How do you know where the boundry is..

boo80

..on a terraced house? Is the drainpipe shared and the boundry right in the middle of it? Or does someone own it and it's on their property? We have a really ugly, light zapping bush out the front and I'm trying to work out who's land it's on.

macman

Centre of the party wall?

keystone

Depends what your deeds say. Its often not possible to accurately fix the a boundary within as much as 21 inches. Conventionally though you would expect the boundary to be on the centre line of the houses irrespective of where the downpipe is. Why don't you ask your neighbour whose bush it is? If it's yours chop away. If it's theirs ask if they mind it being trimmed a little (lot)

Cheers

boo80

So the drainpipe is shared? Out the back they have the drainpipe on their side of the fence...

boo80

I don't speak to him since he came over at 2 am and shouted at me for 'letting' my baby cry, and I never see her. I'm chopping it down on my side but would like it gone really!

Mojisola

It should be as macman says, unless your deeds say something different or the boundary has been moved long enough in the past to establish a new one.

This is a good free place to ask for advice - https://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/

keystone

boo80 wrote: »

So the drainpipe is shared? Out the back they have the drainpipe on their side of the fence...

No ignore the drainpipe its not moot unles its on the centreline. You are legally allowed to cut back if it's his bush to the boundary line but you must offer him the arisings and if he declines then you must dispose of them.

Just 'cos he shouted once then theres no need to have a silence war thereafter.

Cheers

macman

You can cut it back to the boundary as long as you do not damage the plant if doing so.
And remember that you are obliged to offer the cuttings back to the owner before you dispose of them (in your case it might be an idea to make this offer at 2am...)

Mojisola

The drainpipe is rarely placed on the boundary for the practical reason that you can't put up a fence if there's a pipe in the way. The pipe will usually be to one side of the boundary but there should be mention in the deeds that the house owner with the downpipe has to maintain it so that no nuisance is caused to the other owners whose guttering drains into it.

boo80

It is right on the boundary. Just had a look through all the legal stuff and the closest I could find on it was Q 'do any drains, pipes or wires serving the property cross any neighbours property?' A 'don't know'

Keystone, I'll quite happily talk to him once I've had an apology, but he seems to think there is nothing wrong with repeatedly ringing my doorbell until I answer, then shouting at me for being a terrible mother and allowing my baby to cry, when I'm at the end of my teather anyway because I can't settle the baby. But anyway, that's another matter Thanks for the input