Boundary Wall Question Please

Elvina

Elvina

Elvina

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Along the boundary between our house and next door we had a wall. Without seeking written approval the neighbours took the wall down. They now want to put it back up and want us to pay half, over £700. We have fence on our side of the wall so if the wall isnt there its no problem to us. Can anyone give any advice please? Thanks
 
Given that they took the decision to interfere with it, they should bear the cost of putting it back to how it was, seems pretty clear cut.
 
Thanks very much for the reply. I think this too but I wanted to see what other people had to say on the subject. The neighbour is claiming that they told my Dad that the wall had a bow in it before taking it down but my Dad who lives in the house doesnt remember, he is 87 and forgetfull. My feeling, from what I have read, is that they should have put it in writing to him before taking it down and as far as I know they didnt. I have asked them for a letter showing that he agreed to it being removed.
 
I have now found out more. They say that the wall fell down but my Dad said that they took it down. They were wanting to build an extension onto the side of their house at the time. The wall is only the length of my Dad's garage which isnt massive and then the rest of the boundary is fence. I suggested that fence would be cheaper but they said that "to change from brick to fence may cause legal issues" but didnt say what. When I say that they want to put the wall back up, at the moment the wall is about 7 bricks high, it was probably about 14 bricks high. They are wanting to take down the remaining bricks and dig out new foundations and start from scratch which seems rather silly to me. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

Many thanks
 
I would check the deeds of the house as they should have a T on which denotes who is responsible for what section of wall/fence, if its a boundary fence that is. You are of course free to erect a fence on your own property independently of any other boundary fence or wall which I think is probably the case here? So, just tell them you have a fence on your boundary line and they are free to do whatever they feel they need to do on their own property and you don't object if they would like to replace the wall but you are sticking with your fence for now.

If the wall is a boundary wall then the neighbourly thing to do would be to pay towards its replacement, even more so if its denoted on the plan as your responsibility if its theirs you can thank them for asking but your dad cant really afford to contribute at this time. find out the answers though because if they do replace the wall and then want to use to extend on later they cant as its a boundary wall.
 
Sounds to me like they wanted to use this wall in their extension but found out that the footings weren't adequate and are now trying to rope you into paying for it.
 
Elvina said:
Thanks very much for the reply. I think this too but I wanted to see what other people had to say on the subject. The neighbour is claiming that they told my Dad that the wall had a bow in it before taking it down but my Dad who lives in the house doesnt remember, he is 87 and forgetfull. My feeling, from what I have read, is that they should have put it in writing to him before taking it down and as far as I know they didnt. I have asked them for a letter showing that he agreed to it being removed.
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200sols said:
They are trying it on, sounds like they want a new wall so they caused damage to try and get you to pay half.
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Burned_Alive said:
Sounds to me like they wanted to use this wall in their extension but found out that the footings weren't adequate and are now trying to rope you into paying for it.
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Tell them to go forth and multiply.
 
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