Hi,
The neighbouring land to ours has been sold to a developer who is building two houses with garages on the next-door plot. Our garage is built in our garden, and two sides of it form the boundary of our property. The builders have built one of the new garages extremely close to our existing garage, such that the guttering is in contact with our garage. Is this allowed?
An architect friend mentioned something about a minimum gap of 50mm, but I don't know where this requirement comes from. I spoke to Building Control this afternoon, and they said that if the buildings are touching then it's a civil matter which falls under the Party Wall Act. But the point is that I don't think the buildings SHOULD be touching, and the garage wall is not supposed to become a party wall.
Being extremely picky, the new garage has encroached over the border, since it has been extended under the eaves of our existing garage by a couple of inches. Can I insist that they move the new garage?
Any advice received with interest!!
Simon.