My Builder is digging out for my extension and dumping tons of earth on my back lawn Neighbours are complaining.

[Koolpc]

You could use it as a burial mound if it goes high enough!

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

You could use it as a burial mound if it goes high enough!

Might that need a Viking ship?

 

[^woody^]

I don't think the OP wants another barrow in the garden

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I don't think the OP wants another barrow in the garden

Long barrow?

 

[^woody^]

 

[accelerator]

Yes my Builder is dumping tons of earth from my extension dig and raising my back lawn making it several feet above my neighbours gardens, they are complaining that it affects their garden privacy and drainage and it should be skipped, one says that his fence is not a retaining wall so shift it.
My Builder says its saving money and its fine to change the levels on my own property. Who is right ?

The builder is wrong and the neighbour is right. Your builder should be removing the waste unless otherwise agreed.

 

[^woody^]

I've never known a building contract (written or verbal) for a domestic extension when the excavation soil is dumped around the garden!

It's implied that the soil is taken away unless it's specifically agreed otherwise.

Imagine if this happened for all other building work - new kitchen, demolished wall in the front room, your windows and doors, roof tiles, new carpets.

It's just mad.

 

[ToolboxTalks]

Your builder is only partly right here. Yes, you can change your garden level, but you can't push soil up against your neighbor's fence. A fence is not a retaining wall and will fail.

 

[nickjb]

This is the act of a cowboy builder. You are only at the digging holes stage. What's he going to be messing up once it gets to the trickier stages? I'd be concerned.

 

[stuart45]

I've never known a building contract (written or verbal) for a domestic extension when the excavation soil is dumped around the garden!

It's implied that the soil is taken away unless it's specifically agreed otherwise.

A mate of mine got rid of a lot of the subsoil down a well in the garden. Not sure if it was in the contract. The rest he got rid of in Tesco carrier bags, leaving them on the bus home every night.
Agree the builder must be a cowboy though. A decent pro like me would take away and dispose of it properly in the local golf club car park at night.

 

[robinbanks]

Pictures of before and after?

several feet

It seems like an exaggeration?

 

[RrogerD]

Interesting that the OP has gone awol. I guess they didn't like the answers given. And yes I agree, I would be pretty miffed if I was the neighbour.

 

[^woody^]

A decent pro like me would take away and dispose of it properly in the local golf club car park at night.

I used to put mine in the green bin and throw some hydrangea clippings on top to hide it. But now the council charges for green waste, I just take it down to the local council office.

Here's me a few weeks ago, taken for my Onlyfans civil disobedience chanel.

 

[aveatry]

I used to put mine in the green bin and throw some hydrangea clippings on top to hide it. But now the council charges for green waste, I just take it down to the local council office.

Here's me a few weeks ago, taken for my Onlyfans civil disobedience chanel.



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TOTALLY IRRESPONSIBLE

Everyone knows that you do not prune hydrangeas otherwise you get no flowers next year.

 

[^woody^]

Holy Secateurs batman!