Thai Building Regulation Advice Please

[storm1fishing]

Do any of you fine people know anything about the thai building regulations as far as boundary walls go.

I have a wall between myself and my neighbor , but it's only about 3 feet high , and I want to put a fence on top of that making it taller by about 1.5 meters. The plan is to put a picket fence made from con wood.

However , when I was painting red oxide on the steel work my nosy neighbor came out and inquired about what I was up to , as the nosy cow does every time we are doing anything in the yard.

when I told her that I am going to close up the yard she was not happy , but eventually conceded to me raising it by about another 2 1/2 - 3 foot , but not to the 1 1/2 meter that I want to go.

What does the law allow me to do without her permission (as far as putting up a fence).

I live in the bang phli area.

thanks all

Edited February 3, 2013 by Crossy
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[Crossy]

Is it your wall? There is relatively little shared ownership of boundary fences here so if it's actually her wall I'm not surprised she was a bit miffed.

If it is actually a shared wall you need to limit your activities to your side of the centreline or you'll be on her property.

Not sure of the limits (or even if there are any) but 2m/6ft is quite reasonable.

Are you in a Moo Baan or similar arrangement, there may be local bylaws that limit the inter-property walls, do others have big walls?

Since you've reached an agreement I would stick to it, it should be high enough that she can't nose.

[storm1fishing]

Is it your wall? There is relatively little shared ownership of boundary fences here so if it's actually her wall I'm not surprised she was a bit miffed.

If it is actually a shared wall you need to limit your activities to your side of the centreline or you'll be on her property.

Not sure of the limits (or even if there are any) but 2m/6ft is quite reasonable.

Are you in a Moo Baan or similar arrangement, there may be local bylaws that limit the inter-property walls, do others have big walls?

Since you've reached an agreement I would stick to it, it should be high enough that she can't nose.

thanks for the response.

It is a shared wall and I want to put the fence up on my side of the centre line.I am in a moobaan , but we have not reached an agreement as the limit she has set is under her window line anwhen she is in her yard , still only about her shoulder height ,

[ETatBKK]

I'm in moo baan, two cases to share :

neighbour at front, due to levelling up the ground for a swimming pool, they swim almost on stage in front of us. they build additional 1m conwood barrier on top of the 1.5m concrete fence. very nice they came to us and offered a finishing conwood panel on our side, and suggested to match the colour of our garden setup.

neighbour at the back, TV celebrity of a kind. moved in and closed their garden 4 sides with over-density tall plants, of course within their border of land. seem it is a popular Thai solution.

my wife also plants a line of Thai banyan trees, very slowly blocks the open sight from the street.

yes, you may have right and could do according to the book, but it is not the 'conflict avoidance' culture in land of smile :-)

[Morakot]

Not sure of the limits (or even if there are any) but 2m/6ft is quite reasonable.

Would be very interesting to find out what exactly local regulations in Thailand state, if there are any for this aspect.

On this project in Saigon in Vietnam, the owner had the height of the boundary wall increased from about 5ft to 12ft.

Would this be possible in Bangkok (outside gated villages)? Especially where a neighbouring building is extended right up to the boundary wall?

Edited February 4, 2013 by Morakot

[docspinoff]

so are we saying ? my wall is 100mm thick between us and our neighbours so if I put some stand up shells on my 50mm side this is to stop the cats running along would this be ok?