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Semi detached house new roof

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Normandy144 · 28/10/2025 10:58

Just looking for a bit of advice here a Propery/DIY AIBU if you like as not sure if I'm being unreasonable. We live in a 1960s semi detached property. Our neighbour whom we are attached to has got roofers in to replace his roof and rebuild his chimney stack. We weren't previously advised of the work starting but I'm fine with that. He is perfectly entitled to get a new roof and I'm happy to put up with the noise as it is a job that needs doing.

This morning however two chaps from the roofing company knocked on our door to show us pictures of the roof which obviously we share being in a semi detached. They explained the timber was rotting etc and making it difficult for them to adhere our neighbours new roof to it plus a whole host of other problems. They politely suggested they could do ours at the same time and would we want a quote/investigation etc - likely to be £6k. Anyway just feeling a bit pressured to be honest, like they're suggesting they can't do a good job on our neighbours roof if we don't agree to get ours done too. It's a lot of money we don't instantly have. I do agree it is a job that will need doing but we're about to have new windows and so this is the kind of job we're looking to do next year.

Would I be unreasonable to decline the offer, get our own roofer to take a look (we know one we trust) and go from there?

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Justcallmedaffodil · 28/10/2025 11:00

Of course you’re not unreasonable. How they affix your neighbours roof is their/your neighbour’s problem. Tell them thank you but no thank you.

Normandy144 · 28/10/2025 11:03

Justcallmedaffodil · 28/10/2025 11:00

Of course you’re not unreasonable. How they affix your neighbours roof is their/your neighbour’s problem. Tell them thank you but no thank you.

Thank you. I just think I needed to hear that. Felt a bit doorstepped to be honest! Husband also said the same that this is not our problem. The roofers said they'd pop back in a few hours to see what we think, so I'm trying to prepare my thoughts!

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TMMC1 · 28/10/2025 11:21

Thank you, but no.
do you need a “party wall” agreement for this type of work? I’m not sure, somebody else will be able to answer that

Normandy144 · 28/10/2025 16:55

It's the end of the day now and funnily enough they haven't come back to follow up. They have been working away all day so our side of the roof can't have been that impossible to work around. Just annoyed with myself for getting flustered and feeling pressured like that. We're getting our trusted roofer over later this week to take a look and will take his advice.

I also don't believe that there's a party wall agreement required as it is just standard replacement of a roof.

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