We are in the process of buying a house and there is a wall to the right of the property which runs along the neighbours dirveway. Their driveway drops 2 feet down so the wall is a supporting wall. There is a driveway which it supports on the new house side.
The structural report has come back saying the wall is in a dangerous condition and needs replacing. We had intended building a ground floor extension up to this wall and it would probably tip the balance and the wall could collapse onto the next door neighbours cars.
our vendors thought they owned this wall because they built a fence on the back to keep their dog in. no one knows who built the wall. the next door neighbours say it is not their wall .
Our solicitor says the land registry deeds say the wall belongs to the neighbours but if it falls down when we build our extension our insurance company will not pay out as it is already in a dangerous state which is known about.
Our solicitor thinks we should pull out as it will cost 2-3 K to rebuild the wall and we are already up to our limit financially with the proposed extension. The thing is it is pretty much our perfect house and we are unlikely to be able to get anything so nice as it is a builder selling it off cheaply who are the vendors. (We have asked them to do the wall but they refused as the house is going cheaply anyway)
Any ideas about what we should do next. We have to be out of our house in a month.