Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Feb 12, 2014 1:25 pm Hi, My neighbours are demolishing their house. Their hosue is full of termites. We just bought a house and moved in. Do we haev to take any precautions so the termites do not they affect our property. And also do the neighbour need to give us any notice before they start demolishing as it is too noisy and most of the debris are falling in our property. Re: House demolition 3Feb 12, 2014 3:55 pm They are cutting all trees and have kept the vehicle in front of our drive way to remove the trees. We thought it is for few minutes and allowed but its been more than half a day and too much noise level and all debris around. My worry is there is lot of termites in their property so not sure what precaution we should take. Re: House demolition 4Feb 13, 2014 6:55 am Speak to them nicely about your concerns of debris and termites on your property - it shouldn't be on your property!! Video it, take pics of it, document it. Call council ASAP request they come and inspect as they have to have a council application for demolition.. Call a termite specialist inspector and as them? We had this happen to us last year and got charged a variation. Try and give away as much as you can that is usable to charity otherwise if you are in Sydney I have a… 1 4494 We've had the offer of a short term tenant whilst waiting for CDC/DA home approval and demolition for our knock down rebuild. It would achieve a pretty low rent as it's… 0 13752 You’re on the right track, wire brush in a grinder then a zinc rich epoxy primer then a top coat of some sort, like a waterproofing membrane. Raising the concrete would… 1 7031 |