Party "wall" removed

[Gabbo23]

Hi folks

Have a rental property, last month did a big job on the garden. Found out some months previous the next door neighbour replaced the party fencing.and put up an over 2M corrugated metal fence, another foot inside my property and affixed it to my bathroom extension, which is not the party wall

What should I do here? Talking to her is not an option

 

[Blackrock1]

Talk to your landlord? Or are you the landlord and it's your rental property

 

[Gabbo23]

Yep I am the owner landlord

 

[Blackrock1]

Yep I am the owner landlord

Arrange for it to be removed then!

 

[bkenn14]

Is the old corrugation fence at the back and what appears to be a concrete pillar part of the party wall,
(1) is the arrow on your side of party wall
Is old concrete pillar part of party wall
Is old corrugated fence which appears to be very badly maintained part of your party wall,
How wide is the concrete pillar approx it forms part of party wall,
Just to be sure I am reading photo correctly is new party wall butted up to your bathroom wall,

 

[Flybytheseat]

If somebody has erected something on your property without your consent then simply take it down.

 

[Annieindublin]

The flat roof is your bathroom extension?

So the new wall is attached to it? Not allowed afaik without your permission

Also it does seem to be a foot over into your property. Which I assume starts at the edge of the flat roof.

If you can’t talk to the neighbour I guess you’re having to removed and returned to her garden when she can fix it back up to swim new posts. Assuming she wants to.

What do you propose to do with your garden? Build a new fence or wall to fill in the gap, on your side only of course so you don’t repeat her mistake. She really won’t need to have hers reinstalled then.

 

[bkenn14]

Gabbo23
the fence is butted up to your bathroom filling a space between your bathroom and whats looks like a concrete block pillar on the party wall/line,
not looking like you own a foot on the other side if the pillar is on the party wall/line to me,

Have you got a bigger problem in the area where there is no fence between both property along bathroom extension wall or is there a fence not showing,

 

[Leo]

What should I do here? Talking to her is not an option

The only other option is to go the legal route. First step will be to obtain a report confirming the correct location of the boundary and then having a solicitor issue a letter demanding they restore the boundary to your satisfaction.

Of course, if talking isn't an option then it's likely there has been issues in the past with this individual and they are likely to ignore said letter. With that you're looking at expensive legal proceedings where the outcome may not be what you want.

 

[Gabbo23]

Thanks folks

This is the party wall/fence before I did a big job on the garden three years ago

And you can see how the fence runs behind the extension

Here is it now

In the right hand side of the fence is a separate property, the person who once owned the house retained that monstrosity as a garage. The concrete pillar is an infringement by him 20 years ago, never challenged

 

[bkenn14]

Well the houses appear to be semi detached or a row of houses

A photo showing where the extension is set back one foot from the party wall/shared wall between both main houses on your side would be helpful, along with a photo showing where your extension roof/wall is one foot inside the paint border line on the existing paint work of both main houses,

Can you explain how for about a foot wide between both houses your paint color appears to be different to the rest of the house,
Looking at the apex of the roof at the top where the paint of both houses meets the apex can you show a clear photo,

 

[bkenn14]

In the right hand side of the fence is a separate property, the person who once owned the house retained that monstrosity as a garage. The concrete pillar i

is an infringement by him 20 years ago, never challenged

Is there an infringement along your extension wall also for a very long time that never got challenged ,
you also appear to be suggesting other property changed hands in the last 20 years, since the pillar was erected,

and you can see how the fence runs behind the extension

Looking at the top of the photo there is a post which appears to be around 4 inch square and the fence is attached to it the fence dose not appear to go any further than this post, which brings up a bigger problem for you from the photo on the other property there appears to be something attached to the extension beyond the fence suggesting the property owner on the other side has being using this space along your extension as there own for a very long time,