Browse Forums Building A New House Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 7Sep 04, 2021 4:21 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 20Nov 16, 2021 3:32 pm ![]() Hi everyone. We are currently building a house in south east Queensland, we went to look at our build last weekend and found the neighbouring property has bolted fence to our garage wall. The wall is 200mm on our side of boundary. I have spoken to my builder and they said its not their problem. I thought the builders were responsible for the building until handover. Is this correct? Should the builder be rectifying this problem with the neighbouring property? My thought is they should be as in our signed contract there is no fence attached to the brickwall? Thanks for any advice. First time building so unsure exactly what should happen in this situation. Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ have a friendly conversation with the neighbor, hear their reason, if they give a proper explanation accept it or if they answer rudely you can take legal action by the law before everything kindly talk with them. 5 839 photos would help, the fence is usually centred on the boundary, ie middle of post on 1 11152 Good on you for having a go I am the opposite of DIY (so will pay a builder) - our vibe is industrial/simple so current thinking is 150mm concrete and then internally is… 3 28655 |