This is concerning a terraced victorian property. I had the old render ripped off exposing cob and slate before coating nearly the whole area in new lime render at the front of the house, and the joint in question is on the right of my house and to the left of hers. I didn't render the sloped bit ( door canopy?/lintel?) above my front door or the extruding plinths to the side of it and they are still presumably in cement.
Work was done last summer and in October I noticed that the side of the canopy was deteriorating so I had it filled.
In the past couple weeks both the neighbour and I have had mild water ingress along the party wall. There is a crack along most of the the joint between my old unrendered part and their render. There are now more cracks in the canopy, I'm not sure (and doubt it can proved) which cracks caused which, but water is likely coming through the boundary cracks and canopy cracks both. I incorrectly painted the sloped part of the canopy which is old render btw.
Is this just wear and tear and a joint responsibility to repair the shared crack? What about who pays for the internal water damage? I have done everything I can to repair my house when I first find any damage, the neighbour is blaming me and the renderers (which it seems have nothing to do with it as their new section is fine) and threatening to take me to court.
Also a surveyor was mentioning that I should have got a party wall agreement which I think is nonsense.
Thankyou.
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Work was done last summer and in October I noticed that the side of the canopy was deteriorating so I had it filled.
In the past couple weeks both the neighbour and I have had mild water ingress along the party wall. There is a crack along most of the the joint between my old unrendered part and their render. There are now more cracks in the canopy, I'm not sure (and doubt it can proved) which cracks caused which, but water is likely coming through the boundary cracks and canopy cracks both. I incorrectly painted the sloped part of the canopy which is old render btw.
Is this just wear and tear and a joint responsibility to repair the shared crack? What about who pays for the internal water damage? I have done everything I can to repair my house when I first find any damage, the neighbour is blaming me and the renderers (which it seems have nothing to do with it as their new section is fine) and threatening to take me to court.
Also a surveyor was mentioning that I should have got a party wall agreement which I think is nonsense.
Thankyou.
https://postimg.cc/hQLRZB1d
https://i.postimg.cc/g23czWGH/IMG-20...51416-Copy.jpg


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