Boundary to the neighbor with garage built over by approximately 1-2 cm

Hello everyone,

we are currently building an EHH (already built) including a garage next to it, which is to be placed exactly up to the boundary. The prefabricated garage has a width of 3.00m. Everything is running through a general contractor (GU).

The problem is that according to the plans it should fit exactly to the centimeter (8.00m house width + 3.00m garage = 11.00m). Now that the house is standing, there is only about 2.98-2.99m space next to the house before the neighbor’s property begins. In addition, the exterior plaster has not been applied yet, which is a few more millimeters.

Without professional measuring devices, it is difficult for a layperson to measure exactly to the millimeter, but to me it looks like the garage would extend about 2cm over the border to the neighbor. We have terraced housing here, meaning on the boundary the neighbor will eventually want to build his house as well (directly adjacent to our garage).

The general contractor says it’s fine and that the measuring devices wouldn’t be accurate to the millimeter anyway. You could probably always "build over" by 2-3cm. I would say that too if I were in his place, but is that actually true?

Our neighbor is very precise anyway, so I wouldn’t want to give any cause for complaint over 2cm.

Many thanks in advance for your assessment!

Hello Mbk84

2cm at the neighbor, 4 cm at their neighbor, eventually half a meter is full. Where is the beginning, where the end?
Well, 2 cm is really not much. But I would clarify that with my neighbor. Because you are building on his property.

Steven

As a neighbor, I would be pretty pissed off if my prefabricated garage doesn't fit just because my neighbor doesn't stick to the boundary. So yes, I would probably insist on the boundary.

Now that the house is built, there is only about 2.98-2.99m of space left next to the house

Who says that? Who determined that? How did they determine that?

Without professional measuring devices, it is difficult for a layperson to measure to the millimeter accurately

Yes.

besides, the measuring devices wouldn't be accurate to the millimeter anyway

Yes, they would.

You can probably always "encroach" by 2-3cm.

That is not true. You are not allowed to encroach. But what exactly is encroachment? In the highly accurate coordinate cadastre, the absolute positional accuracy of a boundary point coordinate is 2cm. In the untouched original cadastre of the 19th century, 20cm is not uncommon.

As a neighbor, I would already be pretty pissed if my prefabricated garage didn’t fit

If his house were already standing, meaning only the building gap was left, yes. With the undeveloped plot, I would be relaxed.

if you only have 2.98m available now and then exterior plaster is added on top and afterwards the garage gets a 1-2cm gap to the house (you can never place it millimeter-precise against the plastered house) and maybe the garage also becomes 1cm wider, the walls are not 100% straight....in the end the garage will stand 4-5cm on the neighbor's property. I wouldn't impose that on any neighbor, that is their property and not their problem if you didn't plan it properly. You can measure it millimeter-precise with a laser measuring device. There are prefabricated garages also just under 3m wide, in that case I would choose a slightly smaller one.

Best regards
Sabine

With a laser measuring device, you can measure it to the millimeter exactly.

Oops. With which device can who measure what exactly?