Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Another Builder has Encroached on Our Block 2Mar 30, 2023 6:53 am Call the other builder, inform the council and for good measure, lawyer up. It's odd that the surveyor setting out your neighbours house would get it so wrong. Usually a builder won't start setting out unless the property's boundary pegs are present or been fully re-established. Such an error should never occur realistically. Let us know how you get on. This is interesting Re: Another Builder has Encroached on Our Block 3Mar 30, 2023 11:13 am That is absolutely crazy. I am really sorry to hear that such thing has happened. Be prepared for the worst, it will take months and months to resolve this problem and start building. Re: Another Builder has Encroached on Our Block 4Mar 30, 2023 12:22 pm kvazer That is absolutely crazy. I am really sorry to hear that such thing has happened. Be prepared for the worst, it will take months and months to resolve this problem and start building. but.....provided the builder at fault doesn't go bust rectifying, all costs, interest and increases in labor/material costs that the Op is likley to experience during the period are a loss they can claim against the other builder. Re: Another Builder has Encroached on Our Block 5Mar 30, 2023 12:31 pm Will keep you posted. Our builder sent out our surveyor yesterday, and are checking the boundary lines, but at first glance, the other builder actually either knocked out, or removed one of the posts. We will be calling the other builder today to inform them, once we have the exact measurements, but by the original council plan, we're supposed to have 15m across our backyard. Instead they've left us with roughly 6. i did click it, still couldnt make it out rofl. in any case, doesnt look like too extreme a slope, you may be in luck. Just shoot out some emails to volume builders in… 3 18769 I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15696 Thank you so much. This has been very helpful. We definitely wish to settle and get these people out of our life. They are trying to charge us interest on late… 7 14606 |