Your Neighbour Intends to Dig a Basement Close to Your

Your neighbour intends to dig a basement close to your property boundary. The neighbour wants to ensure lateral support to your land, and so installs ground anchors that extend under your land. Has the neighbour done anything wrong?

A) no, the neighbour is complying with his duty to provide lateral support
B) no, the neighbour is entitled to take reasonable steps to facilitate construction on his land
C) yes, the neighbour's anchors are trespassing onto your land because you did not agree to them being installed
D) yes, ground anchors stretch as they take load, and so your land will settle as this occurs; the neighbour has compromised lateral support to your land