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Special renovation case

Property lines and neighbour-side work

Prepare fences, retaining walls, drainage, excavation, trees and work near a boundary without assuming where the property line lies.

Checked: 2026-08-20

VERT / GREEN

Describe the work, measure from reliable references and check local bylaws.

JAUNE / YELLOW

Confirm the appropriate boundary/easement information and coordinate work affecting drainage, support or access.

ROUGE / RED

Disputed boundary, party structure, risky excavation or possible encroachment: pause layout until professionally/legally clarified.

Related path

Continue with the right tools

These links connect this page to the next useful checks and decisions without repeating the full content.

Prepare a home purchaseConnect inspection, records, site, insurance and future work to the purchase budget.Open →Screen the property siteOrganize cadastral, zoning, water, slope, utility and natural-hazard checks.Open →Create the address profileKeep the address and relevant official checks locally.Open →Calculate ownership costCombine recurring expenses and planned replacements over five and ten years.Open →Understand the home by eraIdentify typical systems and vulnerabilities by construction era.Open →

Legacy conditions and resilience systems

Check these before enclosing, excavating, modernizing or automating an existing system.

V33

Invisible constraints before work

V33 checks electrical, legal, environmental and climate constraints that can block a project before demolition starts.

Easements and rights-of-way before work
V34

Use, excavation and construction constraints

V34 connects use permits, soil, excavation, neighbouring structures and public-space logistics before hard-to-reverse work.

Preconstruction condition survey of neighbouring buildings

Blind spots to verify before proceeding

V40 covers situations that change compliance, safety, project recovery or system design.