Boundary Wall

Dolby said:
Are you pulling my leg? ;)

You funny chap ;)
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No in all seriousness.

I would just have him finish the wall on my side with plaster or something to make it look neat. I see no harm in it. Unless your an uptight person wanting a reason to bitch ofc. Sure it looks fugly but I'm sure he'll have it plastered if you ask him and explain your disgust?
 
Dolby said:
I love forums ...

I put the pictures up on another SA forum I'm on, and received a PM from the head planner at one of JHB districts. He's going to arrange an inspection.

Thanks for the advice!
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Damn. Your neighbor is in for a serious shltstorm. 90% sure they'll force him to tear it down even if you approve of it. Doesn't look like a plan was submitted for it.

oh, and if one refuses to tear it down the municipalities brings their own aggro team to do it.:twisted: (Not speaking from experience)

@Pitbull & grass: hahaha

Rumour has it that the city planners are big fans of google earth.:D
 
Pitbull said:
No in all seriousness.

I would just have him finish the wall on my side with plaster or something to make it look neat. I see no harm in it. Unless your an uptight person wanting a reason to bitch ofc. Sure it looks fugly but I'm sure he'll have it plastered if you ask him and explain your disgust?
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If all else fails and he has done everything legally, I'll ask him to plaster on my side of the wall to make it look better.

But if he plasters, he'd have to plaster the entire boundary wall on that side : top to bottom, over the orginal bricks. I'm not having a two-tone wall with white plaster over his extention at the top and the original brick at the bottom :/

But he could have had the courtesy to tell or ask me his plans, since they impact me. The fact that he never, shows me there is no intention of actually plastering at all - unless I fight.

Anyway - looks aside - the wall is illegal. Building onto the boundary wall seems to be a no-no according to most .... not having a real double brick wall with decent foundations is another no-no - especially for a 10ft wall.

Regarding the grass - I don't live there and haven't for 3 years. As long as the tenants pay me ontime, then I don't care ;)
 
Dolby said:
If all else fails and he has done everything legally, I'll ask him to plaster on my side of the wall to make it look better.

But if he plasters, he'd have to plaster the entire boundary wall on that side : top to bottom, over the orginal bricks. I'm not having a two-tone wall with white plaster over his extention at the top and the original brick at the bottom :/

But he could have had the courtesy to tell or ask me his plans, since they impact me. The fact that he never, shows me there is no intention of actually plastering at all - unless I fight.

Anyway - looks aside - the wall is illegal. Building onto the boundary wall seems to be a no-no according to most .... not having a real double brick wall with decent foundations is another no-no - especially for a 10ft wall.

Regarding the grass - I don't live there and haven't for 3 years. As long as the tenants pay me ontime, then I don't care ;)
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He has shown bad faith from the start. Just get rid of it and play hardball.

(Klaps Pitbull for being obtuse! ;))
 
Dolby said:
If all else fails and he has done everything legally, I'll ask him to plaster on my side of the wall to make it look better.

But if he plasters, he'd have to plaster the entire boundary wall on that side : top to bottom, over the orginal bricks. I'm not having a two-tone wall with white plaster over his extention at the top and the original brick at the bottom :/

But he could have had the courtesy to tell or ask me his plans, since they impact me. The fact that he never, shows me there is no intention of actually plastering at all - unless I fight.

Anyway - looks aside - the wall is illegal. Building onto the boundary wall seems to be a no-no according to most .... not having a real double brick wall with decent foundations is another no-no - especially for a 10ft wall.

Regarding the grass - I don't live there and haven't for 3 years. As long as the tenants pay me ontime, then I don't care ;)
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True.

Don't get me wrong though. Just remember that your house (investment) is standing right next to his. I would not like to have grudges against neighbours if my investment is standing right next to theirs. I have seen articles where neighbours set alight each others houses :eek:. I would try and be civil about it, having bad neighbours is a no go. You might not live there but remember your tenants do and if the neighbour makes it hell there you will have a pretty high churn rate which would also not be good.

I would just have a chat with the guy first so he undertands my concerns and have it addressed. If he doesn't then at least he knows why I would object to his wall and have it removed.

But that is just me, and yes he must plaster the whole wall :p

As for the grass, I think they will grow back now that the wall is high enough for the neighbour not to come steal it :D
 
Well, I told the tenants to blame me for any drama, as I don't live there ;)

I hope they don't victamie them!
 
I came across this ancient thread this evening while looking for an answer to the question 'what is the legal limit of a boundary wall'. I still can't find any answer. It seems people can do what they want, as long as they have the approval of someone behind a desk. My neighbour is halfway with the building of a four-metre wall, two metres away from my lounge, kitchen and bedroom windows. That would be 4 m on his side. Our property is 1 m lower than theirs, which means we'll be living in the shadow of a 5 m wall. No permission asked. Just a wall going up. No offers of plastering our side, either. It seems there's no way of stopping it. Or is there?
 
As him for his council approval papers. Otherwise contact your town planner....
 
If he has the plans passed, then well I have a feeling you may be SOL on this one.
 
So, no wonder the neighbor is trying to raise the "boundaries" you sound like a neighbour from hell op.

Just saying...
 
Skydrops said:
So, no wonder the neighbor is trying to raise the "boundaries" you sound like a neighbour from hell op
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Forgetting that the thread is 3 years old, I didn't live there and the wall is illegal .... I'm just wondering how and why you think that?
 
Myself, him and the builder met a few days later to check out the wall, drainage etc

Although it was illegal, he showed me the drainage systems, foundations etc were all above board and nothing done on the cheap. Everything was strengthened to beyond what it needs to be. He agreed to plaster my side as well and everything was alright.

:)
 
Towerguru got this 100% correct. I had the same issue with a neighbour who would not agree to a repair on a common boundary wall, which the site plan proved was on my side, so built my own wall 50mm in from the existing wall. Neighbour objected and even got Council building inspectors round twice. Both told him that there was nothing he could do, and the second one also told him that if he had been a bit cooperative, this would not have been necessary. He then tried a threatening letter from his attorney, to which I replied "no chance and go for your lawsuit" but nothing happened. All wind and piss

He still throws dog turds over now and then
 
wow, interesting.

We live next to a block of flats and I recently contacted the Body Corp about a minor repair (according to previous owners, the wall was reversed into by flat dwellers) and an interest they showed in lifting the height of the wall with the sellers of our house (its high enough from our side but the flats are about 1m above ground to us if that makes any sense) so people who live in the flats absolutely cannot help themselves everytime they get out their cars to look over the wall, wave or attract the attention of the dog. After not getting a response after 3 weeks, I sent another little snarky sarcastic mail -yes yes, wrong of me but I did end off with a smilie face lol, and got a response within 12 hours.

I was blasted to hell, basically told as far as they were concerned the wall is our concern as it belongs to us and to go get flycked..they know nothing of a car reversing into the wall....the body corp is not a cash cow for us to improve our property..and we better check the law regarding who will be responsible if our dog attacks anyone "um yes right, my dog cannot attack anyone in our OWN property Mofo!".. blah blah moan moan. Since we dont need the wall lifted, our dogs are secure in the property, we have decided to just sit back now and wait for the next moron who puts his face over our wall, waves or calls our dogs and gets his face or arm ripped off. I have warned the body corp so nothing more we can do!! :D

Im abit sad things have started badly as one day we may need their approval etc for what ever reason, and they will more than likely not cooperate.
 
Hi guys

My boundary wall was collapsing for two years. For two years, I tried to get my neighbour to fix the wall, offering to share the cost. He was really difficult about it, threatening to sue me if I did anything to the wall. Eventually, I got the Council to give him notice. The wall eventually collapsed! He erected a new wall. I refused to pay for half of that wall, since the Council had instructed him to replace the wall. However, not wanting to be like him, I offered to pay for half the cost of a precast wall (which is much cheaper - I did not see the need for an expensive mortar/brick wall). He led me on to believe that he is happy with that arrangement, but after the wall was erected, told me that he refuses to plaster on my side.

I suspect the builder was part of the deception, as everytime I asked when he's coming to my side, he sidestepped the question.

My question is, since the wall collapsed, and he is responsible for erecting the new wall, is he obliged legally to plaster my side as well, or is it enough to only erect the wall itself?

Thanks
 
Nope. Get one of these guys hanging around Builders, etc to do it for you for cheap.
 
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