Advice needed (neighbours extension and boundary wall)

MayBea

We are now looking at buying a house - it's a terraced house and the neighbouring house has an extension with the boundary wall is actually the side of the extension.
By looking at the pictures we made I noticed that not only the neighbour's guttering hangs over the garden, but it looks like it was partly built further into the house's garden.
Should we point this out to our solicitor before signing the contracts?
We know nothing about planning&construction and would appreciate any opinion or advice (please find picture attached).

Strolling Bones

The neighbour is over sailing. You can point it out to your solicitor but really is is what you stand to buy.
Depends on you if it is a deal breaker or not.

Strolling Bones

I see too that there seems to be an overlooking issue - see the velux window facing up at what would be your bedroom window

MayBea

Strolling Bones wrote: »

I see too that there seems to be an overlooking issue - see the velux window facing up at what would be your bedroom window

Thanks for the valid points - it's all very confusing and worrying We surely won't be buying someone else's headache.
Do you know what approaches could be taken to resolve this?
We had plans to build a single storey extension as well - extending the kitchen and creating a larger space downstairs.

Gumbo

MayBea wrote: »

Thanks for the valid points - it's all very confusing and worrying We surely won't be buying someone else's headache.
Do you know what approaches could be taken to resolve this?
We had plans to build a single storey extension as well - extending the kitchen and creating a larger space downstairs.

Remove the guttering, and build up the existing wall with permission from your neighbour and confirmation from an engineer that it's structurally ok to do so.

That way you regain the bit of land you lost.