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 Bobbris84 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. 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 17151 1 62024 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 7086 |