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Our neighbour is currently building an extension to his property which may be too close to our boundary. We are in the UK at the moment and received an email from him last weekend informing us that he had taken down the boundary wall between our properties because it was "ugly". We are left without any means of preventing people and annimals from having access to our garden and property. Does anyone know how we can find out exactly where the boundry is and who owned the wall? If it was his wall is he obliged to re-instate it? Also what course of action might might be open to us if, for example he has moved the boundary onto our land.  He made it quite clear that he wanted to acquire some of our land in order to expand his garden however as we only purchased our house recently we advised him that we would need to give our plans for the garden some further thought and get back to him, we have since decided to retain our land. Many thanks in anticipation of any help or similar experiences.      

Our neighbour is currently building an extension to his property which we believed to be in contravention of the local building regulations because of its proximity to the boundary wall.  Last weekend he informed us that he had taken down the boundary wall between our properties because it was ugly.What course of action is open to us if for example he has moved the boundary onto our land.  He made it quite clear that he wanted to acquire some of our land in order to expand his garden however as we only purchased our house in April 2005 we advised that we would need to give our plans for the garden some thought and get back to him, we have since decided to retain our land.  

We have an old but origonal ironstone tiled floor which has years of dirt and grime that will not wash off. I recall using an acid based product in the UK to deal with this. Does anyone know of a French product, name and place we could get something similar in France? We would also like to seal it once cleaned. Thanks in advance of any help. Barrie        

Wow! Thanks, not surprising really - nothing's simple! Look like buying from a dealer/garage locally is the simplest. We will have a look round next visit. Any idea what level of price premium we should expect versus buying a LHD in the UK?    

We expect to spend about 15 weeks a year in South West France and are considering keeping a LHD Car/4WD at Pau Airport. Are there any legal issues aaprt from insurance and would it better to buy one in France, Germany or England?   [*-)]