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That something I am considering and to be fair he is willing to do it. But I am just trying to avoid hassle for me and him tbh. But if I knew what the level is, I would just dig up to that level and create another level for now. Would save me money as this is just a short term aim.

Sorry, someone advised me 1950 circa house have 600mm foundation, so I am thinking as another option is to create another level and not go down to 1M to avoid PWA.

Thank you, So the benefit of 6m rule is ability to dig more, right? So for the sake of argument, If I dig 3m or say 3.10 away from his house (by the way, the layout is his house<1.35 m is his alley way> then my fence >My garden), I don't need PWA and I don't need to get him involved in terms of how I do the retaining wall. At this moment, the previous owner already dug some part of this level and retained the soil using gravel boards , can I do same on the new area as this is a short term aim, most likely will do the garden along with other side in future and serve PWA, etc,.

Hi DevilDemo, Thanks for kind input. I am really struggling to understand the 6M rule tbh (sorry, not into DIY at all). I am also considering other options: What if I just leave 3M from his house to avoid all hassles of PWA considering the fact that we really don't know his foundation depth, would he have anything to come back to me in future? What if I do 600mm down within 3 meter to avoid all hassles of PWA considering the fact that we really don't know his foundation depth, would he have anything to come back to me in future?

Hello, New here, need some help. I have recently purchased a corner property (near Sandwell Valley, Birmingham), with different levels and wanted to excavate 1M down, whilst leaving 1 meter inside my fence PLUS 1.3 meter or so from the neighbour’s house (back of the garden as he is in a different road), with a double block retaining wall. This is to merge one side of the garden into one. My neighbour is concerned and says that I need to serve him a notice as I will be digging within 3 meters and the excavation will go below the bottom of his foundations. Unfortunately, he doesn’t know the depth of his foundation. Need some info to decide best way to get this resolved – which works for both of us. Don’t have any interest in complicating things like getting surveyor involved as I consider it as a minor/short term project. (1) Does PWA apply in this case? (2) Any ideas as to the depth of a 1950s house foundation would be (sloped area)? (3) I don’t really get the 6m rule below - how can I calculate it, say if I dig 2.5 ft and his foundation is 2ft? “Excavate within 6 metres of a neighbouring owner’s building or structure where that work will cut a line drawn downwards at 45 degrees from the bottom of the neighbour’s foundations.” (4) Neighbour seem to think that the Wall needs to use certain type of blocks with rods inserted, not the usual concrete blocks…? Is there certain type of condition when building such retaining wall? Any advice would be much appreciated Thanks