Protection of the adjoining owner
Protection of the adjoining owner
If your building project is near or next to another property or property boundary, you may need to make sure the adjoining property is not damaged when you build.
After you get a building permit, the building surveyor tells you if you need to protect an adjoining property. The building surveyor is the person who issues the building permit.
Doing protection work
To do protection work on adjoining property, you must:
- serve a Protection Work Notice on the adjoining owner/s
- get a contract of insurance
- prepare a survey to show the existing conditions of the adjoining property/properties, and
- pay the expenses of the protection work.
Rights and responsibilities of an adjoining owner
If you own a property next to a building project, you must:
- respond to the Protection Work Notice within 14 days
- agree or disagree to the proposed work or request further information
- help the owner doing the building project prepare a survey of their property before work begins, and
- get reimbursed for any expenses to protect your property by the owner doing the building project.
Problems with protection work
Tell the building surveyor of the building project if there is a problem with the protection work.
