A problematic situation has arisen regarding the exntesion I'm having built. Basically, it's a two storey side and back which goes over an existing sde garage. The house next door has a garage adjoining ours. The problem is this, the extension basially goes right up to the boundary and therefore soffit and guttering on the upper floor will hang over the boundary - clearly shown in the plans as such. We haven't invoked the Party Wall act, largely because our neighbour has been so laid back about the whole thing and has just said that he doesn't mind what happens, we can just do what we have to in order to get the thing built. The building control officer came to look at something earlier in the week and he pointed out the situation with the boundary.
Now, my neighbour intends to sell his house, when we've finished so would it be in our and his interest to have some sort of written agreement about overhanging his boundary with the guttering etc. ? If so, would a solicitor have to draw it up or could we just write something ourselves ?
And the answer to the question "why do you have to build right up to the boundary?" is - I don't know the people who we bought the house from drew up the plans and got permission for them, we're just doing what they intended to do. And no, I wouldn't do it that round again!
Thanks for any advice.
Matt Kelly