vents on a boundry wall

Jimmyireland

pAnyone got any ideas of why these vents would be on a garden boundry wall

BryanF

What’s on the other side?

Jimmyireland

BryanF wrote: »

What’s on the other side?

Houses

phelixoflaherty

Clothes dryer?

Jimmyireland

phelixoflaherty wrote: »

Clothes dryer?

Sorry.... as in back gardens of houses

Spanish Eyes

Looks like a vent for a cooker hood. But why it's down there venting into YOUR side is a mystery! If it is your garden that the pic is taken from.

Ask the neighbours maybe?

Jimmyireland

Looking at this house in relation to possibly buying it.... auctioneer did not know what they were there for....he is going to get onto builder. Just wondering what people here think...

Sir Galahad

Jimmyireland wrote: »

Looking at this house in relation to possibly buying it.... auctioneer did not know what they were there for....he is going to get onto builder. Just wondering what people here think...

What height is that wall on the right ? :eek: :eek: And whats on the other side ?

SteM

Is the ground on the other side of the wall higher than that garden?

cocoman

Is the ground higher on the other side? Are the vents to allow the ground drain? Looks a very high wall on the right. Is it blocking the sun.

phormium

Bet the ground is higher on that other side of right hand wall anyway as there is all that staining coming through so doesn't look like that vent passing for a drain is working too well, it's a massive wall, could nearly use it like a handball alley Having said that I'd love a wall that high between me and neighbours!

kirving

I would be extremely concerned about the stability of that wall. It appears to be raised to three times it's original height, and the foundation very likely wasn't intended to support it.

When I was a teenager I pulled a boundary wall down climbing up on it, and was very lucky not to be injured. If that falls on someone they're dead.

Garden walls are notoriously unstable, I've been very aware of them since, and have come across two that were on the verge of collapsing. In one case the person responsible for it said that it didn't matter that is was unable because it was insured.... as if insurance will stop a wall killing a child.


Surely that modification needs planning permission?

If you're considering the house, have a structural engineer check it out.

Jimmyireland

Thanks everyone.... I had some concerns but think I'll walk away from it now..

Spanish Eyes

Satellite/Google Earth view might help.

But that wall, oh my it's like a prison wall! Is it above legal height etc.

mad m

Could be just for drainage.

The walls are all staggering heights, as are the vents, so I'd say the ground on the other side is at different heights, also, and this is to allow excess water to drain through if the land gets waterlogged.

Not a reason in and of itself to not buy it, though. I like privacy, so the tall wall is a bonus to me, personally (unless you'd have kids sitting on it, etc.)

Post a google maps of the house and people will be able to say with greater certainty.

Lumen

I'd guess there used to be a shed against one or the other side of that wall, judging by the pattern of staining.

If you're going to get spooked out of a purchase by a garden wall then you won't buy anything.

Shaunoc

Lumen wrote:

If you're going to get spooked out of a purchase by a garden wall then you won't buy anything.

That wall is Mountjoyian
It's got a depressing quality to it