Boundary Wall

ruggedtoast

BobQ wrote: »

It depends on local planning laws but the default is 1m fences/walls that border a highway and 2m elsewhere. So the OP probably does not need permission to build a 2m fence on his property.

That would make sense, I was asking him about fencing off some land we have that runs along a footpath at the side of the house. It would make no end of difference to our garden if we could knock the side wall down and expand into this.

Planning permission for a 2 metre fence has been turned down in the past apparently.

pimento

Ulfar wrote: »

It is very creepy him wanting to look into your garden, even more so if you have kids.

You may scare him off just by pointing this fact out.

BOBBIs_MUMMY

We have 2 little girls, we only moved in in May and first job was to replace the fence at the bottom of the garden as it was overlooked by the public footpath and playing field behind. Didn't realise we would have a problem from the side though! We always said when we viewed that something would have to be done on that side, which it will when finances allow. Part of the reason for placing the hutch in the border was to block some of their view into our garden from their huge kitchen window;)

camptownraces

BOBBIs_MUMMY wrote: »

It has never been clear who owns this boundary we asked our neighbour prior to purchasing the property & he said clearly it was nothing to do with him, however we have a letter that the solicitor forwarded to us dated 1991, where him and the previous owner of our property went halves to have the wall repaired and he organised for the work to be done.

The wall stands approx 5ft tall and we do feel somewhat overlooked on that boundary.

The hutch stands on a table and is approx 7ft tall at the top point.

Our neighbour has spoken over the wall to my husband this morning and complained that it blocks his view over our garden from his kitchen window. His kitchen window is approx 20ft away from the brick wall.

Any advice please where we stand on this matter please??

Have you considered that the real objection could be connected with keeping light out of neighbour's kitchen?

Nobody has a right to light, but it's pretty depressing when there's little natural light in your house.

Think carefully about how difficult life might be if this disagreement escalates to the point where you don't feel comfortable going out into your garden.

BOBBIs_MUMMY

camptownraces wrote: »

Have you considered that the real objection could be connected with keeping light out of neighbour's kitchen?

Nobody has a right to light, but it's pretty depressing when there's little natural light in your house.

Think carefully about how difficult life might be if this disagreement escalates to the point where you don't feel comfortable going out into your garden.

Nothing has been mentioned about the light to be honest, it is a big kitchen window the dividing garden wall is approx 20ft from his window and the only part of the hutch above the wall is approx 4ft wide x 2 ft high and this is the apex roof part. If the house was a lot closer of course we wouldn't just position it in front of their window but there is room for plenty of light to get in

sonastin

We have a neighbour like that. He doesn't want us to raise the fence that separates his side path from our back garden because it would "tower over" the path and block light into his garage window. Which we would have been prepared to accept had he not developed a habit of sticking his head over the fence that is there and passing (negative) comment on the building work that my OH is currently doing in the garden.

We've decided that we're going to go for a low fence to replace the one which is currently there. But topped with a trellis against which we'll grow climbers - boston ivy, clematis, etc. He's welcome to trim his side as often as he likes but he ain't sticking his head over our fence again!

System

Ulfar wrote: »

It is very creepy him wanting to look into your garden, even more so if you have kids.

The operative words were:

"blocks his view over our garden".

I think that means he likes looking at the view beyond the garden. There's no need to elevate this into case of a perverted peeping Tom wanting to spy into a neighbour's garden. He's just a normal interfering old prat with nothing better to do than try to try to exert his imagined rights over a new-comer.

You need to tell him where he gets off right from the start, otherwise you will be establishing the pattern of deferring to his wishes over everything you do.

glasgowdan

A 2m fence isn't going to block any significant amount of light to a kitchen window, especially at 6m away.