Jeff G

Three years ago, I purchased a new build property (Tilia Home) in Startforth, Barnard Castle & even though the boundary line is clearly defined on the site plan & runs 50/50 between my own & my neighbours property's house gable end & front & rear gardens (plots 99 & 100). Because of the ridiculous drop between both plots the builder relocated the rear garden retaining wall topped with a six-foot fence approximately three feet into my neighbours plot, which now concedes a narrow strip of land from the front garden that runs between the property's through to the end of the back garden. After over two years of thinking everything was fine my neighbour recently informed me that after he had asked for the deeds to his property & his solicitor informed him that according to the site plan the new boundary line between the two property's was in the wrong location & he now requires the boundary line to be reinstated to its original position, which would effectively continue the line of the fence I have erected from the rear garden to the front garden - seen in the photo below, which would spit the gravelled area I have maintained in two: so, I pleaded ignorant! As I was originally assured by the builder that the boundary line had to be relocated to its new position (the higher fence) due to the fall of the land between the two properties & thought they would have updated the repositioning with 'planning'; they obviously did not! So, where do I stand on the matter? As you can see, I have erected a secondary fence below my neighbours newly positioned boundary line fence which ironically is situated on the original site plan boundary line! Any advice on this matter would be very much appreciated before I have to commence lining the pockets of the legal profession!

I purchased another new build three years ago (Tilia Homes) & amongst the many hundreds of snagging issues I had with the monstrosity one of the roof tiles has lifted (please see attached). Should I get this sorted & as the property is now out of its two-year warranty period is it an NHBC issue? This issue has recently occurred & I think it is due to heat expansion from the sun, or maybe it's more likely to be a sh*tty fitted tile knowing Tilia Homes contractors!