Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Oct 29, 2012 10:22 pm I am building a brick shed/studio to the boundary. Council have said that we can either get a surveyor to mark out the boundary or else we can get our neighbours permission to build to the boundary in writing and skip the surveyor. There is an existing fence that we will build up to so I would rather avoid paying for a surveyor if possible. I couldn't find any kind of proforma for getting neighbours permission and I don't really know what to write. Has anyone been through this process? What did you write. Re: Neighbours permission to build on the boundary? 2Oct 30, 2012 7:36 am Just do what the building surveyor said and get the owner to say it is OK by him that you build to the boundary. I would not think of leaving the fence as you are then not building to the boundary I would not build without a survey because the fence could be in the wrong position. Just had this happen again on one of my sites. fence more than one metre out. cheers Re: Neighbours permission to build on the boundary? 3Oct 30, 2012 7:49 am How long have you owned the house? Check to see if you have a survey report. Sometimes people get them when selling/purchasing a house. I have bought a few that had them. Re: Neighbours permission to build on the boundary? 4Oct 30, 2012 8:34 am The council should have property and building plans of your place on record. Our area, Brisbane City Council, have a department that you can call and obtain a copy of these docs pretty cheaply. BUT.... As others have said, safest thing to do is pay a bit of money and get a surveyor to re-peg your boundary so there is no confusion as to where the boundary is. When you build your shed, step your wall back from the boundary line by 50mm plus so that the entirely structure is inside your property. One thing to consider is the wall construction that is on the boundary. I know (as we are building our garage wall on the boundary) that the wall construction has to be a certain type (our council requirement) i.e. solid block/brick wall of some sort, again talk to your council as to what it has to be. Our letter getting permission from neighbour is at home but if there are no other replies during the day I’ll scan it later tonight. ----------------------------------------------- http://pab34newdigs.blogspot.com.au/ ----------------------------------------------- Re: Neighbours permission to build on the boundary? 5Oct 30, 2012 1:07 pm Thanks folks. The plans have been submitted and assessed by council, soil testing and engineering specs done for the slab etc. This requirement is one of the last hurdles. I am building right across the back of the property to both side boundaries (but not the back boundary, as there is an easement there). No need to step it back in our area. The house was built in 1930 and no surveying has been done since then, to my knowledge. The fences are slightly out. According to the property plan the property is 30ft wide, which is 9.144 meters. When we measure fence to fence we have 9.35 meters. I was planning to peg out an area of exactly 9.14 meters in the middle. Re: Neighbours permission to build on the boundary? 6Oct 31, 2012 10:31 pm I would definitely suggest getting a sureyor to peg your boundaries.... We had to before the building company would even come on site & even though it cost us $3,300 it was great because our fences were out; we lost a foot on one side but gained 1.5ft on the other. Better to know know that worry about it later. Re: Neighbours permission to build on the boundary? 7Nov 23, 2012 9:14 pm I agree with Skyzie85, If you build over the boundary it can be very costly to fix. Survey of the block next to us shows that the front fence is 4m into the road reserve and is the same for all the properties up the entire road. Would never of picked that up without a survey. It might not be your present neighbour that complains, but if they sell the purchaser may request a survey and find the error The plan is to demolisgh the home, earthworks to prepare for slab, and then removal of existing wall for a new one. Requires a DA unfortunatley as the new wall will be… 6 21619 it depends on the natural ground level, if they excavated their boundary wall needed to be built as a retaining wall. If you filled, which sounds like the case then you… 1 5031 The only thing to add to these comments is that where possible it's always good to try and work with people than just say "no" because you can. Having someone… 4 13399 |