shared boundarys

wazaaap123

This maybe a bit off topic for this part of the forum but i couldn't find a better place to post it.

I share boundary with two housing association tenants in Kent, they are perfectly nice, however i have bought my house and am renovating it. the issue has arisen about the wire fence at both sides of my garden, it is obviously owned by both myself and the housing association, it is in really bad state of repair and has huge holes in it etc...

As a result one neighbors dogs come through into my garden and the other sides children come through, now the children we have stopped, but it is a little more difficult with the dogs, the neighbors are nice enough about it and very helpful.

However i want to get the council or whoever to repair it/ replace it - im more than happy to pay for half of it, but the issue is they said they will add it to there list and get back to me. I asked how long the list was and they said you could be looking to up to 4 YEARS!

They said as it is not health and safety issue then it is not a priority.

Any suggestions what i can do?

It would cost £3000 to replace it if i was to do it myself. which i really cant afford, and also i cant sell the house with the fence like that. i never thought it would be an issue with the council.


Thanks for any advice!

Mallotum_X

You can ask them to do it but cant force them. You could go down the route of complaining about the dogs getting out, but thats likely to sour relations with the neighbours.

If they dont want to replace the fence, and if you want a new one then unfortunately you have a big bill to pay.

How long is the fence as 3k seems a huge amount of money.

ladylouise62

When I had this issue (both dogs and children from the same side), the council told me that all they were required to do was 'mark' the boundary and there was no requirement to provide a dog/childproof fence, and so I had to speak with the tenants to get it replaced.

Richard_Webster

Put up your own fence just inside the boundary.

£3K seems an awful lot - how much are fence panels and posts from B & Q?

wazaaap123

my garden is 120 yards long lol - fencing both side.

Desperado99

We share a boundary with a housing association house. The old fence was ours (put up by the previous owner) but had ivy all over it planted by the tenant next door. When she moved last year, the new tenants got the HA to replace our fence (very MSE) as the ivy had wrecked it. They first asked in April and it was replaced in December. It was well worth the wait, and saved us about £800.

bris

There is nothing you can do as a fence is not a legal requirment. Neighbours put up fences for boundary and privicy issues, but they are a personal thing that you either agree to do together or not.
The HA see this as a low priority so you need to decide whether to do this or not.
The thing you can do however is complain to the HA about your neighbours dogs coming on to your land, your neighbours dogs are tresspassing on your property and they are required to stop it happening.
Get some chicken wire and patch the fence if you don't want to complain.

pimento

wazaaap123 wrote: »

my garden is 120 yards long lol - fencing both side.

A three hundred and sixty feet long garden? Blimey! I wish I lived in a Housing Association property!

hcb42

not when you have to mow it twice a week in summer :P