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
I think it also depends on the variety. Our (annoying) neighbor has two huge blackberry plants growing towards us, climbing on her crooked rose arches. They’ve been there for years and are really large. So far, not a single shoot has appeared on our side, even though there is definitely no root barrier. Since we won’t have a garden there but will be installing retaining walls made of concrete blocks, we probably won’t have any issues in the future either. But as I said, even during the years when there was only grass on our side, not a single cane grew over, so I’m quite relaxed about it.
We want to plant raspberries along this boundary, which my husband loves. We will also create concrete edging to prevent them from spreading. At my mother’s garden, there was also a raspberry plant (we can now see the spot from our south-facing balcony, but it’s currently just bare stone), which for years stayed perfectly in place and never spread anywhere. That surprised me back then because I’ve usually experienced it differently. But she got it from a neighbor who told her this variety doesn’t spread, and that really turned out to be true.
So, such varieties do exist!
We want to plant raspberries along this boundary, which my husband loves. We will also create concrete edging to prevent them from spreading. At my mother’s garden, there was also a raspberry plant (we can now see the spot from our south-facing balcony, but it’s currently just bare stone), which for years stayed perfectly in place and never spread anywhere. That surprised me back then because I’ve usually experienced it differently. But she got it from a neighbor who told her this variety doesn’t spread, and that really turned out to be true.
So, such varieties do exist!
Winniefred27 Apr 2020 14:43Yes, such varieties do exist, especially the thornless types. I have a thornless blackberry that also stays true to its location. However, I have often heard that this does not always work, and wild shoots with thorns can sometimes grow from these berries.
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Pinkiponk28 Apr 2020 13:31Solveigh schrieb:
..., do I have to snap up Steven’s 6000m² (64,583 sq ft) plot of land Really, Steven has a 6000m² (64,583 sq ft) plot?
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