Photo Reel; photo number 2. Fences Down. This week we had to remove approx 8m of side fencing ready for the build. During our Tender appointment we were firstly informed that the construction of the garage would be built from the inside on the fence line of an existing neighbour. At Contract, we were then told that the fence would need to be removed for the length of our garage, plus an extra metre either side. We have met our neighbours on a few occasions and they are really lovely people. We popped over on the weekend to let them know of what we needed to do. They were really accommodating, but we could see that they were slightly nervous about it as well. I guess that's the thing when you have a house next to an empty block. You never know what will happen on it and it's ultimately out of your control. Their garage takes up most of this space so it was no big issue. It was nice to have another chance to chat to them and get to know them a little better. We had fantastic neighbours at our previous home and if they are anything to go by, we are looking forward to living next to them.
The First Change
An interesting fact that we found out from chatting to the neighbours was that we had thought that our plans had been approved by them (we thought this was the process) due to our setback issues (that became non-issues!). We thought maybe they had agreed and that was one reason it bypassed council. In fact, they hadn't been contacted and had heard nothing. We had given them the heads up a month or so ago but they never heard from anyone officially. Who knows! Maybe our plans were approved because they were inline with our developer guidelines, regardless of the neighbours setback. We're happy anyway. They have been stamped with approval so there is no turning back!
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