Hi,

Can anyone judge the right of this argument My friend's wet kitchen was built many years ago with a simple half concrete wall with iron grille on top and now she wanted to make her kitchen look better and proper she engage a contractor to hack down the old one and build a new wet kitchen with footing, ground beam and get back to a proper set back line etc. to building by law. Now when the contractor want to hack the wall that sharing with her neighbour, neighbour stop her from hacking this wall because she has done some tiles work on that wall and iron grille too. This wall was done by my friend many years ago and neighbour just taking advantage to use the wall.

Please tell me can my friend just proceed to hack this wall and build a new wall for her new kitchen and does my friend need to replace back the tiles for her neighbour?

Thanks for the advice cos my friend do not have any knowledge for this kind of construction.

Your fren has FULL RIGHT on the wall she paid for. Is the wall erected in the centre or towards her side?

your fren doesn't need to compensate anything to her neighbour, since she tumpang it foc. unless, they have agreed to share the cost earlier

Haha..that the issue. You should alway build the wall falled on your property land not next door.
Only way is both side talk and solve out lol

My friend confirm with the contractor the wall fall right on her own property, very sad is that the neighbour want her to build a temporary wall to prevent thief breaking in and many more requirement..
does she got the right to report to MBPJ for this and my friend got all the permit from MBPJ for the renovation works

If the wall was built on the boundary of the house (i.e. shared wall) then the neighbour has the right to complain. If the wall was built within your friends house grounds then your friend has the right to tear down the wall (i.e. the initial wall was built next to the old fence/original wall).

If the neighbour has torn down the original fence/wall that separated their house from your friends then what i would recommend your friend to do is submit their plans 1st to the local council for demolition and highlight that the neighbour had removed the original boundary fence/wall and tiled the wall that your friend had built within his/her boundary.

See what the council says first. It's unreasonable for the neighbour to request for a new wall when they are using the wall within your friends boundary. But this type of situation very susah... and they have to see the neighbour for many years more... confirm headache....

TS, I would suggest that your friend try to talk with her neighbour first. Come to a win-win situation as both will be neighbour for a long time. No point everyday sour face. This would be the best

The wall have to be build in your own area. If half half is share you cannot do anything.

Hi, latest news from my friend that they are going to meet up tomorrow to solve the problem hope everything will be fine.

Alternative just build another wall but it will cause the house more smaller lol ...

Below the sample on my house that I make sure it landed on my property even it 3-4 inch small and pop up from wall (it only one side wall impact)

1st Floor


Grd Floor

What kind of neighbour that my friend have, first agreed to pay the bill to build a new wall at her side after knocking down the wall she refuse to the agreement just do what we have to do

Well, better ask your friend to build the wall on own area, else if she file suite against your friend, than will be big trouble.

Better get your friend to built the wall on her side. Less potential for problem later; after seeing how things have been developing.

I think my friend already instruct her contractor to proceed with her own wall and maybe it will be a gape between her wall from her neighbour she can't care so much of this issue

He should make his own wall if the current wall is on neighbour's ground or it's a shared wall. Sharing a thin wall gonna be problem later especially when he wants to do hacking for piping, wiring, for utility hooks etc.

well...it will just endup like my wall, if make some deco it will be nice too...