A Wellington court rejected a couple’s bid for a six-figure payout after their neighbour's house was found to be encroaching by 7m².
A couple whose neighbour’s house encroaches onto their property went to court seeking $228,200.
Instead they were awarded $14,000, a public judgment shows.
Adam Collins and Jodi Turton bought their 228m² Wellington property in 2013.
Their neighbour, Shashil Winspear, bought his 384m² property in 2020.
The couple brought a claim against Winspear under the Property Law Act 2007 (PLA) on the basis that part of Winspear’s house is on their property and was therefore “a wrongly placed structure”.
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The judge slashed the neighbours' $228,000 claim to just $14,000.
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