MachsSelbst
2024-08-07 23:00:58
- #1
(...) Yes, and I agree with you 100%. Everyone knew that the meadows that were there before had always been waterlogged, the municipality should have done something about it. (...)
So you could have known. Fine, the issue is closed. I fell for it too, chin up, straighten your crown, keep going.
Regarding complaints to the municipality and the development planner, I can't give you much hope either. For almost two years now, (extremely persistent) people have been complaining because stormwater runs onto their properties from the private roads during heavy rain like a flood... they are now allowed to pump the puddles into the sewage system, nothing more came of it... this has been going on for a long time and is incredibly nerve-wracking...
I just don't quite understand. Why aren’t you allowed to build a wall to the neighbor who is above you? They should be grateful, because actually they are supposed to costly secure their terrain so that the slope doesn’t eventually move onto your land? Here neighbors are currently having the completely opposite debate, sometimes fiercely, because the higher-lying neighbor absolutely does not want to secure their terrain... "I’ll cut down your slope, 50% on mine. 50% on your property, okay?" … no. I don’t want your stuff. Period...
I am in a situation somewhat similar to yours... My property lies 80% below street level. I was aware of that, I built that way. Everyone is happy. Translated to your situation this would mean that I am allowed to forward all the water that I get from the street onto my property to the neighbor. They will be grateful...
Why? It was clear to me that I lie lower than the street and that the mess runs onto my land? You just have to stand on your property and look around cleverly 360°? The assumption "The people around me will fulfill their duties"... of course that is pretty naive. Some go bankrupt during construction. Some construction company goes bankrupt. Sometimes someone dies, people separate or just have neither the desire nor the time nor the money...
You have, I think, 2 options… you approach the municipality, complain about the development plan, badmouth your neighbors and fight a little promising battle for years. Or you build a wall and have solved the problem for the time being, while your neighbor fights the little promising battle.