Hi,
We moved into our house about 6 years ago. Got the house OK'd via the usual channels i.e. Solicitor/Surveyor etc.
However, in the last week, our neighbour has brought it to our attention, that our house extension (which was work carried out by the previous owner of our house), extends about a foot and a half over the boundary into their property.
There is another related issue, whereby when it rains, water pours down from our eaveshoot down onto their kitchen roof. The said that their assessors said that we would liable for any flooding if it happened as our house is too far over their boundary.
I assume that if all this is true, we should have a case with our surveyor who OK'd the house back in 2005. Should they not have picked up on this?
Clearly we would not have bought the house if this had been highlighted to us.
Can you let me know your thoughts?
WGT
We moved into our house about 6 years ago. Got the house OK'd via the usual channels i.e. Solicitor/Surveyor etc.
However, in the last week, our neighbour has brought it to our attention, that our house extension (which was work carried out by the previous owner of our house), extends about a foot and a half over the boundary into their property.
There is another related issue, whereby when it rains, water pours down from our eaveshoot down onto their kitchen roof. The said that their assessors said that we would liable for any flooding if it happened as our house is too far over their boundary.
I assume that if all this is true, we should have a case with our surveyor who OK'd the house back in 2005. Should they not have picked up on this?
Clearly we would not have bought the house if this had been highlighted to us.
Can you let me know your thoughts?
WGT