ExtensionWoes

They told us a few days before we went on holiday and despite trying not to think about it, it’s been firmly on my mind! Back on Thursday evening so will get some photos and upload here Friday. Just to also say - thanks everyone for your input so far, giving me a lot to think about and some options to discuss

This is one of the issues, the old fence was poorly built and parts were way over the boundary in my neighbours favour (from our window, we had some posts that were on the same line - I.e approx 6 inches over the boundary) I feel the washing poles are the best and most accurate reflection of the title deed boundary - which we absolutely have not crossed

I think this sounds like a reasonable solution but yeah, will need to consult with a solicitor to make sure it can’t be rescinded down the line. The construction is blocks on the external wall, with a timber frame internally (hopefully that makes sense!) I think this is a good point I can make to sweeten the deal

Thanks nod & ProDave Likewise agree it would’ve been simpler if they raised the concerns earlier - we asked them throughout the build if they had any concerns, although not specific to the boundary. Whilst there was a fence, it was significantly over the boundary into our property. This really should’ve been an indicator to us to specifically discuss the true boundary but alas, we didn’t (lesson learned). If we go down the route of ‘paying off’ the neighbour - I’m assuming we’re better off instructing a solicitor to formalise this? Wouldn’t want it to bite us again in future thanks

Hello everyone looking for a bit of guidance - we started building a single story extension to the rear around 14 months ago (flat roof, permitted development based in Scotland). the neighbours have recently said that they feel the extension is over the boundary by about 4 inches. Looking from their side, I’m almost in agreement with them - the only boundary referenced in the deeds are washing line poles which have not been crossed. But as it’s a terraced property - if you were to drill a hole from their property, I think it would end up somewhere in our cavity. I don’t particularly want to get into a protracted disagreement or drag through the courts - so my question is: how feasible is it to move the wall (+ extend the foundations) by around 4-6 inches? Is there any alternative to this? I.e purchasing the land that is crossed over and do we have any recourse with the builder? Im not necessarily expecting them to foot all the costs, but they determined where the boundary was based on where they felt the ‘joint’ between the properties was (this turned out to be a line which was created by an overflow pipe from the neighbours property!) thanks in advance for any guidance or suggestions - for clarification this is in Scotland therefore party wall agreements are not suitable from what I understand.