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Neighbor using space behind drywall

Started by Jish
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Feb 2008
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I live in a condo building and I have reason to believe that my neighbor has installed some sort of built in storage and has cut open the drywall and may even have the storage going through between studs and up against my wall (I can hear everything time anything is put in this storage) What are the official rules on this? I assume we both own our own drywall and only the area to the studs and shouldn't go past that?
Response by NWT
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Sep 2008

Read your condo declaration. It'll say what a unit owner can't mess with.

You could always drill a little hole to see what's back there.

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Response by NYC10007
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Nov 2009

drill baby drill!!!

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Response by alanhart
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Feb 2007

I believe recessed medicine cabinets are often installed that way, by the original builder.

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Response by needsadvice
over 12 years ago
Posts: 607
Member since: Jul 2010

Get real. Medicine cabinets always use the space between studs.

A friend of ours had this demonstrated to him. His medicine cabinets backs up to his neighbor's microwave. She decided to install a new one and the guy drilled giant bolts right through his cabinet. He went to talk about to her, but she slammed the door on his face. So he just cut the bolts off and patched the holes in his cabinet.

Hope her microwave doesn't fall down now that it's missing it's bolts. Too bad if it does.

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Response by buster2056
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Sep 2007

Why don't you just move to a pre-war building?

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Response by fieldschester
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Jul 2013

Sometimes people are stuffed inside the drywall. Why do you think it is so cheap?

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Response by truthskr10
over 12 years ago
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Member since: Jul 2009

Don't floorplan dimensions include behind the drywall?

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