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Access for Maintenance / Neighbour built up to wall

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Spinner001 · 20/10/2024 16:48

Hi everyone, we bought a house almost 5 years ago now. The left hand wall (along with the rest of the house) needs re rendering but the neighbours built an extension around 8yrs ago now (before we moved in) that is around 15cm from our wall. This wasn’t picked up in the survey as a potential issue, nor was a party wall agreement highlighted as part of our purchase (and I don’t think one was put in place as they said they built within the existing building line, albeit what was already there was a tin shed). In retrospect we should have noted this, but is there anything we can do how? It’s not physically possible to do much to the wall as is. Help and thanks!

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OttersAreMySpiritAnimal · 20/10/2024 18:08

Hopefully someone will be along with more useful advice. Unless one of your properties is built on the boundary a part wall agreement isn't relevant. I actually don't think there is anything you can do, assuming they have planning permission and built to that. 15cm is not enough gap to carry out any maintenance on either wall, and I wouldn't bother with the expense of rendering a wall I couldn't even see. Are you having a problem with damp or something? Render on new builds is normally decorative rather than protective.

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