Neighbours new garden wall encroachment

bridest

A neighbour has just built a new wall at the back of his house to contain a raised flower bed. it's encroaching my garden by about 3 inches. I know not much but there will be plants in it and then how far will they come in etc.

what should I do if he doesn't agree to move it?

listermint

How do you know if he did not have a boundary survey done ?

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117687513#Comment_117687513

He has come inside the original fence which has been there for about 30 years

listermint

No offence, excuse the pun. A fence does not dictate boundaries. A surveyor dictates boundaries. You should get one first prior to leveling allegations.

ForestFire

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117687665#Comment_117687665

Maybe, just maybe, the person encroaching on an already established boundary, into someone property, should be the one to get a survey done in the first place, and then, if there is any validity for them to start taking over land from their neighbour, they discuss it with them first and explain the situation/error (If there is one) beforehand.

listermint

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117687878#Comment_117687878

Have you... Considered.... That ... They did.....? Maybe . Just maybe

SEPT 23 1989

Is it really worth the hassle?

tine is short

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117688600#Comment_117688600

No they didn't. The gardens slope away from each other, but the new wall is coming in at 90 degrees

It's a massive raised flower bed which he will be able to stand up and and peer into here with

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117688623#Comment_117688623

Yes he's a creep

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117687513#Comment_117687513

No he didn't have one done

Get the plans and have them pull it down if it’s in the wrong place. Give an inch (or 3) once and people will take a mile down the line so you need to go hard on this now.

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117687665#Comment_117687665

Not my job to get a survey done

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695925#Comment_117695925

Exactly, he started planting on a patch of land across from our house that we own without asking. He pulled down a neighbours fence while she was away to get a digger etc in for his job. He has zero manners

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695929#Comment_117695929

It’s not, but that’s what some people rely on. Now your options are to get one done or let the wall stand - up to you.

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695940#Comment_117695940

Or go out late some night with a sledge hammer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695939#Comment_117695939

Take up what they’ve planted as soon as possible and lay down the law from early in play. Someone like this gets away with it only if they’re let.

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695950#Comment_117695950

Oh I did, as soon as he started. What are you doing I said? Oh just making this patch look better, he said. I said clear it straight away. He didn't move his tools and pots etc for days so I moved them for him. Cheeky old fecker

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695947#Comment_117695947

I’d be the type that would love to do the same but you can’t as they’ll have an easy win that way. If the land is yours then get the survey and stand out and laugh at them as they get it taken down. Only go the wrong way if you’re in the wrong, always go the right way if you’re in the right.

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695961#Comment_117695961

Is it not up to him to pay for a survey, he's built the wall?

sydthebeat

Best of luck getting to prove a wall is 3 inches in the wrong place based on land registry maps.

bridest

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117708530#Comment_117708530

Neighbour has started venturing into my garden since he built his wall and removed the fence between us. Took it upon himself to move my grass clippings near his new wall away from it. Might be time for me to call the guards for trespassing

mickdw

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117708530#Comment_117708530

Ya, considering the land was likely registered via a hand drawn map at 1 to 2500, trying to pull mm accuracy from that is just not possible.

The long established boundary line should be regarded as the boundary in the absense of anything more detailed.

cnocbui

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117804277#Comment_117804277

Time to get in a surveyor, then put up a fence and remove the end of the intruding planter if the survey confirms it.