Hi Everyone,
The property we bought the place in the Eastern suburb in Adelaide had lots of interest so we only had subject to finance as we will be tearing the house down within 2 years to rebuilt.
According to the agent, the house has been owned by the previous owner for 12 years as an investment property.
One quick walkthrough after contract signed, husband suspect that land might not be square. We settle this week and a surveyor was out and he advised us that the fence between the neighbour (rear) and us is actually 25cm into our land (12.19m x 0.25m = 3.04m2) from the peg to the fence. Neighbour has also build a shed on the left side corner of his property. Our block is 446m2 and we are allowed 50% site coverage with 5m rear setback.
In hindsight, we should have got a survey done but we never even thought about it until after we signed the contract! Lesson learn for future is to get survey done as condition for contract.
Where should we go from here?
Thanks Chiew
The property we bought the place in the Eastern suburb in Adelaide had lots of interest so we only had subject to finance as we will be tearing the house down within 2 years to rebuilt.
According to the agent, the house has been owned by the previous owner for 12 years as an investment property.
One quick walkthrough after contract signed, husband suspect that land might not be square. We settle this week and a surveyor was out and he advised us that the fence between the neighbour (rear) and us is actually 25cm into our land (12.19m x 0.25m = 3.04m2) from the peg to the fence. Neighbour has also build a shed on the left side corner of his property. Our block is 446m2 and we are allowed 50% site coverage with 5m rear setback.
In hindsight, we should have got a survey done but we never even thought about it until after we signed the contract! Lesson learn for future is to get survey done as condition for contract.
Where should we go from here?
Thanks Chiew