Forum General Discussion 1 Oct 11, 2018 3:28 pm Hi All We recently built a house in Sydney through a land and house package. Before signing the documents, the builders sales representative told us that we’d have to build a retaining wall on the one side of the house after handover. He mentioned that it’ll be a small one but they don’t do it. The lot was deeply excavated and now we have to build a retaining wall pretty much the entire length of the house. The problem is that there is a service & maintenance easement that runs half way down our house on the same side.We’ve been told that we can’t build a retaining wall in the easement. The neighbour hasn’t started to build yet but has advised that he’ll be using a drop edge beam on his side so won’t need a retaining wall. No idea what this means! Can anyone please offer advice? Been to the council/certifier/developer without any luck. Re: Retaining wall in easement 2Oct 11, 2018 11:13 pm A drop edge beam is a retaining wall built into a house foundation. This post explains a bit more: anewhouse/drop edge The Harder You Try - the Luckier You Get ! Web site http://www.anewhouse.com.au Informative, Amusing, and Opinionated Blog - Over 600 posts on all aspects of building a new house. We have just had our fences done and the fencer has put a large plinth at the bottom which he has said is suitable to retain. So I guess it ca be classed as a retainer. 3 771 ![]() Hi, Looking for advice on how to build a low retaining wall (1-2ft high) up against the side of an existing fibreglass pool. Once the wall is complete I would like to… 0 342 |