Builder next door using shared property as access to lift materials
Gday reddit, AITA here?
New build next door up to the fence line, gutters don’t seem to overhang but I’m not overly concerned about encroachment.
We live on an apartment complex, we are the only owner-occupiers..
Previously, the builders have used our driveway, drove a mobile crane onto it and swung materials over to the new lot.
Scaffold is also hanging over our property by a fair margin, with no netting.
I’ve asked the builder to have this fixed and access should be granted through the strata.
Today, a tenant allowed tradesmen to move construction materials from our driveway up to the roof.
I asked them politely if they’d gotten approval to do the works from our property and was met with ‘that lady said we could, this isn’t your property, you just own the apartment’
There were about 6 of them and they got aggressive almost immediately, with the remainder of their day spent jeering loudly.
The tenant and the neighbour building on the property are friends, and they seem to get a kick out of this situation, so they are almost doing it on purpose to annoy me.
I don’t have a problem with workers using the property for access. Only if they get proper approval. If they hurt themselves or our shared property, our insurance probably won’t cover it.
Overreaction on my part or nah?