Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 02, 2011 3:04 pm On the weekend we found out our rear neighbour has almost finished their build. They have had their temp fencing removed and we can now see the impact of the excess fill on our land (as they put their sedimentary fence on our land). It's only a meter or so on our land for the length of our block and about 30-40 CM high but we don't want to have to remove it ourselves. I called their builder (their SS) today and asked him if he can remove it and he bascially said he was happy with it and he wouldn't be changing it, to either speak to my builder to get it moved or our neighbours landscaper. He was really rude on the phone too. I have brought this up with them before so it's not the first time they are hearing about it but I wanted to make sure it was done before they left the site. Not sure what to do now. I think I might have to suck it up but isn't it their responsibility to move it from our land on ours or our neighbours?? Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 2May 02, 2011 3:54 pm Its their problem. They can't dump anything on your block. Call the owner, and get them to organise it. Its not your job to remove it. Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 3May 03, 2011 10:12 am I have contacted the build and asked for the boss of the site supervisor and left a message with him. Hopefully he will help. I'm only asking them to fix what they have done. Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 4May 03, 2011 10:31 am If the builder doesn't respond, try calling the council as well. Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 5May 03, 2011 10:41 am They should definitely be removing it themselves. It's lucky that you were able to find out who did it, as often people dump stuff on other blocks and you can't track them down. 1 meter x 30-40cm x 15 meters is about 5 cubic metres of dirt, which is a lot, and will need machinery to move. Contacting the owner (if it's not a spec build) may help, as they may be more sympathetic, and can pressure the builder. If the house is not yet completed it's likely the final payment hasn't been made. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 6May 03, 2011 12:02 pm I decided to bite the bullet and send an email off to our neighbour as well (just in case the manager doesn't return my calls) requesting help. I had been trying to keep them out of it but our neighbour is a nice person and hopefully he can bring it up to them when they do their walk through this week. Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 7May 19, 2011 9:49 am Just to provide you all with an update. Still no change to our land. Our neighbour and their builder discussed it and they decided that it's not a big deal and wait and see if our builder moves it and if not our landscaper can move it. WOW - pass the buck. I said that we weren't actually happy with that. Our builder wasn't going to be doing cut and fill at that part of our block and we will have our own excess fill so don't need it. I also added that as per their own storm water mgmt plan submitted to council it states that the perimeter level is to remain unchaged to ensure no issues. Will wait and see if we get anywhere now. Although if it doesn't happen in the next couple of weeks it won't happen as neighbours will be putting the fence up and our build will be commencing. Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 8May 19, 2011 1:55 pm He's going to wait and see if your builder moves it? Where is your builder going to move it, back onto the neighbour's land? Because that's where I would be telling him to put it if it was my builder! "Where do you want the excess fill?" "Over behind that house, we asked the owner and he said dumping fill on neighbouring properties isn't a big deal". Less fun but possibly more practical is to whinge to council, and make sure you've got evidence, such as emails, where the neighbour or his builder admits to dumping the dirt on your property. Common sense says you can't dump dirt over the fence into your neighbour's backyard, and not having a fence or house there yet is no excuse. Metricon Riva 33 - http://herlihy-riva.blogspot.com Site start 15/03/2010 - Handover 23/12/2010 9 months and 8 days (284 calendar days) from site start to handover Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 9May 22, 2011 10:32 am Yes try getting the council around they seem more than happy to slap fines first ask later in our area. Re: Excess Fill from a neighbours block 10May 23, 2011 12:31 pm I explained to my neighbour that the rear boundary was not suppose to change level and that it's not right that i pay for my builder landscaper to move it. Anyway he's put some more pressure on the builder and apparently during their handover meeting on the weekend the builder has agreed it would be fixed this week (apparently told the excavator guy the details too). so fingers crossed now that it gets done this week PM me your email. I have a build excavation calculator you can use based on your plans to double check what your builder is telling you. Cheers Simeon 1 10246 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 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 17150 |