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Below are 11 recent questions from the 'Ask Our Expert' section:

Do I Need Permsission to Do Mechanical Work on My Driveway?

Your question raises a number of potential issues regarding your husband’s use of the property and any trouble which your neighbour could cause you...

How Do I Find Out if Neighbour is a Sex Offender?

I can understand your concerns, and it’s only natural that you’re worried about your children’s safety. You haven’t mentioned who has told you...

Is My Builder at Fault?

Given that your builder denies even going onto your neighbour’s roof, the onus here is on your neighbour who would need to be able to prove that your...

My Rights Regarding my Neighbour's Trees?

You don’t say where the problem lies here in terms of the potential damage it may cause to your property. However, if any of the tree's branches are...

Noisy Flat Above: Is There Anything We Can Do?

If the house was converted into flats after you moved in, the first thing to establish is whether or not planning permission was granted for that....

Own a Driveway But Park on Road: What's the Law?

Parking is a common source of tension between neighbours, especially when these days many households have more than one car to park and limited...

What Can I do About My Problem Neighbour?

So far, you have taken exactly the right steps to try to resolve this issue. You’ve asked your neighbour not to slam the door and, when the behaviour...

What Can we do About a Neighbour's CCTV Camera?

The main laws surrounding the use of CCTV are contained within the Data Protection Act 1998 but these do not cover domestic residences. It is...

What Can we do About our Neighbour's Noisy Dogs?

Persistent dog barking is not acceptable by law but before you take any formal action, it might be worth visiting your neighbours first and explain...

What Should we do About Our Neighbour's Complaining?

This would seem to be a case of a house conversion where sound insulation seems to have not been too high up on the agenda when it was converted...

Wood Burning Stove: Can Neighbour Object?

The law regarding this would very much depend on if you are living in a Smoke Control Area and if so, whether what you are burning is classed as an...