Our neighbour passed away a few years ago, from last week they've started tearing down her house.
We both have a concrete wall in front of our houses, and a shared wall between our houses.
Demolition company told us today that they will begin removing the wall around the neighbouring property, including the shared wall, leaving us with a disconnected wall in front of our house, and nothing separating us from the now empty lot next door and the highway just beyond it.
We let our dogs out in the yard a few times a day, and if they remove the wall we'll no longer be able to. We'll also be very uncomfortable letting the kids play in the yard because of the highway.
It'll also make the large windows into our living room and kitchen completely visible from the street.
The demolition company have said the wall belongs to the neighbouring property.
Is there nothing we can do to prevent this?
Edit: land for both houses is owned by a third party, rented by the people who "own" the houses.
Who owns the wall isn't related to land divisions, but comes down to who paid for it 50+ years ago.
We have no record whether the deceased neighbour paid for it, or the deceased previous owner of our house paid for it.
by AsahiWeekly