Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Oct 27, 2021 8:23 pm Hi everyone We are in the middle of our build and we have agreed to split costs with our neighbour for our retaining wall. The retaining wall has now been completed and the contractor is asking us for full payment. Just wondering if anyone can advise us on how this is usually done. Do we pay our contractor and ask our neighbour to reimburse us? or do we each pay the contractor separately? Thanks! Re: Sharing costs of retaining wall 2Oct 27, 2021 10:22 pm Nornally, the party who cuts the land and put the retaining wall to supprt the dirt shoulders the cost. My neighbour cuts his land on his property side but almost near to the boundary. He paid all the cost. I contribute only to the cost of the fencing. Where’s the location of the retaining wall? On his side or on your side? Re: Sharing costs of retaining wall 3Oct 28, 2021 11:37 am The retaining wall is on top of the boundary line. Our neighbor cut the land and we filled to the boundary, roughly the same height. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 1329 Thanks for the insights, that makes perfect sense, and yeah, I will be leaning on the experience of the excavator operator entirely. 6 11072 Hi All, I engaged a tradie to install concrete retaining wall 600-800mm high over 32 meters in Victoria. Sleepers are 200*75*2000 mm installed over 17 steel posts. I… 0 3724 |