ᐅ Fence incorrectly installed due to subsequent slope adjustment
Created on: 10 Oct 2019 19:58
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Jealbe04
Hello everyone,
A year ago, I bought a house including the outdoor areas and fence from a developer. The developer raised the ground level on the plot by about 90cm (35 inches). He installed the fence exactly on the property boundary. The slope (just soil) was placed onto the neighboring property, which is a field. This has now come to light. I asked him to fix the problem and remove the slope from the neighbor’s land.
His proposal: He would lower the fence down to the field level on the property boundary and create a one-meter (3-foot) slope on each side of the plot.
All my plans—garden shed, paving in front of the house, carport, etc.—would no longer be possible. The garden shed would end up in the middle of the garden. He said it’s not a nice solution but that he wouldn’t spend any more money on this. I could have retaining blocks (L-shaped blocks) installed around the property. That way, I could still use the plot completely as planned. He wants 13,000 euros for this.
Can the developer really take this much space from my garden after all this time and ruin all my plans? The 13,000 euros is really too much for me right now. Is there no other solution than a slope on every side of the garden or 13,000 euros for retaining blocks?
A year ago, I bought a house including the outdoor areas and fence from a developer. The developer raised the ground level on the plot by about 90cm (35 inches). He installed the fence exactly on the property boundary. The slope (just soil) was placed onto the neighboring property, which is a field. This has now come to light. I asked him to fix the problem and remove the slope from the neighbor’s land.
His proposal: He would lower the fence down to the field level on the property boundary and create a one-meter (3-foot) slope on each side of the plot.
All my plans—garden shed, paving in front of the house, carport, etc.—would no longer be possible. The garden shed would end up in the middle of the garden. He said it’s not a nice solution but that he wouldn’t spend any more money on this. I could have retaining blocks (L-shaped blocks) installed around the property. That way, I could still use the plot completely as planned. He wants 13,000 euros for this.
Can the developer really take this much space from my garden after all this time and ruin all my plans? The 13,000 euros is really too much for me right now. Is there no other solution than a slope on every side of the garden or 13,000 euros for retaining blocks?
This "interim solution" did not resolve the drainage issue and primarily involved a third-party property :-(
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HilfeHilfe11 Oct 2019 17:37Normally, the site topography should be included in the plans if you bought a turnkey house. Otherwise, we had a similar problem: do it yourself. We stabilized our slope (lowest point 2 meters (6.5 feet)) with nice anthracite stones. We mixed the cement ourselves and bought reinforcing steel. I paid a friend for the work. Three days of labor. €3000 versus €18,000.
The original poster planned their garden according to the current position of the fence. However, if they do not want or cannot afford L-shaped retaining blocks, they will have to move the slope, regardless of how it is constructed, onto their own property. This will inevitably result in compromises to their garden design.
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HilfeHilfe11 Oct 2019 20:48Jealbe04 schrieb:
Oh, that sounds promising. Were those specific types of blocks?Just regular formwork blocks, you can easily look them up. Just add concrete and steel reinforcement, and it's done.Similar topics