Hi there
So yesterday was quite eventful, a couple of men came along to take down and remove the shed which all went well, here is an image of before the shed was taken away:
So shed is gone and I am stood in the back garden talking to my brother when the neighbour from the plot below shouts my name:
My house is and you can see right at the back of the garden is my double garage. The neighbour in question is house 39 his garden not only runs up to the side of ours but also has a narrow passage around the back, he has two sheds both of which are right up against the fence and is something I am not bothered by at all.
So now moving onto the issue, he is complaining his shed that was directly behind the shed taken down is rotten because water ran from the roof of the shed in our garden onto his as our plot is quite a bit higher than his. To which I responded well it is now gone and you cannot blame me for a shed which was there when we moved in and was something you should have mentioned to previous owner. He then starts well I guess your gonna put a car port or garage there and you cannot do that, it must be 5m away to which I responded with so I assume you will be moving your sheds then too, at this point he seemed to calm down for a few seconds, then complained about a building would block the light and if we put something there he will sue me, my brother was starting to get agitated and annoyed, bit of a lad in his day but the neighbour then retreated back indoors.
I've spoken to this neighbour previous and he and his wife have been friendly and never mention issue with the old shed and just were saying hello.
So I gave it an hour and I then walked around to his house and knocked on his door and ask him to explain to me calmly essentially what his issue was because to put it bluntly to start threatening to sue someone and having a rant is not how you approach someone or start a conversation and I would happily work with him on making sure anything we do build won't cause him any water damage. He seemed calmer and did say sorry and said he suffers a lot of pain and was having a bad moment, but he did keep also trying to see if you put something big there I will be onto my solicitor to have it taken down, I explained as its within 2M of the fence I can build an outbuilding with a height upto 2-2.5m right upto the fence and as long as nothing over hangs I believe I am legal, he would not have it and just kept saying it would be taken down, so I ask him to explain what his worry was and he tells me his shed is 54 years old and he had to repair it from inside due to water damage from our old shed and I said any garage I erect will have proper guttering to the front of our garage to drain to the front of our house.
He seemed at peace and we agreed on putting in new higher fence panels also, I offered to cover the cost and he was fine with that, though I shall do mine first let him see them and if he is still happy I shall then do his three panels also so they all match, he was not bothered by what colour they might be.
Here are pictures of how that corner in the garden looks now minus the old shed:
I have also emailed my solicitor as well to just get an official legal response.
To be honest I think I handled it well by not rising to the occaison and calling round to hear what his worries were, I also had a good conversation with his wife who did apologise about him and she did say they had no issues with us or the previous occupants and the last thing they ever wish is to fall out with us as they are an elderley couple, both retired.
But I am still a little annoyed inside as I don't appreciate some guy trying to lay down the law to speak by threatening he will sue and trying to suggest I must be at least 2m away and ideally 5m, bit of a hipocrit considering he has two sheds up against our fence.
You will see in the picture that the original border/bouncdary seems to be the brick wall that runs down between the fences two fences.
My plan is to put something like this in that area:
https://www.dancovershop.com/uk/product/metal-garage-338x576x243-m-proshed-anthracite.aspx
Now I believe from reading up about regulations that an outbuilding built from none flammable material can be placed right upto a fence on the basis it does not overhang, is under 2.5m in height and is smaller than 30m²,
But I wish to ask the knowledge of the OcUK forum can I put said garage in that location of those dimensions and should this neighbour decided he dislikes it can he legally force me to have it taken down?
I've been cleaning up out back there all day and not heard a beep out of them.
So yesterday was quite eventful, a couple of men came along to take down and remove the shed which all went well, here is an image of before the shed was taken away:
So shed is gone and I am stood in the back garden talking to my brother when the neighbour from the plot below shouts my name:
My house is and you can see right at the back of the garden is my double garage. The neighbour in question is house 39 his garden not only runs up to the side of ours but also has a narrow passage around the back, he has two sheds both of which are right up against the fence and is something I am not bothered by at all.
So now moving onto the issue, he is complaining his shed that was directly behind the shed taken down is rotten because water ran from the roof of the shed in our garden onto his as our plot is quite a bit higher than his. To which I responded well it is now gone and you cannot blame me for a shed which was there when we moved in and was something you should have mentioned to previous owner. He then starts well I guess your gonna put a car port or garage there and you cannot do that, it must be 5m away to which I responded with so I assume you will be moving your sheds then too, at this point he seemed to calm down for a few seconds, then complained about a building would block the light and if we put something there he will sue me, my brother was starting to get agitated and annoyed, bit of a lad in his day but the neighbour then retreated back indoors.
I've spoken to this neighbour previous and he and his wife have been friendly and never mention issue with the old shed and just were saying hello.
So I gave it an hour and I then walked around to his house and knocked on his door and ask him to explain to me calmly essentially what his issue was because to put it bluntly to start threatening to sue someone and having a rant is not how you approach someone or start a conversation and I would happily work with him on making sure anything we do build won't cause him any water damage. He seemed calmer and did say sorry and said he suffers a lot of pain and was having a bad moment, but he did keep also trying to see if you put something big there I will be onto my solicitor to have it taken down, I explained as its within 2M of the fence I can build an outbuilding with a height upto 2-2.5m right upto the fence and as long as nothing over hangs I believe I am legal, he would not have it and just kept saying it would be taken down, so I ask him to explain what his worry was and he tells me his shed is 54 years old and he had to repair it from inside due to water damage from our old shed and I said any garage I erect will have proper guttering to the front of our garage to drain to the front of our house.
He seemed at peace and we agreed on putting in new higher fence panels also, I offered to cover the cost and he was fine with that, though I shall do mine first let him see them and if he is still happy I shall then do his three panels also so they all match, he was not bothered by what colour they might be.
Here are pictures of how that corner in the garden looks now minus the old shed:
I have also emailed my solicitor as well to just get an official legal response.
To be honest I think I handled it well by not rising to the occaison and calling round to hear what his worries were, I also had a good conversation with his wife who did apologise about him and she did say they had no issues with us or the previous occupants and the last thing they ever wish is to fall out with us as they are an elderley couple, both retired.
But I am still a little annoyed inside as I don't appreciate some guy trying to lay down the law to speak by threatening he will sue and trying to suggest I must be at least 2m away and ideally 5m, bit of a hipocrit considering he has two sheds up against our fence.
You will see in the picture that the original border/bouncdary seems to be the brick wall that runs down between the fences two fences.
My plan is to put something like this in that area:
https://www.dancovershop.com/uk/product/metal-garage-338x576x243-m-proshed-anthracite.aspx
Now I believe from reading up about regulations that an outbuilding built from none flammable material can be placed right upto a fence on the basis it does not overhang, is under 2.5m in height and is smaller than 30m²,
But I wish to ask the knowledge of the OcUK forum can I put said garage in that location of those dimensions and should this neighbour decided he dislikes it can he legally force me to have it taken down?
I've been cleaning up out back there all day and not heard a beep out of them.
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