Alterations to wall you don’t own

[CreekyBeaky]

I’m not saying who is who in this as really want some unbiased opinion.

Mrs A owns all walls that surround her house and has recently painted her sides of them. Mrs B lives next door and has cemented a row of slabs across the top of the wall between the houses. Mrs B did not ask permission but the stones do make the top of the wall look smarter and she has shouldered the cost. Mrs A now has to repaint the wall on her side as the cement has dropped down it (probably an hours job). Mrs A was going to put trellis at the top of the wall but can’t now as the slabs overhang. Mrs A is pissed off that Mrs B didn’t ask permission and had made her feelings known along the lines of “it’s the principle of the thing”. Who is BU?

Mrs B should have offered to clear up any mess made, but depending on the cost, Mrs A might be able to take it on the chin and just repaint - both scenarios for the sake of being friendly neighbours.

The person who doesn't own the wall is in the wrong.

Mrs B is wrong - who does that to someone else's property without asking?

Mrs B is in the wrong.

Mrs b is wrong and needs to pay to return the wall to the the same condition as it was before

Mrs B is wrong, even if it did improve the look of it. If you don't own it you can't touch it.

I agree with everyone else. Mrs B is in the wrong. If you don't own it you have no right to do anything to it. And what looks nicer is a matter of opinion not objective - Mrs A - who owns it - thought her wall would look better with climbers and trellis. Her choice.

Mrs B should make good - ie return it to its original state.

Wether Mrs A could suck it up isnt the point.

B doesnt own the wall. A does and has plans for it.

B should have got permission and also gone round to check for mess. Doesnt matter if the painting will only take an hour or 10.

And whose opinion does it look smarter?

Unusual to own all the walls, are you sure?

Guessing you're Mrs B, and you are v.v unreasonable.

@Treaclesweet I am Mrs A and I’m happy to know I’m not BU.

@Missingstreetlife I am sure I own all the walls as I have previously checked with the land registry when maintenance was due to see who was responsible. There is no one on the other side of me or the back so they are both mine and the other wall was down as me as I suppose in a row of houses someone at one end has to have both walls.

How long ago did Ms B lay her slabs?
Since you didn't complain (and it would be fair to say that you knew this would hamper any future attempts by you to paint your side) I think you are possibly BU now!! But.... go & talk to ur neighbours instead of us!!!!

Whose land are the walls on?

If they're entirely on A's land, then B was being out of order. And I bet she didn't leave cement drips on her side of the wall!

If the walls are on the boundary, then I'd think there'd be some sort of agreement?

@wannabebetter she did it today when I was at work. I complained as soon as I got home but she said it looks better and wasn’t looking for any money from me.

Poor work by the builder.

Tell her that the builder needs to come back to tidy your side as it was very recent - I didn't realise that.
If that doesn't go well, tell her to take the lot off as it isn't her wall anyway - and the builder still need to clean up.

So take the slabs off, return them to her and put the trellis up

Tell her it doesn’t maker what she thinks you just don’t go making alterations to property you don’t own. Get the slabs off and tell her you will be billing her the cost of rectifying the damage to your walls.