Fence incorrectly installed after subsequent slope

Hello everyone,

I bought a house including outdoor facilities and a fence from the developer a year ago. The plot was filled up by the developer (about 90cm). The developer placed the fence on the property boundary. He placed the embankment (just earth) on the neighbor’s property (here a field). This just came to light. I asked him to fix this and remove the embankment on the neighbor’s property.

His proposal: He will lower the fence to field level on the property boundary and make an embankment one meter high on each side of the property.

All my plans, garden shed, paving in front of the house, carport, etc. would then no longer be possible. Or the garden shed would be right in the middle of the garden. He said it is not a nice solution, but he would not spend any more money on it. I could have L-stones installed around the property. Then the plot could still be used completely as I planned. He would charge 13,000 euros for that.

Can the developer really take away so much of my garden after months and ruin all my plans? The 13,000 euros is really too much for me right now. Is there no other solution than an embankment on each side in the garden or 13,000 euros for L-stones?

"Shifting" the slope does not affect the drainage problem :-(

The developer said nothing about the drainage issue. Is there anything else to consider there?

You must let "your" rain soak into the ground or drain off on your property. This is not fulfilled with the slope on the neighboring property - if their base is now moved to the fence, it still is not fulfilled.

Thank you very much for the information. Does a slope also have to be shown on the site plan or in any documents? Because in none of my documents is a slope shown. The entire embankment is at one height up to the property boundary.

Isn't an intermediate solution possible? 45cm height difference on your property, letting it taper off 45cm at the edge of the field? That will quickly grow over with all sorts of stuff on the field side anyway, no one cares about that in the long run.