Build a terraced end house with an additional unit (GÜ) on your own

Hello everyone,

Yesterday and today it unfortunately fully escalated.

After we were informed via WhatsApp by the neighbor on Saturday that actually only the beginning of the excavation was scheduled for yesterday, we learned rather casually yesterday that from today onwards the underpinning would begin without our prior examination and approval/consent.

Accordingly, the mood at the construction pit was heated. Parts of the terrace were simply dug up as a working area - of course without consent. At least the minimum distances to the foundation were still maintained so that nothing would happen there.

The Viebrockhaus did not agree at all since there is a water tank directly on the property boundary.

Annoyingly, we actually would have agreed to the underpinning if we had been given time to review it. Our general contractor referred us to a soil expert and construction supervisor who then arrived on site around 5 p.m. to inspect the work.

However, the neighbor was not willing to include him in the further course of the underpinning process, so the expert would have had four on-site appointments in total. We were also denied access to his property.

The informed police naturally could not help, and so it came as it had to: today we obtained a preliminary injunction at the competent regional court with the ruling that he is now not allowed to do anything on our property, and certainly not perform any underpinning - under threat of a €250,000 fine or six months imprisonment.

Fortunately, the neighbor apparently forgot to schedule an appointment with the surveyor today, otherwise the underpinning would already have started. This was just prevented in time.

This is how things currently look.

He's got nerve. That's really brazen. And the neighborhood is definitely ruined now. Luckily, you still caught it.

Why does the neighbor "resist" working with you so much? It is also in his interest, and it should be clear to him that this is the fastest way for him to reach his goal/house?! Strange guy.

Why is the neighbor so "resistant" to cooperating with you? That is also in his interest, and it should be clear to him that this is the fastest way for him to reach his goal/house?! Strange guy.

For one, we are of the opinion that our neighbor has to pay for securing evidence of our house as well as for the expert, since he is the cause of this necessity – however, the main reason is that they see themselves as being in the right because back then the building authority did not see any reason to grant our objection against the building submission. However, rightly so, because they only examine building law – our issue was a private law matter and thus not within the jurisdiction of the building authority. But they apparently never understood that. Just last week we had to hear again that the building authority had given "green light" for their construction... a completely wrong understanding of the German legal system.

On the one hand, we are of the opinion that our neighbor must pay for the evidence preservation of our house as well as the appraiser, since he is the cause of this necessity - the main reason, however, is that they see themselves as being in the right because back then the building authority did not see any reason to grant our objection against the building application. However, rightly so, because they only check building law - our issue was a private law matter and thus not within the building authority's jurisdiction. However, they apparently never understood that. Just last week, we had to hear again that the building authority gave "green light" for their construction... a completely incorrect understanding of the German legal system.

Sounds annoying and unfortunately also like it will become even more exhausting with him .

Unfortunately, it seems like he will become a (Alb)traum neighbor. At least you tried it in a good way and are now showing him the boundaries. Fingers crossed that it still ends well.