Who owns the fences?

Mark_petty

Hi

I recently moved in to a semi detached house and was wandering who owns what side fences.
The reason why i'm asking is because the fence to the left of us when round the back (us facing outwards) is a brand new fence but the ones to the right are falling apart.
How do we know who owns them?

Thanks in advance

Mark

silvercar

check your deeds.

if you can't find them, download them from the land registry site for £3.

cupid_s

who owns what fence is highlighted in bold on my deeds, i would have thought it would say so on the plans you have

Alan_M_2

The rule of thumb was always the fence to the right as you look out of the property, but as suggested above you need to check on your title deeds.

Acc72

I have often wondered this - some people have said you won the fence on the left, and others have said you own the fence on the right !!

I just spoke with my neighbour and we split the cost 50/50

Even so, we still had a couple of discussions about how I was potentially on his boundary etc .......

It is best to keep things freindly - if a dispute started it could last for years !!

courtjester

Can be a bit of a problem because fences can be replaced and ownership potentially change hands, despite what it says on the deeds. In general, if you put up a fence or wall, you should have the supporting posts on the inside (for maintenance) so that the nicer 'face' is on the non-owning neighbour's or public side.

If the posts are on the inside of your garden, chances are you are responsible for these, but it is always possible that a neighbour may have erected a fence to give themselves the better facing.

Mrs_pbradley936

We recently replaced a fence panel that was not "ours" because we were fed up looking at it. I just think our neighbours a slobs - very nice people but slobs. The only time their garden looks nice is when they go away and we look after it.

apples1

I think the rule of thumb is that you present a "fair face" to your neighbour. So fences that have the best side facing you are owned by the person on the other side. Ones in your garden that have their best side (i.e the side without the supports visible) facing away from you so look at the worse side are generally yours.

lilyann1

I have found every house varies.
We own the fence on the right as we look at the house.
On our deeds it is the property in which the T mark is located attached to the fence, is who owns the fence.
I have just had this problem with my neighbour who is new and we were previously told it was our fence, so went halves on repairs and now i have found that it is his fence, so he can pay for the next repairs himself!!!
Now the house we're moving to has 3 fences as it is corner plot and we own all 3 of them!!!!!

advent1122

I havent a clue who owns our fence, but my neighbour went halves when it needed replacing and I put it up so I had the nice side - he then creosoted both sides.
It is fine saying "He can pay for the next repairs himself" but you have to look at the fence too and I would go half to ensure it is well maintained. It is only a few quid every couple of years.

Stompa

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/boundaries.html