Drilling into house wall

[Iom92]

We live in a detached house but our side wall is in the back garden of one of our neighbours. So instead of a back fence, they have our house wall. Last week there was an almighty noise and we went outside to find our neighbours drilling into our house wall to attach some flower display things. They didn’t seem to think they were doing anything wrong but it’s not a garden wall, it’s our house! If they had caused damage, what would happen then? Would we be expected to claim on insurance?

People seem to forget that just because a wall or fence is along the boundary that it’s doesn’t give them to right to paint nor attach something to it unless they own said wall or fence.

I have a similar situation, apart from I am the neighbour. We wouldn't dare touch his wall!

I would have been pretty annoyed by this! Hope you told them to stop.

They definitely should not do that without permission. I guess similar to when we did our loft conversion, we had to get the neighbour to agree to us attaching shit to the shared wall.

I suspect your insurers would claim on theirs for the damage.

There are holes and then there are holes. Some people seem pretty crap at drilling them and sealing them properly to stop damp getting in etc.

Not only only are they wrong to do this without your permission, they are also very rude IMO.

I did go out and speak to them at the time, but the woman who lives there just started shouting at me. I was very calm but quite clear that I didn’t think they should be doing it and was annoyed that they were. The man was apologetic but maintained there was no issue with it but his wife just started shouting at me and was quite abusive. It was all very out of character for her and odd because I wasn’t being at all confrontational myself.

Your neighbours cannot drill holes in your wall - it’s your property. I would tell them to remove the attached items - today- or you remove them and return the items to them. Send them a cease and desist letter. I would then contact your insurance provider to get the holes checked for damage - get the holes repaired and send your neighbours the bill.

Cease & desist letter? Insurance provider? That's all very overdramatic and unnecessary! It's a few planters for God's sake!

What is happening to people? Why is everyone getting so wound up over insignificant things lately?

It is an easy mistake to make. It happens all the time with people painting the neighbours fence that faces their garden when they shouldn’t.

I can only imagine that your neighbour erupted because she’s just spent a load of money on planters and was excited to be able to do something with them.

Be considerate. You’ve just condemned her to looking at a bare brick wall forever more.

What you need to do is check the deeds to your house and check what it says about accessing and maintaining that wall, to show that it is still yours and you have control over it.

When the wife is out, go and speak with the husband. Make sure that he realises that your house is all on your property and to touch it is trespass (in a nice way though).

Explain that anything used to hide the wall has to be free standing and does wet the wall (create damp).

Is your wall in the party wall?

I'd have gone apeshit personally. CFs.

There's a difference between a fence and the wall of OPs house.