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Problem with neighbour

5 replies

Lilybob11 · 28/02/2025 13:05

Hi all,
I'm wondering if anyone here can help with a situation. We bought our terraced house last year and we have a small front garden with a wall that surrounds it. There is a part of the wall that divides with our neighbour on the left side. They had a bush on there side of the wall. When we moved in the wall was leaning but over the year that we have been here we have noticed that the lean has gotten worse. We found out that the neighbour was renting and we contacted there estate agent about the situation. All of a sudden the bush was gone but the root is still there. Then a few days later, the wall has been cemented at the front of the wall by the pavement. (Still leaning) No one has contacted us about it, and we are being fobbed off by the estate agent who has sent us a reply from the landlord of the neighbour saying it is our wall and they have found out that it is our wall (we know this already lol)
We are wondering where we stand legally on this, because we don't know what to do. Anyone with any advice will be greatly appreciated 🙏

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ApolloandDaphne · 28/02/2025 13:08

If it is your wall then you can fix it. What is your main issue? They have removed the offending bush and obviously tried to stabilise it before realising it was your wall. You can either leave it as it is or mend it properly.

Terrribletwos · 28/02/2025 13:08

Not sure what you're asking? How is the wall a problem to you?

AnSolas · 28/02/2025 13:12

What do you want?

Remove the wall before it falls down (which you should do if it will fall into NDN or on the street)?

Leave it to fall into your garden?

You pay for rebuild?

NDN pay to rebuild?

If its the NDN paying. they are ignoring you because they dont want to pay. And it appears they secured the wall which would fall into the street

Charcadet · 28/02/2025 13:50

You need to rebuild the wall. Not sure why this is the neighbour's problem?

edited to add; or not - you don’t have to have a physical wall or fence to mark a boundary but If it collapses then it would be your issue.

ComtesseDeSpair · 28/02/2025 15:04

The legal position is that if it’s your boundary and your responsibility to maintain the boundary then you can do that. Unless your deeds make specific mention of physical boundaries, there’s no legal requirement to have a wall there at all - you could demolish the wall and have it rebuilt, or just have no wall. A landlord isn’t likely to want to contribute to bettering something which isn’t their responsibility in a property they don’t live in, so just give your neighbour the heads up about whatever your plan is and get it sorted.

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