Construction Boundary Rules

[UKJASE]

Hey Guys, bit of advice please.

My mate has built a car port roof, and it is positioned up to the boundary of his land. the roof is built approx 2.2 metres above the ground, and is of a metal construction. His house is near Pranburi, Prachuap and is located in a small town.

His neighbour has now popped up, and told him that the construction is illegal and that he must leave a 50 cm gap between the edge of his roof, and the start of the neighbour's land.

Is this true? My wife says that the rule is simply that any rainwater must not be deposited onto the surrounding land, but his neighbour insists that the construction must be taken down.

can anyone tell us what the thai law is here please, and any links to the said laws.

Thanks in advance

[lj cm]

Contact the local Tessaban office.

That's the office where you go to get approval for new buildings or extensions.

[Crossy]

I'm 99% sure your wife is correct, but for local knowledge best to initially speak to your village head. He will need to be on your side and may have his own local 'rules' which trump any national legislation.

[suthep songserm]

This is a small matter. His neighbor is a pain in the ass. Just get your friend to install a gutter and that is it. But unless the roof is protruding into

the neighbor's house ; than that's bad news.

The 50 cm is only for the wall of the house to the perimeter fenced wall.

By the way if you are building a house , I understand that nowadays you are required at least 1 meter from the wall of house to fence.

[blackcab]

Building Control Act 2522 (1979) Section 50.

This is interesting. The Act says the building structure has to be 50cms away from the boundary. The key thing here is that the Act controls permanent structures and modifications to permanent structures. So if the carport is fixed to the wall of the house it really does have to be a minimum of 50cms away from the boundary.

If, on the other hand, the carport is not attached to the building and is "temporary" it can be constructed to the boundary of the property as long as rain water does not fall from the roof onto the neighbours land.

The neighbour is incorrect in saying the structure must be removed in its entirety. It can be altered by removing some of the roof until the structure complies with the 50cm rule.

If the neighbour complains to the district office then expect enforcement action if the carport is fixed to the building. Probably easier just to modify the roof before this happens.

[UKJASE]

Thanks for advice so far Guys. What i dont understand though, is if there is this 50 cm rule, then how does it apply when building town houses here. These houses will all be joined to each other in a long row, and will often have car ports and roofs that border right up to the adjacent land, and will not leave a 50cm gap. Often the roof at the front of these properties will all be one structure, that runs for the full length of the town houses, and no gaps will be left at the boundary of each property / chanote

[blackcab]

You can build to the boundary under certain conditions, one of which is that you have written permission from the owners of the adjoining land, as long as you observe other restrictions (such as the setback, no openings or windows, etc).

As townhouses are often built by the same developer who owns all the plots, permission is academic.