Browse Forums General Discussion 1 Aug 03, 2019 4:14 pm Hi I have a question here that raises a concern. The left hand side of my house I have recently built has 200mm space between the brick of the garage on the outside to my boundary ( check the photo below. You can also see where the fence starts which is right on the boundary My concern is my neighbour may take that 200mm space of my land and use it for his liking How can we prevent that and what can we do about that? if they do the right thing and put their side of the fence right on the boundary then it will be a bit of a waste of space. I wish the builder build the garage right on the boundary but they didnt for some reason Come to think of it, they have to leave space for the gutters I suppose. but how can I ensure the neighbour doesnt use my 200mm space and ensure he puts his side of the fence right on the boundary Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 2Aug 03, 2019 7:56 pm Did you receive a site plan before signing off on all your plans? It should be attached to your engineers report? It'll show where your house should have been set out compared to the boundary. As for whether he uses it, if you build the fence along there then he wont use it, if not, hopefully he keeps the weeds down so you don't have to worry! Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 3Aug 04, 2019 9:45 am I'm not sure why you're worried about a 200mm dead space. As you say, the space is dead. It can't be used for anything useful from your side. You should be putting your fence up along that boundary line, but in fact you'll find that anything that collects in that 200mm gap between the fence and your wall, you'll be unable to remove or clean. Your best bet is to hope that your neighbour doesn't complain that you haven't put a fence back up there, and leave it like that. My build with Inspired/ Como Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=93656 Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 4Aug 04, 2019 10:07 am We have 200mm gap too between our garage wall and the boundary but it was our request with our builder as we want to have fence in between. Our neighbour has completed their build before us but we have previously mentioned that we will have fence in between. I had a feeling that they like to take that space as I've heard them talking how can they make use of that space. Without our consent and good thing we regularly visit our site, they were in the preparation of pouring concrete to their driveway including the area up to our garage wall. We've asked them about this and they were saying we won't be using that 200mm space anyway so they can just take that spot but we didn't agree. We don't want to build up to the boundary as we like fence in between. Fencing time comes and they were still insisting not to have fence in between and if we don't agree, they won't cover the cost of that area. We have told them that each is liable to share the cost of fencing and if they still insist we will file a complaint so in the end, they have no choice but to pay for their share. We have brown pebbles there so still look clean and we don't need to maintain it. Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 7Aug 04, 2019 5:45 pm I think just trying to avoid something that can happen and you end up with regrets. In my parents house our garage wall got damage as well as the plaster wall inside the garage. We didn't know until my dad has called someone to check and we found big drills on the wall. Apparently, the neighbour used it to hang industrial materials and some spots were left unsealed. Dad asked the neighbour but they refused to cover the damage and threatened him so we just had to pay for it. Not because he is coward but dad is an old guy who probably just want it to be over. Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 8Aug 04, 2019 9:56 pm Steve4216 Did you receive a site plan before signing off on all your plans? It should be attached to your engineers report? It'll show where your house should have been set out compared to the boundary. As for whether he uses it, if you build the fence along there then he wont use it, if not, hopefully he keeps the weeds down so you don't have to worry! Yes and its got nothing to do with me signing my plans, My builder have set my house up in the correct position. ITs where and how the neighbours house is oriented which I have no way of knowing. Their house does not have their garage on the same side of the boundary, they have a side walk way. Which they might say, ill put make my side walk way right to the brick here. I have been trying to get in touch with the neighbour to pay me half their share of the fence for 6 months so I had to go and build it myself. So doubt they will contact me regarding this issue, I will have to see what they do, then if they go over the boundary which is part of my lot then ill have to do something about it Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 9Aug 04, 2019 9:57 pm gillybean Wow, 200mm of DEAD SPACE and you worried about neighbours utilising it. Pretty well sums up Australia in 2019 Umm yeh of course. Later down the track if I try to sell it. I will be selling land short of what I paid for Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 10Aug 04, 2019 9:59 pm ben888 I'm not sure why you're worried about a 200mm dead space. As you say, the space is dead. It can't be used for anything useful from your side. You should be putting your fence up along that boundary line, but in fact you'll find that anything that collects in that 200mm gap between the fence and your wall, you'll be unable to remove or clean. Your best bet is to hope that your neighbour doesn't complain that you haven't put a fence back up there, and leave it like that. See above. Its more of later if I want to sell the block. I paid for x amount of land I want to sell the same X amount of land. Dont care if just a little bit. Land is expensive If they do complain they'll be complaining for no reason. The fence was done right on the boundary according to the engineering plans and I even got it re-pegged because 2 went missing. So where the fence is, is in the correction position. My brick wall is 200mm to the right due to my gutters. You cant have your gutters hanging over someone elses land I guess I should of got my fencing contracter to put a small amount of fence right up beside the garage wall Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 11Aug 04, 2019 11:37 pm Patrick See above. Its more of later if I want to sell the block. I paid for x amount of land I want to sell the same X amount of land. Dont care if just a little bit. Land is expensive You're not going to lose part of your land just by leaving it untouched, or by allowing your neighbour to put plants or other items on it. In the same way you cannot acquire your neighbour's land by putting your plants on their land, or building a fence over their boundary, or bricking the whole thing over. Your land is whatever is formally drawn and recorded on your plan. So whatever you do, when you come to sell your block, you'll still have the same amount of land. My build with Inspired/ Como Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=93656 Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 12Aug 04, 2019 11:43 pm ben888 Patrick See above. Its more of later if I want to sell the block. I paid for x amount of land I want to sell the same X amount of land. Dont care if just a little bit. Land is expensive You're not going to lose part of your land just by leaving it untouched, or by allowing your neighbour to put plants or other items on it. In the same way you cannot acquire your neighbour's land by putting your plants on their land, or building a fence over their boundary, or bricking the whole thing over. Your land is whatever is formally drawn and recorded on your plan. So whatever you do, when you come to sell your block, you'll still have the same amount of land. Thanks for constructive input. I may be over worrying about it. I mean on paper it says that. But It could be a big headache to do that in practice if later on I want to sell and his put a concrete path all the way to my brick in his property Its strange anyway not having a fence separating it. All houses dont have a neighbours brick wall facing right on their boundary dont they?? Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 13Aug 05, 2019 3:42 pm Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ So you could put up your fence at 200mm from your brick wall like me. Then you can protect your wall and mark your territory! To be honest, I did this because we tore down the old wooden fence and so erected a replacement as part of our build. If there was an option of not putting the fence back up and saving that bit of money, I think I would have. My build with Inspired/ Como Homes: https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=93656 Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 15Aug 20, 2019 8:46 pm 200mm from boundary is considered built on boundary, the 200mm allows for gutters etc so you don’t accidentally overhang. You can’t fence a 200mm gap and leave weeds, trees and crap to grow there, Best is a concrete driveway that slopes away from the wall. If you don’t want that then build 900mm away. By building on the boundary you are encroaching on the standard setback so there are some prices to pay. Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 16Aug 21, 2019 1:45 am Guess I had a reasonable neighbor then... In our old place when building the fence, I simply asked him what they would like to do, either fence all the way up (approx 6m @ $75/m) or I can just chuck a gate across it between the houses. It was still their land, but I agreed to put some drainage and retaining down the side as we built a path (within my land only). Thought nothing off it at the time, in my mind we were saving $600 of wasted fencing costs, and they agreed as there was no way to access the 200mm of space anyway. I would have done the same thing on the other side of my house, but our builder built right up 50mm I believe it was, with the gutters like the above picture. Interesting... Built with Eden Brae Now building with Fairmont Homes NSW Re: 200mm dead space between my boundary and neighbour bound 17May 26, 2021 10:22 pm I am 300 - 400mm away from the boundary. It is unfenced (purchased that way) and the neighbours are using only that narrow strip as a garden, which is above my floor level and causing moisture issues in my home. It is for unforseen reasons like this that it's beneficial to fence your boundary. 2 4918 Joe Apologies for the delay in getting back to you. 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