New Shed Query

Sami23

Looking for advice please.
Have a bit of ground on the boundary between my neighbour and myself's sheds about 1 Bay wide (16').
We were thinking of roofing over the area from one shed to the other and dividing it up equally between us.
Question is: are there any department rules preventing us from joining the sheds. There would be solid block or mass concrete walls between us and livestock would not be mixing or even be able to mix ?
TIA

49801

Not sure what the specific rule is but the dept won't like it. Shared air space or something.

Sami23

49801 wrote: »

Not sure what the specific rule is but the dept won't like it. Shared air space or something.

I wonder who could I contact to find out for definate ?
DVO office or what section of department ?

9935452

I wouldnt do it from the practical side of it. Are the sheds the same level height and size.
It could be an aweful lot of work n time to get them to line up.
It might be cheaper to extend your own shed
Which side is the side that gets botched to fit ie sheeting not lining up etc.
Where exactly does the wall go. 6 inches the wrong way and one party could get annoyed.
Planning permission. Do ye have it. If ye dont and have to apply who is responsible. Both or 1?
One of ye will be more out of pocket than d other one

buffalobilly

It's very simple don't do it

Sami23

9935452 wrote: »

I wouldnt do it from the practical side of it. Are the sheds the same level height and size.
It could be an aweful lot of work n time to get them to line up.
It might be cheaper to extend your own shed
Which side is the side that gets botched to fit ie sheeting not lining up etc.
Where exactly does the wall go. 6 inches the wrong way and one party could get annoyed.
Planning permission. Do ye have it. If ye dont and have to apply who is responsible. Both or 1?
One of ye will be more out of pocket than d other one

Well we had a shed contractor in to look at it and he said it would be easy enough to roof the area from one shed to the other and as regards diving it up it will be equal and divide cost in half also.
The only obstacle is the 'airspace' being common to both sheds and if we sheet it off fully to divide us then there won't be great circulation

RightTurnClyde

Good fences make great neighbours, I wouldn't dream of doing it.

orchard farm

Don't do it.You might be leaving problems for the future generations if their was a disagreement in future

Muckit

Semi detached shed. Class!

wrangler

orchard farm wrote: »

Don't do it.You might be leaving problems for the future generations if their was a disagreement in future

Yea, partnership is supposed to be the worse ship to sail in :cool:

foxy farmer

Are you very very very near the border?:D
Slab Murphy by any chance?

Say my name

All this for 8ft of extra roof area??

Cons are :
- Increased fire risk from one property to another.
- Shared airspace or chance of it no matter how well it's blocked up.
- Decreased ventilation. You posted that yourself.
- Possible/probable sizable increase in farm insurance premiums.
- Increased chance of the shared roof being treated as one and disagreements over repairs and treatment.
- Guaranteed future disagreements over the shared wall/ sheeting and maintenance of such.
- Lack of privacy between yourself and neighbour now if one of ye happen to be talking on your respective sides to someone else.

Pros:
- Stick a doorway in and with your covered space, drones, eyes in the sky won't see ye moving between properties.