Browse Forums General Discussion Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 41Dec 22, 2011 9:12 pm [quote="Casa2"] What happens when you pull down the garage to make it part of a new house - you'll have a kink in your fence. And should you want to rebuild the garage, you'll have to come in 200 mm from the boundary - we're now up to 400 mm - where will it end? quote] I feel like a total idiot, how could I have not thought of this. It must happen all the time. Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 42Dec 22, 2011 9:12 pm As I said on P1. It is not now that is the problem. It is if you decide to sell that it becomes a problem and the "buyer" checks the boundaries. It does not equate with the title as specified. As I said along with others, they claim this "space" under adverse possession law and have the title changed at their expense in 15 years and you are the losers. In my view there are only 2 options. Let them buy it and pay for all the survey and title changes, or put a fence up. It seems the only way to stop any argument. Simply letting them use it will cause boundary problems in years to come. Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 44Dec 22, 2011 9:28 pm Land is land, quantity doesn't matter. Especially at today's rate. Call me petty, but this could have been resolved so much easier. Settlement 1/2/12 New Shed 23/3/12 Slab poured 27/3/12 Frame complete 4/5/12 Roof complete 1/6/12 LOCKUP 29/6/12 Our new build blog http://kareenhillsownerbuild.blogspot.com/ Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 45Dec 24, 2011 12:30 am IMO I would just let them use it as putting up a fence in such a small area will be more hassle then its worth (cleaning and cost). I would just make them aware that it's your land and at anytime you can use it (extension etc). In our old house we put up a new back fence and due to the old one being cemented it in was too costly to remove the cement borders so we just pushed the fence closer to our house, I think we lost about 20-30cm but it really didn't matter. Jasmin Hickinbotham Belmont - modified Signed: February 2011 Slab should go down before 2012 My build thread https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=52310&p=799483#p799483 Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 46Dec 24, 2011 5:51 am In Vic I thought you also needed to maintain a 100% termite barrier also, whether there are termites in the area or not. If you concrete over you wouldn't have it. I'll have to have a look at my warranty docs etc Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 47Dec 24, 2011 9:35 am Hmmm... the saying "Live and Let Live" comes to mind here. WOW there are so many uptight neighbours out there... that's prob the main reason why I stick to myself - too many way important things in my life to worry about what's happening to 1.2m2 of land that I can't even see or use... or possibly why I built my house on 0 lot line!!! Sleven Moved into our Atlantique MkII 36 by Carlisle Homes Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 48Dec 24, 2011 11:33 am sleven Hmmm... the saying "Live and Let Live" comes to mind here. WOW there are so many uptight neighbours out there... that's prob the main reason why I stick to myself - too many way important things in my life to worry about what's happening to 1.2m2 of land that I can't even see or use... or possibly why I built my house on 0 lot line!!! True. I can't see why the neighbour is worried about the 1.2 m2 of land ... and it doesn't even belong to them. Just put the fence in and live your life. Demolition August 2009, Construction Started September 2009, Completed December 2010 Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 49Dec 24, 2011 9:58 pm I would not allow them to use the land. That is your land your paying/paid your hard earned cash for. Boundaries are there for a reason. If at all possible fence it!! We have a similar distance between us and the neighbor's and half way down the property they have a small courtyard, we insisted that area be fenced as we didn't want them to have access to our house wall. Even if someone has access to your house wall because it acts as the boundary the neighbor still has no legal right to attach anything to that wall as it remains your sole property and is not shared property like a fence would be, however, having said that people these days don't seem to give a hoot and I have seen all sorts of things attached to walls without permission. A girl I know dynabolted her shade sail to her neighbors wall. I know of another incident where one person painted the side of their neighbors house that acted as the boundary. That ended with a court order for the person who painted the wall to get it professionally stripped!! To me its about respect and knowing the boundaries, don't mind chatting to the neighbors and helping them out where/if I can but when it comes to the boundaries, you stay on your side of the fence and I will stay on mine. Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 50Feb 27, 2012 2:29 pm Can I ask what happened to this? It's been a few months and I'm interested to know how it ended....? -Ally Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 51Feb 27, 2012 5:00 pm Just as a foot note to this saga, something I hadn't thought of previous. How do you go about getting your visual for termite protection if you put a fence within 200mm of your garage wall? Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 52Feb 28, 2012 8:03 am mgilla Just as a foot note to this saga, something I hadn't thought of previous. How do you go about getting your visual for termite protection if you put a fence within 200mm of your garage wall? if the gap is not accessible there is no termite boundary protection layed, however they will need to spray chemcical on the surface, and it needs to be done yearly. Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 53Feb 28, 2012 4:04 pm rojak1 mgilla Just as a foot note to this saga, something I hadn't thought of previous. How do you go about getting your visual for termite protection if you put a fence within 200mm of your garage wall? if the gap is not accessible there is no termite boundary protection layed, however they will need to spray chemcical on the surface, and it needs to be done yearly. In this scenario if they take the land you would need to ask permission to access and spray wouldn't you? I just remember something similar where our garage uses some of the boundary. Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 54Feb 28, 2012 5:38 pm What Casa2 is saying is completely correct. It may only be a small piece of land but at the end of the day, it is yours to do with as you wish. The neighbour really has no right to get shirty with you because you want to do what is technically correct, & put down a fence down on the proper boundary line. Lets put it this way, are you ok with them claiming that piece of land after x amount of time? Do you think they are potentially good neighbours, being that they are already acting like this even before you moved in? Sorry, but anyone that assumes, without prior discussion, that my land is for their use, & then gets abusive when I want to do something different, has already proven that they are not-nice neighbours & should be avoided. I'm all for extending the proverbial olive branch, but what the neigbours are asking for (actually, they didn't even ask, did they?) could really be problematic down the track. Keep it clean & simple & put up the fence (I'd be putting up the tallest one council allows). People like that probably don't want to be friend-neighbours with you anyway, even if you do give them what they want. "Whoever says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain!" Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 55Feb 28, 2012 5:46 pm kezacheekychicken What Casa2 is saying is completely correct. It may only be a small piece of land but at the end of the day, it is yours to do with as you wish. The neighbour really has no right to get shirty with you because you want to do what is technically correct, & put down a fence down on the proper boundary line. Lets put it this way, are you ok with them claiming that piece of land after x amount of time? Do you think they are potentially good neighbours, being that they are already acting like this even before you moved in? Sorry, but anyone that assumes, without prior discussion, that my land is for their use, & then gets abusive when I want to do something different, has already proven that they are not-nice neighbours & should be avoided. I'm all for extending the proverbial olive branch, but what the neigbours are asking for (actually, they didn't even ask, did they?) could really be problematic down the track. Keep it clean & simple & put up the fence (I'd be putting up the tallest one council allows). People like that probably don't want to be friend-neighbours with you anyway, even if you do give them what they want. Its all been thrashed out before in this thread and in my opinion it's still a BS argument. Just sayin Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 56Feb 28, 2012 8:28 pm Just get your neighbor to give you 200mm of there land a bit further down Bet they wont want to 'trade' you land Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 57Feb 28, 2012 8:45 pm dvestate Just get your neighbor to give you 200mm of there land a bit further down Bet they wont want to 'trade' you land EDITED by Forum Support to remove offensive and rude post I remind all parties on this thread that respect must be shown to others-regardless if they agree with your opinion or not. Forum users who are unable to do so should refrain from posting or risk being banned Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 58Feb 28, 2012 9:02 pm We will have the same problem soon when our house is finished and we will certainly be building the fence on the boundary and if the new neighbour has a problem with it stiff sh!t A bank is a place that will lend you money only if you can prove that you don't need it... Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 59Feb 29, 2012 6:28 pm mgilla dvestate Just get your neighbor to give you 200mm of there land a bit further down Bet they wont want to 'trade' you land Edite by Forum support-see above. I think this post belongs in the "rant" thread. Hate to break it to you mgilla, but on a forum everyone is entitled to an opinion, not just you. How about just not following this thread rather than paying out & being disrespectful to anyone who's opinion is different to yours? Just sayin' "Whoever says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain!" Re: Neighbour taking the 200mm of our land 60Mar 11, 2012 8:31 pm I dont care how close to the boundary the neighbours decide to build there house, I will want a fence in there. We have 1.6m on dead side and about 2m on the neighbours side. We need a fence so I can freely bolt stuff to it. 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