Dh says neighbour can't put a ladder up his wall from our garden.

[VivaLeBeaver]

We live in a semi. Next door have extended their rear so it sticks out further than ours. Was done before we moved in.

It looks to me like they have extended right up to the boundary line. Ie the external wall extension is in line with the dividing party wall. Though neighbour reckons he's 4" inside his boundary. He really isn't. I've even counted bricks along the wall to check.

Anyway, doesn't other me if he's right up to the boundary. Though he has got some pipes which come out the side of his extension, so technically I think they're on our land. I have pointed this out to I'm as we're one day thinking of extending and obviously would want to go right up to our boundary. But he didnt seem bothered.

Anyway saw him yesterday and he said they're replacing the extractor fan in the bathroom and need to put a ladder in our garden for access. I said fine, so he's going to do it in next few days.

Mentioned it to dh who's not happy. Their current fan is on the wall that faces down their garden rather than into ours. Dh pointed out if they're wanting a ladder in our garden it must be to have the fan on the wall facing our garden. They're haing a new bathroom fitted so quite possible they're moving stuff about.

Dh says no way. Can we stop him seeing as technically its his wall and it will be up in the air. Is it unreasonable of dh to not want it coming out of the wall.

I can't really see the problem unless we build and totally block it up but that could be years away. And if we do build he's got bigger problems than his fan as all his kitchen drainage pipes will need to be moved.

Dh is worried about noise and smells.

I agree you should check on everything else mums have said above but if it is only a small bathroom extractor fan that shouldn't cause you any problems - it is only extracting excess steam and moisture when people have showers or baths. Better to keep good relations with the neighbours.

Tell him that you are building an extension so he can adjust his plans accordingly. Don't say you 'might' be building.

We have a slightly similar problem. Next door's rear extension is built right up against the boundary, so the roof overhang and guttering is all in our boundary. One day we hope to build a similar extension, and when we do their roof is going to need to be partly dismantled and modified so that we can build. It's all theoretical at the moment, but I hope to god they don't cause problems when the time comes.

Some neighbours are just selfish and inconsiderate; it's really hard to deal with.

You don't want to have extra problems to clear up when/if you want to built an extension in the future. You could tell your neighbour that it's not a good idea to establish a new extractor in that direction as you may be enclosing on that wall in the future.

Prevention is better than trying to cure problems outside your direct control in the future.