Which side of the garden fence is my responsibility

fluffymuffy

The Ministry of Works used to specify that the hot tap was to be further away than the cold tap (so you didn't burn yourself). Not "on the left" not "on the right".

Errata

fluffymuffy wrote: »

The Ministry of Works used to specify that the hot tap was to be further away than the cold tap (so you didn't burn yourself). Not "on the left" not "on the right".

Did it? Further away from what?

zzzLazyDaisy

macman wrote: »

But there is no obligation to maintain a fence, or provide one in the first place. If the OP wants a decent fence on the left, then their only remedy (without the errant LL's agreement) is to provide a fence themselves, entirely inside their boundary.
The only requirement for the LL to maintain or replace a fence would be if it were potentially dangerous, and that would be for the OP to prove in a civil case.

This ^^^^

OP there is no requirement at all to erect or provide a fence. There may be a requirement to maintain a boundary, if so this will be in the deeds, but that may be as simple as having posts with wire along them. If there is a fence, the person who erected it must ensure that it is not in a dangerous condition, but that may involve removing the offending fence (you'd have a duty to notify the absent LL that the fence was dangerous before taking any further steps, such as court action).

What a householder does have a responsibility for, is to ensure that their children or livestock (or dogs) do not stray onto a neighbours property, so in that case, they may need to erect some sort of fence to stop the children or animals from straying, but that could be achieved by wire netting.

fluffymuffy

Errata wrote: »

Did it? Further away from what?

Further away from the user. So a bath in an army house, for example, had the hot tap on whichever side was furthest away from the user.

backchat

sarah_id1 wrote: »

Hi

Fence on both the sides of my garden needs attention. I can fix one on my right is thats the convention. Unfortunately the property on my left is empty and sort of abandoned. If the owner is not interested to fix it what are my options! I dont want to be spending to fix both the side on my own.

Sarah

I worked for a number of years on a farm and the solution that farmers use is if the wire or lats are on your side then the fence is yours. When you put a new fence up the posts are always on the neighbours side. So if the bare posts are at your side then the fence is not yours.

MrsE_2

fluffymuffy wrote: »

Further away from the user. So a bath in an army house, for example, had the hot tap on whichever side was furthest away from the user.

What if its a sink & you stand square in front of it?

Avoriaz

fluffymuffy wrote: »

The Ministry of Works used to specify that the hot tap was to be further away than the cold tap (so you didn't burn yourself). Not "on the left" not "on the right".

The Ministry of Works?

Were they next door to the Ministry of Silly Walks?

anotherbaldrick

Avoriaz wrote: »

The Ministry of Works?

Were they next door to the Ministry of Silly Walks?

No next door to the Ministry of De Fence !