Hello,
First of all, I’m new here and would like to briefly introduce myself 🙂
My name is Patrick, I’m 41 years old and I’m from near Ulm.
We have built (or rather are still building), and now the first questions are slowly coming up.
And no, the picture is not our house, but it’s roughly in that direction at least 😉
As I mentioned, I’m new here, so please be patient if I’m not yet familiar with some forum rules 🙂))
We are currently working on the outdoor area, and in this context, our neighbors approached us asking if they could place an L-shaped retaining wall block on our property to better use their land.
Basically, this means they would like the horizontal part of the L to extend about 50cm (20 inches) onto our property so they can dig the soil exactly at the property boundary. Instead of digging 50cm (20 inches) further into their own land, they want to shift the entire area 50cm (20 inches) onto our side. That means, to me, the neighbor effectively gains 0.5m (20 inches), we lose it, and the foundation will be cast on our property.
This wouldn’t be a big deal normally, but we don’t really get along well with this neighbor (and he presented his request more as a demand). I’m wondering about the long-term consequences if we agree. Problems when reselling? At the point where his foundation is poured, we won’t be able to dig out further to level our ground. Not an issue now, but what about later? The city also wants us to have a formal entry registered on-site (whatever that is). Probably to confirm that we approved this.
What would you do?
Thanks for your opinion
First of all, I’m new here and would like to briefly introduce myself 🙂
My name is Patrick, I’m 41 years old and I’m from near Ulm.
We have built (or rather are still building), and now the first questions are slowly coming up.
And no, the picture is not our house, but it’s roughly in that direction at least 😉
As I mentioned, I’m new here, so please be patient if I’m not yet familiar with some forum rules 🙂))
We are currently working on the outdoor area, and in this context, our neighbors approached us asking if they could place an L-shaped retaining wall block on our property to better use their land.
Basically, this means they would like the horizontal part of the L to extend about 50cm (20 inches) onto our property so they can dig the soil exactly at the property boundary. Instead of digging 50cm (20 inches) further into their own land, they want to shift the entire area 50cm (20 inches) onto our side. That means, to me, the neighbor effectively gains 0.5m (20 inches), we lose it, and the foundation will be cast on our property.
This wouldn’t be a big deal normally, but we don’t really get along well with this neighbor (and he presented his request more as a demand). I’m wondering about the long-term consequences if we agree. Problems when reselling? At the point where his foundation is poured, we won’t be able to dig out further to level our ground. Not an issue now, but what about later? The city also wants us to have a formal entry registered on-site (whatever that is). Probably to confirm that we approved this.
What would you do?
Thanks for your opinion
T
toxicmolotof4 Oct 2016 16:30Two questions come to mind:
1) Which property will keep the original ground level?
2) Could you provide us with a cross-section sketch? Am I correct in understanding that he wants to give up his property and, for this purpose, place the L-shaped retaining wall with the footing extending onto your property, then backfill up to the edge on your side?
1) Which property will keep the original ground level?
2) Could you provide us with a cross-section sketch? Am I correct in understanding that he wants to give up his property and, for this purpose, place the L-shaped retaining wall with the footing extending onto your property, then backfill up to the edge on your side?
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