Hi All

A question on behalf of my inlaws on the north side of the border.

The house is a semi detached. The neighbours in question are the attached
neighbours.

My inlaws have a one story extention on the back of their house.

The neighbours have added a one story conservetory to their property as part
of the conservetory they have built a block wall alongside my inlaws current
wall with approx 4inch gap between the two. The gap has no roofing over it.

My inlaws need to get the weather boards attended to but can't find anyone
who will do the work because of the lack of space to work in.

So......
Have the neighbours built illegally because the wall is so close to an
existing structure? How close can you build to an existing structure?


Many thanks

Phil

Phil Cousins wrote:

So......
Have the neighbours built illegally because the wall is so close
to an existing structure? How close can you build to an existing
structure?

I've never understood how people could imagine that it's OK for them to
build right up to the boundary, and then start moaning when their neighbour
does the same.

Snip


I live in Scotland and have just been in a similar situation. In a
semi detached and my neighbour built a conservatory with a brick wall
facing my side. They have built it leaving a 250 mm gap. When I made
enquiries to the planning dept. I was told that they could have gone
as close as 25mm if they had wanted to. They also said that the wall
would be allowed because it acted as a "fire break."



Thanks BeeJay.

Looks like maintaining the roof and weather boards is going to be a
struggle.


Phil