Neighbour has put a gate in the fence - should I be worried?

donkeyman18

Just get a garden spade and shove it through his skull.

kev_the_brickie

give me a shout and i will brick it in. poxy surveyors i hate em

horace_2

Does the gate in question open on your side or his side of the fence? This could be very important when this ends up in court.

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P.S
I often talk nonsense.

bubblesmoney

erect another fence on ur property just in front of the gate. or erect a brick wall in front of the fence. in the meantime put up a board saying tresspassing is prohibited. inform neighbour in writing with proof of posting / serving of the letter (preferably drafted by a suitably qualified / experienced solicitor (in boundary disputes).

when speaking to the neighbour dont sugar coat the words, make it clear that any trespassing will not be tolerated and that the gate in the fence is an intrusion on ur privacy. speak to ur local council. look thru ur property documents and see what the boundary / fence ownership says, u will see that it mentions fence (usually the case i think) and no mention of gate. u r entitled to enjoy ur ownership of ur property without any intrusions on ur privacy. a gate opening onto ur property is an invasion of ur privacy. if it was me i wouldnt have allowed it to happen in the 1st place or remedied it pronto even if it meant bad relations with the neighbour and its attendant problems. thats much more preferable than gifting access rights to ur property for free.

mrluke

how about middle of the night dig a massive hole infront of the gate and cover it up

tee_pee_2

We had a imilar thing in our old house. We were 4 little houses tucked away and the two middle houses went through the two end gardens to get access to their back garden, It was in the plans so little could be done, but what I didn't like was there was a little footpath which was a right of way so you could walk round the back of the gardens but one of the neighbours blocked it off ( before my time) and because no one said anything he was able to claim it as his.

Having this communal gate was horrid I never felt relaxed in my back garden sun bathing or such. He never came into our garden but the fact was it was there nonetheless.

You don't want to say nothing and then somehow yrs down the line find he has ended up with access rights. Or what if he sells his house and you get new neighbours who want to use it.

Ask him to remove the gate or you will put a fence up, you are ina tricky situation but you could always say it is a security issue having the gate.

Other than that put a row of conifers up along the fence line.

Geenie

Just tell him that you will creosote your side as and when needed, so he doesn't need to ever come over! Isn't that what most people with garden fences do.....tend to their side?!!

Geenie

tee_pee wrote: »

We had a imilar thing in our old house. We were 4 little houses tucked away and the two middle houses went through the two end gardens to get access to their back garden, It was in the plans so little could be done, but what I didn't like was there was a little footpath which was a right of way so you could walk round the back of the gardens but one of the neighbours blocked it off ( before my time) and because no one said anything he was able to claim it as his.

Having this communal gate was horrid I never felt relaxed in my back garden sun bathing or such. He never came into our garden but the fact was it was there nonetheless.

You don't want to say nothing and then somehow yrs down the line find he has ended up with access rights. Or what if he sells his house and you get new neighbours who want to use it.

Ask him to remove the gate or you will put a fence up, you are ina tricky situation but you could always say it is a security issue having the gate.

Other than that put a row of conifers up along the fence line.

Agree with what you say except the planting conifers, as they are dreadful things in any normal size garden and best suited to woods.

Davesnave

The answers on here get sillier by the minute. Get a grip, people!

kitschkitty

In all seriousness as pointed out anyone can put up a fence so long as it is within their own boundary, and what you choose to make the fence out of is up to you - could be proper panelling, could be a low picket fence, a hedge, could be a series of gates, or even nothing.

So if one neighbour doesn't like what their next door neighbours fence is made of then all they need to is put up their own fence.

Unfortunately I do understand that this may prove costly for some people, but it's about privacy and security in general.

2nd issue is trespassing.

No-one has the right to do it - I had a neighbours kid climb over our 6/7 foot fence in one house (I even stood on our balcony and heard his mum tell him to do it) and my parents had kids climbing onto a 7 foot wall to try and get on top of their garage.

So I think what you really need to do is address the trespassing issue, and put in your own barrier/additional security if you are worried about the situation and I do appreciate how horrid it is.