Hey everyone
I need some advice with regards to my planned extension.
I have an application in with planning at the moment for a side, double storey extension that will butt up against my neighbours existing garage. I presently also have a garage that is against his garage but our plan is to take this down and rebuild our extension. At the moment our garage roofline is lower than his and our garage is flashed up to his wall and his gutter overhangs over the top of our garage. It is unknown who is actually encroaching onto who's land but that isnt the issue anyway. The question my neighbour has asked is what will happen to his gutter when my extension goes up. Now the obvious way around this is to set my wall back far enough to allow his gutter to be clear but having discussed this with my neighbour we are both agreed that this is a waste as it leaves a small gap between the two buildings. I have asked for clarification from my architect as to what the plan could be as I have told my neighbour that whatever is required I will make his guttering good. His reply is that a "land gutter " would be put in but after searching for what a land gutter is I still have no idea so I cant very well go and tell my neighbour what it is if I dont know! The architect isnt the best at explaining things either.
Any ideas on what a land gutter is or how the construction can be done for this situation? Obvioulsy I plan on putting a parapet gutter on my roof so as not to encroach over the boundary.
I need some advice with regards to my planned extension.
I have an application in with planning at the moment for a side, double storey extension that will butt up against my neighbours existing garage. I presently also have a garage that is against his garage but our plan is to take this down and rebuild our extension. At the moment our garage roofline is lower than his and our garage is flashed up to his wall and his gutter overhangs over the top of our garage. It is unknown who is actually encroaching onto who's land but that isnt the issue anyway. The question my neighbour has asked is what will happen to his gutter when my extension goes up. Now the obvious way around this is to set my wall back far enough to allow his gutter to be clear but having discussed this with my neighbour we are both agreed that this is a waste as it leaves a small gap between the two buildings. I have asked for clarification from my architect as to what the plan could be as I have told my neighbour that whatever is required I will make his guttering good. His reply is that a "land gutter " would be put in but after searching for what a land gutter is I still have no idea so I cant very well go and tell my neighbour what it is if I dont know! The architect isnt the best at explaining things either.
Any ideas on what a land gutter is or how the construction can be done for this situation? Obvioulsy I plan on putting a parapet gutter on my roof so as not to encroach over the boundary.