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How to find out who owns fence at property
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My mum's fence came down in the winter (she's 89 & we are managing her affairs. We discussed with the neighbour, who didn't know, and just agreed to share the cost 50/50. It was easier than getting into a dispute.
If only more people used common sense, seems a dying trait these days.It's someone else's fault.0 -
Have I misunderstood something? I thought you were a tenant, not the LL? In which case, as someone else said, it's not your problem.
However when the dividing wall between my own and the neighbouring property fell down, it was impossible to find out who was responsible as the house was divided into flats and I couldn't get any info from anyone. I ended up just paying someone to erect a wooden fence around my portion of the garden, as this was a lot less hassle. Only cost about £200 as I recall, which was worth it for not having the grief of getting into a drawn-out dispute with neighbours.0 -
If you wanted to find who legally owns the fence on a boundary (and the land registry/previous owners couldn't help), the expensive way would be to hire a solicitor and/or surveyor.
Cheapest option (assuming you are the property owner), make a written agreement with the adjoining property owner and just put up the fence and get on with your life. Life's too short for neighbour disputes.0 -
We just had a fence blow down a few months ago and we just split the cost between us and our neighbours. A lot less hassle and as far as I can remember was about £200-£250 each person for 6ft panels with concrete posts in between.0
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IMHO the person who cares is the person responsible for a fence.
If the neighbour isn't bothered, and won't fix it, then it won't get fixed..0 -
nomoneytoday wrote: »IMHO the person who cares is the person responsible for a fence.
If the neighbour isn't bothered, and won't fix it, then it won't get fixed..
Except this is not the case. It will depend on what the deeds say if it is on the boundary line, if it is one side or other of the boundary it belongs to the person whose property it is on.
When I put up fencing, I put it inside of my boundary, I did this because the shared fence on the boundary is the responsibility of the neighbours. When it fell down the first time they bodged the job of putting it back up, it then fell down a second time.
By putting up my own fence inside the boundary not only did I do a proper job but there can be no objection from next door as to how it has been done. I have made sure it is under the 2 meters mark to comply with the rules on fencing.
It also averts any potential conflict should I want to sell and looks nicer than having a half fallen down, ratty fence that next door couldn't give two hoots about.0 -
You have proved my point.. you care about your boundary and therefore fixed the issue
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Except this is not the case. It will depend on what the deeds say if it is on the boundary line, if it is one side or other of the boundary it belongs to the person whose property it is on.
When I put up fencing, I put it inside of my boundary, I did this because the shared fence on the boundary is the responsibility of the neighbours. When it fell down the first time they bodged the job of putting it back up, it then fell down a second time.
By putting up my own fence inside the boundary not only did I do a proper job but there can be no objection from next door as to how it has been done. I have made sure it is under the 2 meters mark to comply with the rules on fencing.
It also averts any potential conflict should I want to sell and looks nicer than having a half fallen down, ratty fence that next door couldn't give two hoots about.
I have read somewhere that doing this means your neighbour by virtue of time lapsed will eventually `own` the bit of land you have left on his side?Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.0 -
I have read somewhere that doing this means your neighbour by virtue of time lapsed will eventually `own` the bit of land you have left on his side?
was just thinking the same thing. you have given you neighbour unrestricted access to this small strip of land and removed your own access to it. As time passes this will become the defacto boundary0
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