This Is Weird

morty · This Is Weird

How on earth does something like this happen?

A woman's next door neighbour illegally demolished his semi-detached house, leaving her in her own remaining half. You could say she's detached now but .......... surely her property is structurally unsafe.
He's since sold the land and moved on.

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/yorkshire-mum-tells-nightmare-neighbour-111043388.html

Scrumpy · Reply #1 - Re: This Is Weird

I am sure it is structurally sound..
I would immediately put a fence up.. Right up to the borderline.. Hoping the person who buys the land doesn't build near the fence..
Result.. A detached property..

klondike · Reply #2 - Re: This Is Weird

It looks rather odd. I don't think I'd be a buyer.

Vlad · Reply #3 - Re: This Is Weird

This is odd too...The inventor of the throat lozenge has died. There will be no coffin at his funeral.....

sorry, I'll get my coat

klondike · Reply #4 - Re: This Is Weird

JBR · Reply #5 - Re: This Is Weird

I'd be interested to see a face-on picture of the dividing wall.

morty · Reply #6 - Re: This Is Weird

Vlad · Reply #7 - Re: This Is Weird

Is that safe and legal?

Dextrous63 · Reply #8 - Re: This Is Weird

Could do with a lick of paint.

Mups · Reply #9 - Re: This Is Weird

Blimey, I am glad that is not my house!

It looks very unsafe, as well as illegal I'd have thought.

muddy · Reply #10 - Re: This Is Weird

I am amazed that anyone got planning permission to do this !

morty · Reply #11 - Re: This Is Weird

That's the weird bit ...
What the neighbour did is illegal ... yet he managed to sell the land on .... with approved planning permission for a 5 bedroom house and someone was daft enough to buy it.

The lady who owns the other half has her insurance company taking on the local council but quite honestly, I wouldn't feel safe living in that house.

klondike · Reply #12 - Re: This Is Weird

I doubt it is structurally unsafe but internal walls aren't going to be weatherproof or retain much heat.

There is what used to be a pub down the road from me. I used to drink in there in my youth. They built a new road and roundabout and that pub got cut in half. What is left is now a house
They built a new wall where it was cut off.

Actually looking at it now most of the pub went and it looks like the house next door got the bit that was left. The pub was covered with those big marble tiles that the bit that's left has.