal damage as my brother has no paperwork for permission for this building to be attached.
Obviously if it was unsafe he would do something about it but he really thinks the neighbour just wants a nice new wall to match his nice garden.
Thanks in advance
My brother purchased a house
Rear boundary wall is very old and the rear neighbour is saying.its unsafe.
We sent a builder around and the builder said it needs a few replacement bricks and repointing some brick faces have shalled and it's.lime mortar
As a few bits of the mortar has dropped out.
Neighbour would like a pristine replacement wall
And won't allow us to repair as a good will gesture
He sent a so called structural engineer around who did not show any Id or company details and the neighbour accompanied him on the visit who did not take photos and came armed with a spirit level
Can I get the local council to inspect the wall ?
And if they say it's structurally dangerous
(Which I doubt)
can I take the wall down and replace it with a 3 ft picket fence as the boundary.
The wall in question predates the 1830s
And is around 11ft and made of stone 26 inches thick with a second brick skin on the complainants side. He has also fixed a building to the wall with a.
Lean to roof and channelled lead flashing into it.
Can this be claased as criminal damage as my brother has no paperwork for permission for this building to be attached.
Obviously if it was unsafe he would do something about it but he really thinks the neighbour just wants a nice new wall to match his nice garden.
Thanks in advance