Our new house was built on the boundary line and the external garage wall is facing our neighours and becomes their fence.
We recently found out that the neighbour has drilled into our wall to hang a flip-up clothes line. The main issue we have is that he never asked us in the first place and it's quite a large clothes line.
We assume the garage wall on that boundary line is single brick and yet to confirm if he has drilled through, into our garage.
I'm trying to find out if our neighbour has a leg to stand on if we request him to remove it but struggling to find it in the Acts and Regs.
He needs to make it free-standing and my partner will fix the holes.
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Another issue: He's been digging in the front garden and apparently putting homemade agi-drains in from Youtube with cardboard and crushed rock. I can see water is pooling towards his water tap and closer to our fence and driveway.
My concern is that over time, the water is going to go under our driveway and cause cracks.
Would this be the case and what actions can we take.
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Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 3Aug 25, 2020 7:15 pm  tashhudsonOur new house was built on the boundary line and the external garage wall is facing our neighours and becomes their fence. We recently found out that the neighbour has drilled into our wall to hang a flip-up clothes line. The main issue we have is that he never asked us in the first place and it's quite a large clothes line. We assume the garage wall on that boundary line is single brick and yet to confirm if he has drilled through, into our garage. I'm trying to find out if our neighbour has a leg to stand on if we request him to remove it but struggling to find it in the Acts and Regs. He needs to make it free-standing and my partner will fix the holes. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Another issue: He's been digging in the front garden and apparently putting homemade agi-drains in from Youtube with cardboard and crushed rock. I can see water is pooling towards his water tap and closer to our fence and driveway. My concern is that over time, the water is going to go under our driveway and cause cracks. Would this be the case and what actions can we take. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I think you'll find that given you paid for 100% of the wall and that your neighbour has contributed nothing (as opposed to what they would have had to in the case of a boundary fence) that they have no right to attach anything to your wall. You can also see from the photo that your wall is located on your property side and is not directly in line with the wooden fence. Your neighbour is in effect trespassing It may also depend where you are located. In SA and QLD walls that are part of a house, garage or other building are excluded from being considered a fence. Not sure about elsewhere although I suspect all states are much the same in this regard You might also like to consult your Insurance Company because this is the sort of thing they'd love to use to exclude you from a future claim. SA law states; "A wall to a building that is located on the boundary is not a fence, even though it may serve as one. A boundary wall remains the sole property of the building owner." QLD law states; "The Neighbourhood Disputes (Dividing Fences and Trees) Act 2011 also specifically excludes walls that are part of a house, garage or other building from being considered a fence" Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 6Aug 28, 2020 10:36 am 3in1 Supadiverta. Best Practice Rainwater Harvesting using syphonic drainage. Cleaner Neater Smarter Cheaper Supa Gutter Pumper. A low cost syphonic eaves gutter overflow solution. Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 8Aug 28, 2020 4:37 pm  brokenstickGeeeez, whatever happened to good neighborliness these days?? How exactly does their clothesline impact you?? Whatever happened to common sense and good manners? "I didn't pay for that wall, it doesn't belong to me, maybe I should ask if the owner minds before I go drilling holes in it?"  25 Aug 2020 2 VIC New Poster Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 11Sep 02, 2020 8:58 pm  RevinatorHow come your built to the boundary? No setbacks? A stern threat with suing tends to work a treat these days. Considering he damaged your property. We bought the house as is and it was already built. I had no other options other than internal elements. 23 Jul 2014 75 WA Loyal Member Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 12Dec 31, 2020 1:02 am Does anyone know what the law in WA says re: the above situation? Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 13Dec 31, 2020 3:50 pm In WA a zero lot build is in fact generally 100mm or so off the lot boundary, i.e. if there were 2 zero lot garages built side by side there'd be room to run a colorbond fence between them. Very few people would actually do that and most just run the fence up to the garage wall and leave a bit of a gap. The regs state, An adjoining owner is not permitted to paint, render or attach anything (such as pot plants, clotheslines and basketball hoops) to the wall without the permission of the owner of the wall. It is suggested that any such permission be in writing and retained for future reference. A boundary wall may not be considered a dividing fence and an adjoining owner may still erect a sufficient fence along the boundary line. 23 Jul 2014 75 WA Loyal Member Re: Neighbour Drilled into our Garage Wall 14Dec 31, 2020 7:48 pm Hi Althom, Thank you for your reply. 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