Fwd: Plot 45 - Encroachment issue

[SunnyBrooks Manager]

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From: Sunil Syd <sunilma...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 12:16 PM
Subject: Fwd: Plot 45 - Encroachment issue
To: SunnyBrooks Manager <sbram...@gmail.com>

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From: Sunil Syd <sunilma...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 at 12:14 PM
Subject: Plot 45 - Encroachment issue
To: Management Committee Sunny Brooks <mcs...@googlegroups.com>
Cc: Nagananda Anur <naganan...@gmail.com>

Dear MC, 

Subject: Plot 45 - Neighbouring compound wall foundation encroachment in to our land by 1.5ft

As you are aware, we are in the process of constructing our house.

We are now prioritising the compound wall and are going ahead to the standards specified by our Architects and have done civil works in relation to casting pillars (10ft deep reaching to hard strata).

While the team is carrying the civil works for laying the plinth beam (2.5ft below the soil level), we found that neighbours (plot 46 - Mr Nagananda & Rekha Anur) compound wall foundation was encroached in to our land by about 1.5ft wide and about 5 feet in length. To be honest, we were surprised and shocked to find these issues happening in communities like Sunnybrooks. We have lined up the activity and the work is going on at a brisk pace and unfortunately this finding has become a blocker. 

The issue wouldn't have happened if the neighbouring compound wall was built to the standards in the first place. It appears the job was done as an afterthought and as a temporary structure using pre-cast compound wall blocks (with no proper foundation) on the backfilled soil using random stones and stone slabs (Please refer to the pictures indicating the same).

We have communicated the issue with both Nagananda and Rekha but have not received any response yet. As this issue will have a longer term impact on the resolution and relation, it's better the MC is informed about it and has a record of the actions pursued thereafter. 

As the current MC is already aware and has been in the loop about the past issues in this matter. While it's not ideal, we took it up to maintain harmony with neighbours. Ee had to accelerate constructing the compound wall even before our house construction as Mr Nagananda and Rekha have been pushing for it for their own benefit and to cover up the inefficient compound wall they have built on the side facing our home. Please find attached the previous formal communications in this regard. Unfortunately, even that communication we received was with a threatening tone of going to authorities and with clear encroachment am not using authorities language here.

To add to the above, Mr. Nagananda happily leveraged strong compound walls built by their neighbours (2 sides - their left and back side), however chose to build a temporary kind of compound on our side.

Given, they have followed the example set by their other neighbours and if they had built a stronger & structured wall like them, we wouldn't have to face this issue today and probably also saved us one side of the compound wall.

Having said that, we will be doing the right thing and are building strong compound walls on all common sides, but little to no support in this matter from fellow neighbours is very disappointing.

Appreciate your involvement in resolving the issue. 

Regards Sunil & Prathyusha

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From: Sunil Syd <sunilma...@gmail.com>
To: Nagananda Anur <naganan...@gmail.com>
Cc: Nagananda Anur <Naganan...@gmail.com>
Bcc: 
Date: Sun, 18 Jan 2026 20:54:52 +0530
Subject: Re: Follow-up: Worsening Damage to Our Property Due to Your Construction

Dear Nagananda,

Thank you for your email. Before diving into the specifics, let me start on a good note:

What We've Done

1. Engaged professional structural consultants and architects from the start.
2. Obliged many of your requests from covering the yellow sheet all the way to the top of the building and getting the tears repaired in a timely manner on a number of occasions. We do not see many buildings if not any in the community covered to the height of building unlike us. While it costed a lot to setup and maintain, we did it because it’s the right thing to do.
3. Designed our layout with no windows facing your courtyard to respect your privacy—without being asked. Even though the design compromised some of our lighting, it’s a conscious decision to respect your privacy.
4. We have chosen to build a compound wall on all four sides of the house per the specification recommended by our Architects and Structural consultants. We are not intending to leverage off neighbours already constructed walls which will save money and space if we opt that route.
5. Typically, compound walls are built after the main structure is complete. Despite it’s not optimal to construct the compound wall at this phase of the construction, at your request, we are willing to commence the work early.  

Our construction activity:

Our building construction activity followed the standard building practices following the excavation for the footings & columns, am sure this is no different to your’s either. We have gone to the recommended depth until hard soil is reached to lay footings and have used adequate reinforcement to the footings and columns to take the load of the building. Additionally, in the process we neither used impact causing methods like detonators, or any heavy machinery.

State of your existing Carport, Compound walls & Cracks - For context, structurally sound compound walls with columns and plinth beams are essential to prevent any soil movement over the time.  

• Carport: You have constructed carport for about 30-35feet length on the compound wall encroaching the setback fully, i.e. allowing zero setback. The extended roof in the set back is obstructing the free flow of air to our property. It’s a clear violation BBMP setback rules and disadvantaging airflow to our property. Please resolve the issue ASAP at your own cost before escalating to the concerned authorities.

 

• North & West side:  On both sides of your house, you have not built compound wall and using the existing compound wall of the neighbours built prior to your construction. We wish we had such a strong neighbouring wall to leverage off so that we could save space and money. While it’s not my direct concern, it raises the double standards being played here.
• South side compound wall (our north boundary): This temporary wall was built with no columns & plinth beam and absolutely with no foundation. Clearly, the intent was to setup the border wall rather than foundationally strong compound wall. No architect or structural consultant would advise building such compound walls and it’s a clear choice made without considering the long-term impact.
• Cracks: Firstly, cracks on the temporary compound wall and the adjoining courtyard concrete are common for a number of factors such as lack of foundation, quality of the materials used, whether adequate curing was done or not, Rains, age of the property etc., Over the years, there have been multiple instances of flooding in the area including my plot and your house. The prolonged water logging in the area coupled with lack of foundation will naturally lead to minor soil movements over a period of time resulting in cracks. Also, there is a natural gradient in our lane, i.e it slopes downwards towards our plot from your house which will also affect soil movement should there be no foundation to the compound wall. It’s disappointing that you are attributing cracks in your property due to our construction. It’s time you need to reflect and do the right thing now. You can’t blame neighbours for your choices and space saving decisions. Yes, best you engage with your contractor & architect team closely and resolve your issues in your property and that’s absolutely in your control.

Proposal

Like many, we have a choice of constructing a temporary compound wall but we are willing to do the right thing and hence proposed for a proper joint wall which will mutually benefit (saving of the space at a minimum for us). However, you have refused the offer due to your Carport constructed on the compound wall and you proposed to share the cost of the foundation. A strong foundation wall will eat away 8inches of my landscape space to the entire length of compound wall (77 feet). Despite this, we considered your proposal and engaged our architects and structural consultants. For the 5ft setback area, per our architects & structural consultant, the specs I shared with you i.e. 6 columns to the depth of 10ft at 15ft distance (some columns will be lot closer than 15ft as the length of wall is less than 80feet vs 15*6 = 90ft) connected by a 2.5ft plinth beam below the ground level will achieve the foundational strength for which we are OK to share and contribute.

However, you wanted us to add two additional columns (to make the columns at distance of 10feet) per your architect recommendation and you would like us to share the cost for your specific needs for which we are not ready. As mentioned, the two additional columns cost Rs32,000. If you are willing to bear the additional cost, we are happy to facilitate your request but please be reminded that there will be additional overhead which I will have to absorb for your peace of mind.

 We will be starting our side of earth work to our specifications from this Monday, i.e. 19^th Jan 2026. In addition to the already shared cost, should you wish to spend for those two extra columns @32K Total, we can facilitate for you if you can confirm by tomorrow.

From our end, we always wanted to be good neighbours and hence tried to be open & accommodative on a number of things from the beginning. We are ok to set aside past tensions and move on and certainly preferring for an amicable solution.

You have all the information now and we both have choices to make and regardless we will still be neighbours. Leaving it up to you as to how you would like this to be progressed.

 

Best Regards,

Sunil Reddy

45 Sunny Brooks.

 

On Thu, 15 Jan 2026 at 22:43, Nagananda Anur <naganan...@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear Sunil,

I am writing to formally follow up on the damage caused to our property due to the construction activities being carried out at your site.

As discussed earlier, we had already brought to your attention the appearance of cracks and damage in our yard, car porch, and adjoining areas soon after your construction work commenced. Unfortunately, despite informing you at that time, no corrective or preventive action was taken.

Subsequently, the damage has worsened, with existing cracks increasing and additional damage becoming visible. These issues were not present prior to your construction and clearly appear to be a direct consequence of excavation and construction activities at your property.

As neighboring property owners, it is only fair and reasonable that damage caused due to construction activities is rectified by the party undertaking such work. We therefore request that you:

1. Arrange for inspection and repair of the existing damages to our property at your cost, and

2. Immediately implement adequate preventive and safety measures to ensure that no further or future damage is caused to our property during the remainder of your construction.

We request a written acknowledgment from your side confirming responsibility for rectification of the existing damage and assurance regarding any future damage arising from ongoing construction activities.

We sincerely hope to resolve this matter amicably and without escalation. However, in the absence of a written acknowledgment or timely corrective action, we may have to consider approaching the appropriate authorities (BBMP) and/or legal remedies to protect our property and rights.

We look forward to your prompt response.

Regards,
Nagananda 

46 Sunnybrooks
9632633116

[SunnyBrooks Manager]

[Sunil Syd]

Dear MC,

Due to the lack of response (both acknowledgement & remediation) regarding the encroachment, we are proceeding with construction based on our consultant's modified plan. Please note that while we are building on our own land, the presence of this encroached stone slab creates an unavoidable structural risk despite workaround plan. For records, we hereby formalize that we are in no way can be held responsible for any damage or any subsequent structural impacts to the adjoining temporary compound wall. In fact, we building our compound wall with a workaround solution resulting from its encroachment into our construction zone, poses threat to theirs and our compound wall integrity in the long term. 

The whole purpose of prioritising compound wall construction (while we still have civil works pending) was to help with neighbours request. Ideally it was in their best interest to rectify this issue as our compound wall (built without the encroachment) would have at least addressed their weak compound wall issues. Sadly they chose not to acknowledge or try to fix the issue.

Since they have leveraged their car port (metal + glass) weight on to their weak pre-cast compound structure, this increases the risk and the same was highlighted by our qualified structural engineers.

Additionally, we are made aware that neighbours contacted our contractors seeking advise on the workaround solution which is not appreciated as they are not our assigned structural engineers or have the right knowledge to provide any kind of advise on this matter. 

Regards Sunil

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 at 10:48 PM, Nagananda Anur <naganan...@gmail.com> wrote:

I am not sure you can claim that you are constructing like everyone else - your project is being built over a kaluve and all the traces leading up to it have vanished.  Given this, we are unsure whether adequate precautions have been taken to protect neighboring properties. If proper safeguards were in place, we would not be experiencing these issues.

First thing first  - please let us know when you are fixing the damage done to our property from your construction. It is unfortunate, folks on this thread have to bear with this back-n-forth.

For God's sake, we have no intention and time for instigation and aggression. We believe we were one of most welcoming neighbors and treated you all with affection. It is unfortunate, you have managed to turn us into this and right now we are just responding to your claims and positions. 

On Thu, Feb 12, 2026 at 5:18 PM Sunil Syd <sunilma...@gmail.com> wrote:

A baseless claim, if a regular construction is causing damages then you better get hold off your construction team rather than attributing on neighbours.We have constructed our house like everyone else including yourself.  

The real issue is the encroachment . 

We are looking for a go forward solution vs unwanted instigation and aggression. 

On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 at 1:20 PM, Nagananda Anur <naganan...@gmail.com> wrote:

It is unfortunate that this has gotten to this point.   With pages and pages of text, I have yet to find an answer to our question  - "when are you fixing the damages to our property that is due to construction on your site ?"

Thanks 

Nagananda