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boundary fence advice please?

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  • loracan1
    loracan1 Posts: 2,287 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Does it need repairing though? If it's a case of having a new fence because he 'wants' one and there's nothing wrong with the existing one, why should others pay? Would you get any say in how it looks? Has he had a few quotes and shown you these?

    (if it is in a state and will be a big improvement I'd probably pay part)
  • AdmiralX
    AdmiralX Posts: 330 Forumite
    keystone wrote: »
    Whilst you are right in principle this one smells to me of the landlord in question blagging his neighbours to cough up for something that is probably totally his responsibility. To me that's tantamount to extortion however small the number is.

    Just sayin'

    Cheers
    II do not disagree with that, but the point here is to do the fence in agreement and put it right on the boundary and not an inch in or out. If it is done OK paying 60 it is fine. If you do not agree with difficult neighbour and do not pay them lol, she may put the posts inside your land and this is horror and headache. The posts are the important. I would say they should be concrete and sitting with good foundation, they last long.
    Just to let you all know, it's not the whole fence he's getting replaced it's just the rails & the posts I got it wrong. I spoke to another neighbour who's house is also affected & he's going to cough up some of the money to so I think I will also. I will however be asking for copies of the invoice & some kind of signed receipt to say I've paid him the money. Thanks to all who's replied some great advice cheers :-)

    A wise thing is to keep an eye that the posts are placed corectly, once the holes are dugs and set in concrete set they are set in stone and that is that.
    "I'll be back."
  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    Just to let you all know, it's not the whole fence he's getting replaced it's just the rails & the posts I got it wrong. I spoke to another neighbour who's house is also affected & he's going to cough up some of the money to so I think I will also. I will however be asking for copies of the invoice & some kind of signed receipt to say I've paid him the money. Thanks to all who's replied some great advice cheers :-)

    And get in writing that he will get put right any damage that the fencers do. Take photos before and after with fixed points in them so you can compare the before and after.

    When we replaced a fence, our neighbour marked a metre into his land with bamboo posts and string before we started. We were able to use that line to make sure the fence went back in exactly the same position. It was easier having the markers in his garden because we disturbed the land on our side and we weren't tripping over the markers while putting the fence up.
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