We have bought a new home, and have got planning permission for a side extension. We are also going to do a loft conversion, which is where the party wall agreement comes in.
When we first spoke to our attached neighbour - I'll call him John - he said he was fine with whatever we did, and on that basis we bought the house.
We have started the building work, and it has now come to Party Wall Agreement time. He's turned out to be really unpleasant and aggressive. We've kept him informed. He didn't reply to the first letter, and is due to respond to the second letter by Friday. I suspect he'll appoint the most expensive surveyor he can find, but that?s his right.
In the meantime, when I said hello to him yesterday, he shouted and swore at me. He then claimed I said I'd see him in court when I last spoke to him, and he had made notes of all our previous conversations. But obviously I never said that. Why would I want to go to court? Our builder was quite shocked and amused in equal measures!
The neighbour on the other side is lovely, and was at school with this man. He said John was a bully then, and now. Why did I buy the house? We've always got on fine with our neighbours.
Anyway, John obviously can't be reasoned with, and it will all just take its course. But what can he do to be as difficult as possible??? Our surveyor says nothing, but I feel he just hasn't come across anyone as unpleasant before. John kept mentioning solicitors.
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Party Wall Agreement - nightmare in the offing?
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StrokeOfBadLuck · 26/06/2013 15:28
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