Thisismyyear
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Sorry, this is a bit of a rant. My stress levels have been through the rough these past few days. We started a large single level house extension on Wednesday and have had problems with neighbours on both side ever since.
We got planning permission back in May and did party wall surveys in June/July. Unfortunately our lovely neighbours emigrated and moved out about 3 months ago. The new neighbour knew about our extension before they bought the house and we've chatted about it a few times ever since. He always said he didn't mind and knew the works would take place soon after he moved in.
We finally started on Wednesday after a couple of months of delays. It's been one complaint after another since then. From not being given notice that the works were starting to noise, vibrations and damage to their house. I apologised for not dropping a note through the door to say the builders were starting. It actually happened with just a couple of days notice after we signed th contract so we got busy getting ready, emptying effected rooms etc.
There has been some cracks and a hole that appeared in the neighbours garage from when ours was demolished. We live in a semi and the garages were built next to each other. We immediately apologised and agreed to fix the damage. We also agreed to render their now exposed garage at a cost of a few hundred to us, which we are not obliged to do. I went over there on Friday with a bottle of Prosecco and chocolates to apologise for getting off to a bad start. The neighbour has the builder's number and the builders agreed to work around his schedule for when foundations are dug next to his house as he wants to be there. He said he had calmed down and I thought we were starting afresh.
Now this morning he knocked on the door asking my husband to move his car from outside his house as its been there for days. No problem, we moved it. But he said that his garden wall is cracked and leaning from the vibrations, the driveway has dipped and is uneven and he can't close his yard door. Well, the garden wall was already cracked before we started and I personally pointed it out to him and took pictures. We told him the driveways were already uneven from when the gas company replaced pipes several months ago and we said we'd get the builders to look at his gate.
It is starting to feel like he is a bit of an opportunist and wants things done for nothing - perhaps because we agreed so quickly to render his garage for free. I had relaxed after the chat on Friday and now I'm super anxious again about how the next 2-3 weeks will go. I apologised for lack of notice (even though the works have been talked about for months), the damage and noise. Not sure what else we can do?? Any ideas? The neighbour is doing his own loft extension next Spring so he knows he will be in our shoes then which I thought would help but clearly not.
I'm so worried that the stress and anxiety will effect this pregnancy. My son was a little early so I am always worried about pre-term labour and I'm only 23 weeks!
Sorry for long post, just a bit of a rant I guess.
We got planning permission back in May and did party wall surveys in June/July. Unfortunately our lovely neighbours emigrated and moved out about 3 months ago. The new neighbour knew about our extension before they bought the house and we've chatted about it a few times ever since. He always said he didn't mind and knew the works would take place soon after he moved in.
We finally started on Wednesday after a couple of months of delays. It's been one complaint after another since then. From not being given notice that the works were starting to noise, vibrations and damage to their house. I apologised for not dropping a note through the door to say the builders were starting. It actually happened with just a couple of days notice after we signed th contract so we got busy getting ready, emptying effected rooms etc.
There has been some cracks and a hole that appeared in the neighbours garage from when ours was demolished. We live in a semi and the garages were built next to each other. We immediately apologised and agreed to fix the damage. We also agreed to render their now exposed garage at a cost of a few hundred to us, which we are not obliged to do. I went over there on Friday with a bottle of Prosecco and chocolates to apologise for getting off to a bad start. The neighbour has the builder's number and the builders agreed to work around his schedule for when foundations are dug next to his house as he wants to be there. He said he had calmed down and I thought we were starting afresh.
Now this morning he knocked on the door asking my husband to move his car from outside his house as its been there for days. No problem, we moved it. But he said that his garden wall is cracked and leaning from the vibrations, the driveway has dipped and is uneven and he can't close his yard door. Well, the garden wall was already cracked before we started and I personally pointed it out to him and took pictures. We told him the driveways were already uneven from when the gas company replaced pipes several months ago and we said we'd get the builders to look at his gate.
It is starting to feel like he is a bit of an opportunist and wants things done for nothing - perhaps because we agreed so quickly to render his garage for free. I had relaxed after the chat on Friday and now I'm super anxious again about how the next 2-3 weeks will go. I apologised for lack of notice (even though the works have been talked about for months), the damage and noise. Not sure what else we can do?? Any ideas? The neighbour is doing his own loft extension next Spring so he knows he will be in our shoes then which I thought would help but clearly not.
I'm so worried that the stress and anxiety will effect this pregnancy. My son was a little early so I am always worried about pre-term labour and I'm only 23 weeks!
Sorry for long post, just a bit of a rant I guess.
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