Cost of wall, engineer report

antix80

What is the approx cost of building a 10m long, 175cm high wall, plastered? To replace existing wall. Foundations would be weak so mainly just build a new wall on soil after adding new foundations - possibly salvage existing blocks.

Also it's to replace an existing wall that is something of a Frankenstein's monster with a cowboy builder's shoring with blocks, and 3 separate rounds of blocks added to the top. If it was needed, how much would an engineer report to decide the wall is dangerous (or not)?

Calahonda52

a few pictures would help
No bricky with his salt would work with reclaimed blocks

antix80

What is the approx cost of building a 10m long, 175cm high wall?

It will be to replace this mess (attached) and I'd cover the costs..

Bit of context so advice appreciated too:

This was a 6ft wall, 10m long with no piers that fell over and was rebuilt with the salvaged blocks by someone who wasnt a builder. The previous owner of my house paid the costs, rebuilt the wall, added piers on my side and went up 1 row in height at a certain point (as the neighbour kept poking her head over in a raised area in her garden).. It's not clear who owns the wall but it appears the neighbour does. Up til now, everything had been agreed wwith prev owners.

Then my mother inherited the house and during a short time the house was vacant a new neighbour bought the house next door and added two additional rows and increased the piers on "my side" - no idea of the time but possibly over 7 years but less than 12 so there's some relevance to planning/statute of limitations. The reason he did this is because he added a 2 or 3 ft raised decking area behind a small wooden garden shed and wanted privacy so him and his wife can get their bits out (probably)

The wall is now 245cm at it's highest point, single skin, and may be considered a retaining wall in the sense that the land is higher on his side. The top row of blocks before his addition have cement in poor condition as there were no caps on the wall and he didnt replace the cement before adding blocks

Hoping to tear the whole lot down

I plan to give my neighbour options :1, he covers cost of making wall safe and paying engineer and building costs. I reduce the shoring he added on my side and force him to reduce wall height to 2m max per planning regs-i also prevent him from stabilising this part of the wall from "my side" . And i pretty it up on my side with fencing to cover the brickwork.
So an engineer report and court order and a very unhappy neighbour, who may subsequently increase the height of the "low" part of the wall by adding fencing to it (he did this on his back wall).. Which would prompt me to get him to reduce his single pitch kingspan and metal-roof shed, which he increased to 330cm without planning. (it didnt add utility to his shed, he did it to block the view of his garden from my upstairs window-a wall by another name)

Or 2. I built an attractive, safe 2-skin wall with sturdy piers, 175cm tall max, with the understanding that he should not add fencing on his side as a condition- I'd also turn a blind eye to his shed.

Pics attached.
The 245cm wall is very ugly and deprives my garden of light in the morning .
The 330cm shed wall is sort of worse because my door is the source of light for my kitchen and it blocks the light. My solicitor said right to light is hard to prove. The shadow is also ugly in my garden from afternoon to early evening, after which the shadow from my house blocks most light (east facing garden)
So.. I need to choose my battles. Id be happy to fix the wall

Calahonda52

Thanks for the reply
quite a monster alright.
Anyway have read of this and show it to your lawyer, most of them are not aware of it

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print#part8-chap3