On Monday, 19 January 2015 16:25:16 UTC, AD wrote:
Hi All,

Hope you can help me with my issue. Please read below:

My query and a request for advice relates to my neighbours extension where it is concerning me that the ventilation extraction is coming out on my side of the property forbidding us to carry out any work to our property.

At the moment I am in the process of building a small 2 meter extension to my kitchen (wall to wall as this property is a terraced house) which will be a little less than the length of my neighbours extension of 3.9 metres and our only being 2 metres, but the main issue is the chimney hood extraction has be placed on the wall joining our properties, therefore forbidding us to carry out any work at this stage.

My neigbours mentioned it would be our responsibility to finance the move of the vent proceeding into our joint wall. I've had to stop the work currently being done at my property and costing me money with my builders.

I tryed to call my council (Hillingdon) but they didnt really provide any useful information.

Any help and guidance would be much appreciated.

many thanks in advance.

Who said you had to stop and what legal force does the statement have?

If he is just worried for the work he has done and doesn't want to rerout his kitchen apparatus that is his problem and he can't force you to do or stop doing anything that you are legally entitled to do with, at, in or on your property.

He can ask the council to stop you but you can ignore them and make them take you to court.

Usually they will steer clear of neighbours squabbling or even see reason on your side of the affair. But you would be silly to let them affect your decision as if they were the final court of appeal.

First of all have you got the right to do as you wish?
Have you followed all protocols and etcetera?
Or are you just taking advice from someone who doesn't want you to do something he isn't happy with?

Be very careful with the opinions you get on here. A lot of them are even less sensible than mine. Watch out for morons like Harry and quotists like Martin Brown. They may do a lot of careful research on your behalf that is almost tangential to your OP in places but you are unlikely to profit from any of it.