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ian08040

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Hope for advice,daughter having front extension to house,landlord next door causing constant problems,daughter intends building low brick wall between properties at front within her boundaries,as neighbours constantly parking over her boundary he is refusing builders to step foot on his property to build wall,also he claims he paid for dropped kerb in front,and says he will instruct council to reinstate kerb,and threatening to sue,
Her house was owned by landlords parents,and he built property next door,
Think I know answers but she wants somebody else to confirm
Cheers guys
 
If he instructs to reinstate the curb it will be at his cost and if it's your daughter's access she can oppose it.
As long as the wall doesn't infringe his property, build it and get the brickies to fully point only her side.
They will have to be careful though.
He sounds a bit of an a hole.
Ignore him.
 
Cheers Shotshy,
Oh he is a total Knob,seems to think daughter is soft touch,which he realises she’s not,
 
ian08040 said:
Hope for advice,daughter having front extension to house,landlord next door causing constant problems,daughter intends building low brick wall between properties at front within her boundaries,as neighbours constantly parking over her boundary he is refusing builders to step foot on his property to build wall,also he claims he paid for dropped kerb in front,and says he will instruct council to reinstate kerb,and threatening to sue,
Her house was owned by landlords parents,and he built property next door,
Think I know answers but she wants somebody else to confirm
Cheers guys
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Call council to find out what your daughters rights are to the dropped kerb. I assume the kerb is a shared one them across bith of their driveways? Id imagine the neighbour could only reinstate the dropped kerb on their side.

Find out from your builder if they are able to build the wall satisfactorily with just access to your property.

Ask him what he feels his grounds for suing are. You can do what you want with your land as long as its within planning permission.
 
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ian08040 said:
Hope for advice,daughter having front extension to house,landlord next door causing constant problems,daughter intends building low brick wall between properties at front within her boundaries,as neighbours constantly parking over her boundary he is refusing builders to step foot on his property to build wall,also he claims he paid for dropped kerb in front,and says he will instruct council to reinstate kerb,and threatening to sue,
Her house was owned by landlords parents,and he built property next door,
Think I know answers but she wants somebody else to confirm
Cheers guys
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What is the relevance of the "Landlord" next door?

If the daughter owns her house Freehold, then she can do pretty much what she likes (subject to Planning or Building Regs .... which don't seem relevant here) ... as long as she (or her agent) doesn't "trespass"..

BUT Assuming that "Landlord" is there for a reason...... does the daughter own the house on a long Leasehold (e.g. 99 years) - with the "Landlord next door" owning the Freehold ?
If so, the Lease should set out rights and responsibilities over access and maintenance.
And a Lease might say that Freeholder's permission required for building work.
So more info perhaps .....??
 
With a dispute over boundaries , it is important to mark the boundary , physically.

Maybe the wall (if it causes too much aggro) could be postponed.
A chain , strung between anchor points , can set boundaries , while sensible communications take place , as well as stop parking encroachment .
Just my thoughts .
 
Tarian said:
What is the relevance of the "Landlord" next door?

If the daughter owns her house Freehold, then she can do pretty much what she likes (subject to Planning or Building Regs .... which don't seem relevant here) ... as long as she (or her agent) doesn't "trespass"..

BUT Assuming that "Landlord" is there for a reason...... does the daughter own the house on a long Leasehold (e.g. 99 years) - with the "Landlord next door" owning the Freehold ?
If so, the Lease should set out rights and responsibilities over access and maintenance.
And a Lease might say that Freeholder's permission required for building work.
So more info perhaps .....??
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Cheers Tarian.
Daughter owns the property,purchased off parents of the Landlord ,who was their son,he built the property next door,and rents it out now,
The major issue it seems,although he has caused issues all along,is the drop kerb,when he built the property council extended the drop kerb to allow access to his property,now daughter is having front extension she wants to build a low wall to separate driveways,as she was fed up of tenants driving over part of her drive and often leaving cars overhanging her property,if she builds this wall it will make drop kerb on his side all but useless,and is threatening to get council to reinstate dropped kerb,obviously to make it more awkward he is refusing any access to his property to build wall,but builders think this is not an issue.
Hope this makes sense
 
Buy the neighbour a bottle of wine and deliver it with a note that says something like, "this aggro about the boundary between our properties is all a bit silly and unnecessary. Any chance we could sit down and have a chat? It'll be better for everyone if we can resolve all this nonsense in an amicable fashion, don't you agree?

If this doesn't elicit a rpositive response and an amicable arrangement cannot be reached make some posters that concisely explain what has happened and includes a photo of the arsehole neighbour. Then flypost the entire street so everyone can be aware that an horrible **** lives in the neighborhood.
 
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As a low cost starting point you could try getting a few large rocks/boulders and using these to form a barrier that prevents the car driving over. Easy to put in place and test the water, easy to remove at a later date.
 
Get your daughters builders to build the wall inside her boundary and point her side of the wall and leave all the 'snots' (excess mortar) on the neighbours side.

As other have said, if its on her land providing its within building regs and planning laws absolutely jack shit the neighbour can do about it.
 
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Get your daughters builders to build the wall inside her boundary and point her side of the wall and leave all the 'snots' (excess mortar) on the neighbours side.

As other have said, if its on her land providing its within building regs and planning laws absolutely jack shit the neighbour can do about it.
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The only exception to the rule about "not getting solicitors involved" is where your daughter has "legal advice" covered as part of her house insurance property. OK they might not consider such a dispute to be covered by the policy but it is always worth a look/ask.
 
Party wall agreement might be interesting. Although you can still build in dispute i believe. Subject to planning permission. Buddahs advise is best. I wine and dined my new neighbours, once they had gone through a few bottles i nentioned our plans and put the party wall agreement in front of them for signing. ?
 
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