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Neighbour appears to have undermined the party wall are they responsible

Anonymous user 14/03/2024 - 2.35 PM

My Neighbour has built a large 30 foot garage /workshop in their back garden planning was obtained before i moved in. The garage is about 10 foot over the plans allowed. The party wall between them me and my two neighbours has bowed in towards their garage / workshop. The garage / workshop is about 3 foot from the wall which is an old wall about 10 foot high. The neighbour is trying to blame me when i took an outside toilet down which was only butted up against the wall and provided no support foundations for the toilet are still in place. I am currently trying to sell the house and i think they are concerned if a survey is done ! If i can prove from my own surveyer they are to blame am i right in thinking they would have to pay to repair the wall ?? Thank you

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Anonymous user

Hi Batchy, Under new laws you will have to notify purchasers of this dispute anyway, so you might as well deal with it, Employ a Party Wall Surveyor, if they have dug within 3m of the boundary within the last 5 years, they will have to pay for this surveyor anyway. If the structure is bigger than permissions, take it up with the council, it is their responsibility to check, or write your neighbor a letter of these intentions, and see how quickly they spin. Regards Simon
Answered19 March 2015
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