sorry i know its a large pic-this pic is of a bungalow i am in the process of buying for redevelopment(the one to the right of the picture)as you can see the neighbours conservatory looks a real peach from my side.
i need to do something to lose the impact of this-
1- i can put up a conservatory of my own with a solid back wall to obscure his,allthough i can do this for probably only a couple of grand its still a little bit of a budget buster.
2- a wall to a height topped of with some trelis work or similar.

if anyone can throw in any ideas or please doctor away with the photo.
thanks rich.

ps french doors where the window is out onto a raised deck-totally pheesable(spell check that one)


[Edited on 26/4/08 by ruskino80]

have nudies partys in your back garden

Is that conservatory legal, If it adjoins a neighbouring property im sure it has to have a solid wall. This was the case when a friend put his up.

i just knew the first response would be along those lines!!

well i had the building inspector round yesterday to look at it -she was surprised to see it like that but said as they have put doors from the house to the conservatory it does not need to comply with building regs nor planning

anyway the same applies to me and my plans so thats ok but far from ideal as i dont want to start of with problems from the neighbour or problems when i come to sell it.

there guttering comes right upto the property line

[Edited on 26/4/08 by ruskino80]

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Originally posted by dave1888
Is that conservatory legal, If it adjoins a neighbouring property im sure it has to have a solid wall. This was the case when a friend put his up.

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i know theyre poor but heres a couple for you

yellow brick



grey block

the wall is an easy fix just plan on rendering it cream paint and fresh turf-that will look fine.
thanks for those efforts if i build a block wall as per your 2nd pic i wonder if it will look ok rendered up with rest of the garden wall or will it look like a prison ?yard

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volley ball tournament gets my vote


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It's (spell check click this) feasible to put a French door in onto some decking or a paved area and put a gazebo type structure over it with some plants growing over it. I wouldn't bother rendering the block wall, just paint it, the render will only crack and fall off eventually. Have a look on garden law as their conservatory seems to break a few regulations like having an opening window onto your garden and overhanging sill and guttering. Under the party wall act your solicitor would have a field day.

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thanks pete-i was wondering if i should bring it up with my solicitor or not-if i do i could see it leading to a failed purchase.if i dont i was planning on dealing with it one way or another.but ultimately this is probably foolish as i could struggle to sell it on(which i have every intention of doing).if i kick up a fuss it's not going to go down well on the street(which i allready live on!!!!)

I think that before it goes any further I would take that photo to your solicitor and ask his advice. It will be a lot cheaper spending money on this as an abortive purchase than going through with it and then finding you can't sell.
What does the neibour andseller say, by the looks of the wall theydidn't get on

[Edited on 26/4/08 by Schrodinger]

Thinking as a prospective purchaser, my own instinct with that one is walk away.

Up here, the adjoining wall would have to be a firewall.

Can't see any circumstances in which one of your prospective purchasers - post development, is going to be happy with the current layout, and frankly who needs the grief.

Having had a conseratory built a couple of years ago. That is illegal. It either has to be at least a 3/4 solid wall on the boundary or plastic panes rathar than glass, reagardless of planning building regs or whatever. That breeze wall is foul.

Anyway. what about just a bamboo screen all the way along? Cheaper than anything else and if its planted around it it will look quite good and modern.

Stunned

I'd challenge this as that's really taking the pi$$ never seen something so blatant. I'd say if he refuses to block that side up I'd just put a BIG fence up.

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Stunned

I'd challenge this as that's really taking the pi$$ never seen something so blatant. I'd say if he refuses to block that side up I'd just put a BIG fence up.

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My conservatory is very similar to that one except that its about 6" back from the boundary line and we have a fence between us and opaque glass on that wall. Surveyor never said nowt at all before I bought it . Besides all that I get on with the neighbour anyway I think its far better that way than to have problems that could escalate into all kind of crazy stuff.

Get an aerosol and paint in his windows, or get someone in to sandblast them.

ATB

Simon

[Edited on 27/4/08 by Simon]

as long as there are doors between the conservatory and house that conservatory complys with building regulations (in scotland it would not and would need a solid wall) but in the uk it complys.

if the property has pd rights this would mean it would not require planning permission and again that would make the conservatory legal.

there is no legal requirement to make the wall a solid wall (unless it was scotland)

if you like the house to buy go in with a silly lower price and give the reason of the conservatory next door,
the trouble is that if you want to build a wall in front of it you would have to build it about 100mm from that conservatory as the gutter and cills would overhang.

thanks---if i build a wall 100mm back (from the property line????)would that suffice,there will be no access for wall maintainance to either side.his gutter comes upto the line but not over it.

Have you had a word with the neighbours?

not spoken to them yet-trying to figure the best plan of attack with it.solicitors first i think then speak to them advising them of my intentions-if i were going to keep the house long term i would just get on with building a wall or a solid backed conservatory but i need to be careful as to not get into a 'dispute' with them which could affect my sale.