Neighbour and retaining garden wall

[DozyGit]

hidetheelephants said:

confused: *if* that did come to pass there are remedies, the nuclear option being a sheet piler hired for a day or so. I'm sure the neighbours will love looking at rusty wriggly tin, gaining them no land at all. The shortest distance from boundary to the house wall is large enough that it's unlikely to slump in the short term, perhaps never; without knowing the ground conditions it's impossible to know.

You reckon he can sheet pile the very edge of an unsupported land a lot cheaper than £9k being asked? Then you reckon some blooming fool will pay top dollar for a sheet pile retained house. Buyers surveyor will pick this up and ask for several £10k retaining to fix it to what people in normal homes want

[hidetheelephants]

Oh my word; the only person who wants rid is you, even the neighbours want the wall; the dispute, in so far as there is one, is about
1. whether the wall is in need of attention
2. what constitutes like for like
3. who pays

in that order of importance. Their reluctance to share the engineer's/surveyor's report about the wall is suggestive.

[talksthetorque]

@DozyGit
OP has never stated that his mother in law might want to sell or take a mortgage on the house so that bit is irrelevant.
THe owner of the other house has offered to go thirds on IMPROVING visually what is there.
The wall has not been proven to be an issue, and has not so far caused any issues
The wall cannot be seen from the OP's M-I-L's house, so who cares what it looks like.
Are you the neighbour's builder or just trolling?

[DozyGit]

talksthetorque said:

@DozyGit
OP has never stated that his mother in law might want to sell or take a mortgage on the house so that bit is irrelevant.
THe owner of the other house has offered to go thirds on IMPROVING visually what is there.
The wall has not been proven to be an issue, and has not so far caused any issues
The wall cannot be seen from the OP's M-I-L's house, so who cares what it looks like.
Are you the neighbour's builder or just trolling?

What do you think, I am trolling the OP lol Seriously though, if OP has to dispose of the house would be important to get all the ducks in a row

[eltax91]

Sadly as many threads on here this seems to be descending into farce. Which is a massive shame as I’ve received lots of great advice (both ways) here.

I started the whole thread asking if this is/ was/ should be our responsibility because is this I am a layman and no expert, I’ve received plenty of opinions and thoughts and have taken them all into consideration. Yes even dozy gits.

If this ever goes any further I shall be back, but for now I’m out as I don’t fancy the tit for tat that’s going on between some.

Thanks all for the input. Genuinely is appreciated.

[dickymint]

dmsims said:

DozyGit said:

The OP claims the wall is not his and doesn’t care. I think the neighbour is a fool. If it were me, I were the neighbour I would just dismantle the retaining wall and let the op face the music. Then sue the op for discharging water and soil from their unretained land. I am sure in the absence of any agreement, it’s the person on the higher side who has to retain their land. Would also give the neighbours a lovely bit of land.

Appropriate username

A worthy bump at this stage