Sign up with GoogleSoo, a few years back i decided to have extensions done to our hime, there was an existing granny cottage and i basically just showed the builder what i wanted to do, brought it forward about 8m and increased the width by about 5m. The builder was someone refered to us and whom i just assumed i could trust and who knew what he was doing. I was at the thime none the wiser regarding plans and the importance and so in and just assumed , would be taken care of. I was wrong and now it has landed me in a big mess. The building is now half complete, albeit still usable as it is slabbed for a 1st floor. However after a visit from the building inspector and so on, we have come to realise that firstly, the building only has about a 1m space from the neighbour's boundry wall, which mean we are now well over the building line secondly and more concerning is that, roughly 2m from the neighbouring wall, about 2m deep, there is a water servitude that runs towards the manhole on the road. In all honesty, this was all done when i was younger and extremely naive as no sane person would ask to be put in such a predicament. The municipality has been in contact hiving us time to remedy the situation or remove the structur, this is a 8m long probably 8m wide concrete building, so i really cannot afford this as it would mean i lose all the money put in as well as the cost of taking it down. The municipality did however after us getting a lawyer to communicate with them, and an architect to draw up passable plans, and he has done a fantastic job. Give us a list of things wr needed to do, this in order to register enroachment of the servitude, and so we did, they have also come to inspect the place to determine a solution for the pipe, one of the ways was to divert the pipe, as the neighbour behind us has a manhole on his property which connects to this pipe and runs firectly into the manhole on the road, however the only place to possibly divert is the small patch of about 1m between the new building and the other neighbours boundry wall, since the pipe is 2m deep, digging so much would probably compromise both the wall and house foundations. The other option is for us to sign a disclaimer that should anything go wrong with the pipe, we agree for them to break whatever they need of the building to get to the pipe, however we are still waiting for them to get back to us with a decision or plan of action, i would just like to know, what are the chance of them just flipping and asking for the building to be demolished? Also, with regards having crossed the building line and built so close to my neighbour, i do feel horrible for this and they, understandably so, are not very pleased and refused to sign a relaxation for the building line, i do mot blame them but at the same time i cannot afford to lose all that was put in to this, i recently read up about possibly offering them compensation for having done this and to get the relaxation, however i am skeptical, as i do not want to ck.e across as trying to use underhanded tactics to get what I need and in these times especially, neighbour's need to keep an eye out for each other and i do not want these strained relations to continue. So basically, i cannot afford the loss of the building, but neither do i want to be in conflict with my neighbours or end up in court as that would cost us all, any advice?
Please note: i am making a genuine effort to resolve all of this, it is just taking very long some 3 years now and perhaps someone here would be able to advise in a solutiont thatbis quicker as i panick when i think about this. I have so far got an architevt, and a lawyer to help and both are doing good jobs. I just hope i can find a way to help get the process with the municipality done sooner.
Please note: i am making a genuine effort to resolve all of this, it is just taking very long some 3 years now and perhaps someone here would be able to advise in a solutiont thatbis quicker as i panick when i think about this. I have so far got an architevt, and a lawyer to help and both are doing good jobs. I just hope i can find a way to help get the process with the municipality done sooner.
