We moved into our house recently and all that is left to do outside is the landscaping. Next to the driveway, we need to put in a row of plants approx 400mm wide and up the length of the driveway, in line with the fence line (fence is already in). This is compulsory as per our landscape plan and we've paid bonds to the council and the developer to have the garden built identical to that on the plan.
The surveyors came to the block next door on Friday and pegged it out. There is a peg 100mm from our driveway. husband spoke to the guys on site today who confirmed that is the boundary line and by law we can't touch that peg. I'm wondering if the owner builder on the other side built too far across and the surveyor has just gone from that fenceline so we lose out a bit.
is it correct that we can't touch the peg, even if we think it is in the wrong spot? Are surveyors ever wrong/lazy and don't peg out the correct boundaries? If we were to complete our garden edging now based on our landscape plan, does the builder next door have the right to rip it all out? I'm not concerned about the 300mm we've potentially lost but want to know our rights/obligations, particularly if they throw up a construction fence right on the boundary line and we can no longer open our car doors wide enough to strap the kids into their car seats.