Taylor, who lives in Hobok Street, Pollak Park, Extension Three, claims her neighbour has removed the wall and dug the foundations on her side of the boundary without consulting her.
Being a pensioner and deaf adds to her frustration.
“Not once has he approached me to discuss this,” she says.
She recently noticed the half-built wall when she returned from hospital after a doctor’s appointment.
She felt helpless after she tried to point out to the builders that they are building the wall on her property, but they allegedly ignored her and continued building.
In the meantime she tried to communicate with the Ekurhuleni Metro by sending them emails, but to date received no reply.
“He is now building his new wall on my property. which means that he has taken a portion of my land,” she says.
“He has also removed my gates, leaving my property open, again without any word to me.”
She never agreed to a new wall, nor was she consulted.
Taylor’s concerns are if anything happens such as the wall collapsing on anyone walking down her driveway and it injures them she would be responsible and could be sued.
She remembers sometime back reading that for any wall over 1.8m plans have to be drawn up and the foundation inspected before any building can be done.
Taylor doesn’t know if he has plans, but is certain that no surveyor and person who draws up a plan would draw plans to build a wall on her property.
She wants the wall removed off her property as she is deeply concerned for her tenants, of whom one has a baby.
“The cheek of placing it on my property,” she says.
“I feel it needs to be addressed urgently, since I suspect that it might be dangerous to people accessing my property.”
Questions were sent to the metro but no comment was received at the time of going to print.
