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The Ugly Fence
lolamosschops_2
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Hi all, I would appreciate some advice please,
my next door neighbour has put up a fence - there are no words to adequately describe its hideousness.... This is what was there when I left for work this morning. imagine, if you will, a short series of concrete fence posts that over the years have leaned quite considerably over our land at the side of the house, approx 70 degrees, giving the fence a solid, but jaunty angle. Because of the slope of the land, his property is higher than mine and there is a stone faced graduated retaining wall that this fence sits on. The contractor they have employed has built a new 6 foot fence inside the boundary of the jaunty one and used wooden batons to secure it to the old fence posts (still leaning).
It really is a miracle of modern engineering worthy of the Tate Modern in its offensiveness. it is braced to the old concrete posts by these ridiculous batons some up to a foot and a half in length and its bright orange!
So because it sits on a wall, from my side, at best it is 8 foot high and at its worst 12 foot high, the council have said they are not interested because on his side it is less than 2 meters there is nothing I can do.
I have checked the deeds and the t mark is on my side so surely he cannot use my fence to support his and its his land that is pushing the fence over , so how is that my responsibility
any advice gratefully received please
my next door neighbour has put up a fence - there are no words to adequately describe its hideousness.... This is what was there when I left for work this morning. imagine, if you will, a short series of concrete fence posts that over the years have leaned quite considerably over our land at the side of the house, approx 70 degrees, giving the fence a solid, but jaunty angle. Because of the slope of the land, his property is higher than mine and there is a stone faced graduated retaining wall that this fence sits on. The contractor they have employed has built a new 6 foot fence inside the boundary of the jaunty one and used wooden batons to secure it to the old fence posts (still leaning).
It really is a miracle of modern engineering worthy of the Tate Modern in its offensiveness. it is braced to the old concrete posts by these ridiculous batons some up to a foot and a half in length and its bright orange!
So because it sits on a wall, from my side, at best it is 8 foot high and at its worst 12 foot high, the council have said they are not interested because on his side it is less than 2 meters there is nothing I can do.
I have checked the deeds and the t mark is on my side so surely he cannot use my fence to support his and its his land that is pushing the fence over , so how is that my responsibility
any advice gratefully received please
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Photo please!
No he cannot use your fence to support his. You should have a look at both sets of deeds - if his are available from the Land Registry - and check which of you is responsible for the supporting wall.
https://www.gardenlaw.co.uk is a good free site for problems like this.0 -
I am trying to work out how to post a photo, as for the deeds there is no mention of the supporting wall. we have spoken to the neighbour and told him how unhappy we are but he is pleased with his new fence! well he would be from his side its a fence but from our side its just plain ugly and downright dangerous.0
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How did the contractors manage to erect this monstrosity without trespassing onto your property? How did you manage to obtain your council's opinion on the same day that the fence was constructed?
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He managed to erect this beast because we were out at work all day and not back until after dark, and the council gave us their opinion over the phone and basically told us they were not interested because on his side it is less than 2 meters high - the photos are on their way!0
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lolamosschops wrote: »Hi all, I would appreciate some advice please,
... The contractor they have employed has built a new 6 foot fence inside the boundary of the jaunty one and used wooden batons to secure it to the old fence posts (still leaning).
If it is inside YOUR boundary, you could remove it.
If it is attached to YOUR fence, you could remove it.
But
a) check that both statements are definately true before taking action and
b) try to reach amicable agreement before taking unilateral action.0 -
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Check out the photos and feel free to laugh!0
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Perhaps you should just remove your fence and see if his falls down.0
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I can't believe your neighbour paid for that! What a bodge job.Some days you're the dog..... most days you're the tree!
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