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You're a long way into the process and not fallen out yet, you should be ok. It's normal for your surveyor, who may also be their surveyor to reach an agreement where you are recompensed for damage caused. Letting their builder to fix it is kind of you, as long as they fix it to your satisfaction it's all good. It sounds like this should have happened already, not surprising though that it hasn't since the builder is probably under pressure to finish the job and may not be getting paid extra to fix problems arising in your property.
If you are worried about neighbourly relations it might work to suggest that the surveyor comes up with an amount that you receive as a payment in order that you can make it good. Specifying a timeframe for them to complete the works is a nightmare and you probably have very little legal basis to enforce it. If the job is nowhere near finished yet then you're going to have to keep raising it until you are perceived as a PITA, sadly that's your role as kind long-suffering neighbour.
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Specifying a timeframe for them to complete the works is a nightmare and you probably have very little legal basis to enforce it.
Ok - thanks, that's helpful - exactly what I wanted to know. Given the texts exchanged today, it looks like I'm becoming a PITA and falling out over this might be possible if pushed - which I want to avoid at all costs.
Its frustrating, as so little work is needed to get me out of the game. There's so little needed in fact that trying to get someone else in to do it would probably be an aggressive move.
christianSpaceman
Does anyone know anything about party wall agreements? My neighbours, who I get on with well, have extended into their garden, so there's a new wall a couple of metres long on our boundary. I'm fine with this, and it looks good. However, as it was being built, my property was slightly damaged - nothing major or upsetting, but stuff that needs to be fixed nonetheless.
I've been talking to their builder, who has - finally - assured me that it will be addressed. We had a survey done before hand and the surveyor agrees with me that repairs are needed and has offered to write a letter, which I'd like to avoid for neighbourly relations.
Basically, does anyone know when I am entitled for the repairs to be addressed? Currently there's no date, and I fear it could push on for several more weeks (it's already been about a month since access to my garden was no longer needed, and since when the repairs have been outstanding). Any advice appreciated.