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

FunFact: Did you know that there are regions in Germany where, due to the mathematical projection of the globe onto a flat map, the deviations between coordinates and the actually measured distances on the Earth's surface amount to 5cm per 100m? This means a deviation of one centimeter already at 20m.

...that is also the reason why for many men the tie is too short after tying it.

Thank you very much, great discussion here

@Mbk84 same case (chain house), only I was the "injured party."
We had it checked by a surveyor before starting the shell construction, and afterwards the neighbor as well. The first feared encroachment was about 5 cm. In the end it was something between 1-3 cm. My lifetime was too valuable to me and the chances of success too unclear, even according to the architect's opinion.

That's "funny," we also had a chat about this about a year ago, when we were still in the planning phase. It seems that minimal encroachment happens quite often. In the chain housing, those decisive 2 cm can of course matter. When I googled, I found reports from builders whose garage no longer fit into the gap. Then 2 cm were "planed off" from the insulation with a chainsaw; no idea if that is professionally done like that

Wasn't that a chain house where every lot is the same width? Or am I mixing that up?

Could be, you definitely also helped us a lot in the original thread -->

When is the move-in actually or are you already in?

From my point of view, you have two options:
- Simply ignore and wait to see what happens.
- Have it measured and recommend to the neighbor to have the boundary measured as well. If a different distance to the house comes out, you can agree with the neighbor beforehand.

I’m almost thinking I’ll choose option 1 as well after the reports here. May I ask what the additional measuring cost you? (About €300 was mentioned here?!)

The neighbor is holding back the property for his children, but they are only about 8/10 years old. So it could still take a while before anything is built

When is moving in, or are you already in?

We started construction in December, moving in planned for August, if Corona doesn’t throw a wrench in the works.

why not simply a prefabricated garage (e.g. Zapf) with a width of 2.98m?

Best regards
Sabine

My lifetime was too important to me and the prospects of success too uncertain, [...] and therefore I would have to sue you.

That seems like a contradiction to me (?)

the additional costs for building a masonry garage

... are one thing, but then there is also the damage caused by the reduced clear width: 298 cm outside is 282 cm inside for a concrete prefabricated garage, with masonry at less than 17.5 cm raw thickness nothing can be done – so we are talking about about twenty centimeters less clear width.

why not simply a prefabricated garage (e.g. Zapf) with 2.98 m width?

298 cm is the standard size for the “Bauwichgarage,” which already includes a 2 cm gap, therefore assumes a 300 cm lateral boundary distance. At Zapf I found no table; at Dahmit the next smaller standard size would be 292 cm.