Garden Fence Issues

Patchwork_Quilt

I would definitely have the meeting and be as affable as possible. After all, it's worth preserving your 15 years of peace. budgetdiyer has some very sound advice and I would add that you need to see the wife too. It's no use having her dictating from the living room next door. You'll never please her otherwise and you might all end up resenting each other. At least if you go round and see her directly, she'll be on her territory and she might feel able to say what she really wants, whatever that is. Go armed with the fencing catalogue and the name of your contractor to show that you've put some real thought into it and there's not much they can say.

Tippytoes

Mojisola wrote: »

If the boundary is yours to maintain and you pay for the fence, it is completely under your control. You decide what panels to use, you decide the height (you're usually allowed a maximum of 2m from your ground level), you decide what colour to paint it, you decide everything about it.

It is neighbourly to let the neighbours know when the work is going to be done in case they want to move anything from their side of the fence.

They must not - unless you give them permission - paint it, attach anything to it - whether trellis, plant pots or washing lines, pile things against it that would damage it, or grow plants up it.

If the neighbour wants some trellis, he will have to put up his own poles to support it.

The 2m rule is the total height. You cannot have a 2m fence and then add trellis to the top of it.

Absolutely agree with you. As the neighbour is not allowed to paint "his" side of your fence, I'd be inclined to paint that side dayglo lime with shocking pink spots..........:rotfl:

Angela

Must admit i was a bit miffed when my neighbour painted our new fence and it dripped through to our side.
Didnt realise he couldnt paint it without our permission.

alm721

Just checking but when people are saying the neighbour cant paint the other side/put pots on etc. Is that only when the fence is entirely in your garden and not along the boundary seperating the two plots? I would have thought if you put a fence along a boundary line then it is half on the neighbours plot and that would therefore give them the right to do what they want to their side. Is this correct?

Thanks

Jinx

Angela wrote: »

Must admit i was a bit miffed when my neighbour painted our new fence and it dripped through to our side.
Didnt realise he couldnt paint it without our permission.

I've had this problem with neighbours before. But our fences were owned by both sides and maintained by both sides. My sides were bright blue and the neightbours was boring brown. But it did also mean that when the witch next door put up nails to stop my cat ditzing along the fence I promptly took them back down. Got a stone dyke now lol

Mojisola

alm721 wrote: »

Just checking but when people are saying the neighbour cant paint the other side/put pots on etc. Is that only when the fence is entirely in your garden and not along the boundary seperating the two plots? I would have thought if you put a fence along a boundary line then it is half on the neighbours plot and that would therefore give them the right to do what they want to their side. Is this correct?

If the fence is a shared boundary and both neighbours pay towards the fence then neither can do anything to the fence without the other's permission.

If you put up a fence on the boundary line, it is your fence and the neighbour has to respect it as your property. The law expects people to fence their land to its maximum. You would not be expected to fence inside the boundary line because that, in effect, gifts some of your land to the neighbour.

pinkcandyflossprincess

alternatively get some mates arond, dress up like members of a coven, dance arond a bonfire- they will buy a new high fence within the week or move out- problem solved:p

DavidHayton

If your neighbour is wanting to dictate terms then you could politely ask him to contribute towards the cost. If he doesn't, then you do not have to listen to what he says. But do try to remain on good terms if at all possible. Nobody wins when disputes arise between neighbours.

There are rules about the maximum height for fences, but I do not know how this is applied when the land on each side is at different heights to start with.

There is, however, no minimum height: you do not need to fence off your land at all. You might want to suggest this option to him. Then if he needs a fence, he can erect his own fence within his boundary. However, if he chooses not to do so then you may be left with a difficult neighbour looking down on you.

Best wishes
David

lisawood78

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bloss0m

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