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 12Sep 05, 2021 3:18 pm strannik Other than them not asking you before doing that, what exactly is your concern with it? There's going to be a fence there (whether it's bolted to your garage wall, or to a post next to it), and it's their property, so you won't be able to walk in there or see anything behind the fence. I'd just talk to them, but you have to be clear what is it that you actually want. We had similar situation where our neighbors built to boundary, and we have about 1m between our garage walls, so we agreed that we'll hang a gate on our garage wall, and drill a hole for the latch in their wall. As we didnt build right to the boundary we will be running a fence up that side of the house to avoid anything being screwed or bolted to that wall in future. Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 14Sep 05, 2021 4:28 pm Bobbris84 strannik Other than them not asking you before doing that, what exactly is your concern with it? There's going to be a fence there (whether it's bolted to your garage wall, or to a post next to it), and it's their property, so you won't be able to walk in there or see anything behind the fence. I'd just talk to them, but you have to be clear what is it that you actually want. We had similar situation where our neighbors built to boundary, and we have about 1m between our garage walls, so we agreed that we'll hang a gate on our garage wall, and drill a hole for the latch in their wall. As we didnt build right to the boundary we will be running a fence up that side of the house to avoid anything being screwed or bolted to that wall in future. going to be hard to do that without trespassing on their property... Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 15Sep 05, 2021 4:44 pm strannik Bobbris84 strannik Other than them not asking you before doing that, what exactly is your concern with it? There's going to be a fence there (whether it's bolted to your garage wall, or to a post next to it), and it's their property, so you won't be able to walk in there or see anything behind the fence. I'd just talk to them, but you have to be clear what is it that you actually want. We had similar situation where our neighbors built to boundary, and we have about 1m between our garage walls, so we agreed that we'll hang a gate on our garage wall, and drill a hole for the latch in their wall. As we didnt build right to the boundary we will be running a fence up that side of the house to avoid anything being screwed or bolted to that wall in future. going to be hard to do that without trespassing on their property... I will be requesting access formally from the neighbours. So no it wont be tresspassing. Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 16Oct 21, 2021 7:58 am That's really amazing! Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 17Oct 21, 2021 8:52 pm This issue keeps coming up with builds to the boundary. If you are going to build to boundary you have to expect this sort of thing. It is a bit rude for them to drill holes but really not a big issue. You will get people planting trees, garden beds, fixing washing lines, fences, water tanks etc. These are all things people normally have near the boundary. If you build on the boundary you should expect this sort of thing after all it is a small price to pay for being allowed the benefit of utilising that extra space. Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 18Nov 09, 2021 10:02 pm I'd be really annoyed they drilled in to my wall without permission - and it's not even like you have a zero lot block, really, as it's 200 from the boundary. I think I would be having a chat with the neighbour and asking them what their long term intentions are re fencing - and tell them what yours are. And for those who know such things, is it possible to replace the brick(s) that were drilled in to? We've had a feature wall built recently and the brickies laid a brick the wrong way about and when I mentioned it to them; they fixed the problem by replacing that single brick in the middle of a whole wall of others - so I would think it was possible? Re: Neighbours bolted fence to my wall during construction 19Nov 10, 2021 1:40 pm I'm surprised that the builder has pushed back on this. My understanding is that they are wholly responsible for the site security for insurance and safety reasons. I would be following up with the neighbour and contractor directly (and independently of each other). They have ultimately caused damage to your structure which is totally unacceptable, however minor the damage. 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 17235 1 62095 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 7167 |