Hello dear members,
I discovered your lovely forum thanks to Google. Unfortunately, as is often the case, a problem has brought me here.
We are building an extension onto an existing semi-detached house in Baden-Württemberg.
We are building on a slab foundation. The friendly neighbor built his half with a basement.
We live 70 kilometers (about 43 miles) away from the construction site.
Therefore, with both of us working and having two children, we cannot be at the site all the time.
Yesterday morning, the workers began setting the formwork for the slab foundation.
When I arrived at the site yesterday, my friendly neighbor was already there waiting for me.
He yelled at me quite loudly and was extremely angry.
He said that the slab foundation towards his side was insulated only with Styrodur (extruded polystyrene).
One of the workers tried to explain that in addition to the Styrodur, a 4 cm (1.6 inch) soundproofing wall would be installed along the house.
Still, he did not calm down.
He just kept yelling. He said he would take pictures and that he would refuse to pay.
We have no intention of demanding any money from him.
I was really shocked!!!
Actually, he should be worried, since he built 3 cm (1.2 inches) of his house’s total length over our property boundary.
What is the legal situation here?
I told my husband about it.
He wanted to see a lawyer right away.
For me, maintaining peace with the neighbor is more important.
Please excuse my spelling mistakes and my lack of knowledge. I have two children and need to keep them happy at the same time.
Thank you,
Sandra
I discovered your lovely forum thanks to Google. Unfortunately, as is often the case, a problem has brought me here.
We are building an extension onto an existing semi-detached house in Baden-Württemberg.
We are building on a slab foundation. The friendly neighbor built his half with a basement.
We live 70 kilometers (about 43 miles) away from the construction site.
Therefore, with both of us working and having two children, we cannot be at the site all the time.
Yesterday morning, the workers began setting the formwork for the slab foundation.
When I arrived at the site yesterday, my friendly neighbor was already there waiting for me.
He yelled at me quite loudly and was extremely angry.
He said that the slab foundation towards his side was insulated only with Styrodur (extruded polystyrene).
One of the workers tried to explain that in addition to the Styrodur, a 4 cm (1.6 inch) soundproofing wall would be installed along the house.
Still, he did not calm down.
He just kept yelling. He said he would take pictures and that he would refuse to pay.
We have no intention of demanding any money from him.
I was really shocked!!!
Actually, he should be worried, since he built 3 cm (1.2 inches) of his house’s total length over our property boundary.
What is the legal situation here?
I told my husband about it.
He wanted to see a lawyer right away.
For me, maintaining peace with the neighbor is more important.
Please excuse my spelling mistakes and my lack of knowledge. I have two children and need to keep them happy at the same time.
Thank you,
Sandra
Vicky Pedia17 Apr 2020 23:02Sandrasix schrieb:
How do you insulate a slab foundation next to a neighbor’s house? First of all, the construction manager is the person responsible for turning the plans into the actual building. This means that there must be a plan (which has been approved as a building permit / planning permission), and something must be designed within it. I don’t know the specific plan in your case. In general, your slab foundation should be separated from the neighbor’s basement, which means it is also thermally separated. Since your slab is higher than the neighbor’s, there is absolutely no risk for you!
Vicky Pedia17 Apr 2020 23:51Altai schrieb:
Oh yes, and some of them keep shaking their heads because everything is being done wrong... Unfortunately true! I had a construction site like that last year as well. He constantly raised objections, whether it was drainage, parking space, the color of the exterior plaster, or the design of the fence. But over time it settled down, and I believe the client is happy now.
Altai schrieb:
What I find shocking is this kind of narrow thinking – kids arrive and suddenly all peace is gone – and then the consequence is to sell the home immediately without even giving the new neighbors a chance. If the new neighbors actually turn out to be loud and annoying, you can still make that decision later. In your case, it would have been more understandable if they had simply bought up the land so that no one could build there. Well, mine are noisy and loud. That’s why we moved to a residential development where neighbors either have children or will have them. Sure, our neighbors on the right are retiring, but who has an ex-pastor as a neighbor who is as soft-hearted as a cotton ball?
My children are also loud. That’s why I have a detached house with a large garden. Inside the house, they can run around without causing the ceiling below me to collapse.
Outside, they can play, loudly as children naturally do. Exceptions are Sundays and public holidays, as well as quiet hours in general.
Our neighbors are three retired couples. On the left side, there is one couple. They are nice to the very end. On the right side, there are two couples—one upstairs and one downstairs.
The ones upstairs are great. The one downstairs is annoying, especially with his lousy garden. He wanted us to rake leaves because the wind blows leaves into his garden... Sure...
Otherwise, I always tell people like that that they have the option to speak reasonably, or the conversation is over. Usually during a pause in their shouting. If they keep yelling, I just walk away and stop talking to them. Completely ignoring them is a lot of fun.
Outside, they can play, loudly as children naturally do. Exceptions are Sundays and public holidays, as well as quiet hours in general.
Our neighbors are three retired couples. On the left side, there is one couple. They are nice to the very end. On the right side, there are two couples—one upstairs and one downstairs.
The ones upstairs are great. The one downstairs is annoying, especially with his lousy garden. He wanted us to rake leaves because the wind blows leaves into his garden... Sure...
Otherwise, I always tell people like that that they have the option to speak reasonably, or the conversation is over. Usually during a pause in their shouting. If they keep yelling, I just walk away and stop talking to them. Completely ignoring them is a lot of fun.
Mine is also loud. It feels like it gets louder with every week of daycare closure. Neither neighbor, one of them being the Catholic Wattebäuschen, is bothered by it. I think children are moving in next door in the semi-detached house on the street five houses down, and in the garden of the property beyond that.
Zaba12 schrieb:
Well, mine are annoying and loud.Joedreck schrieb:
My children are loud too.haydee schrieb:
Mine is loud as well.Is anyone still surprised about why the older couple from #21 sold their house?Similar topics