Fence Panel - Police!

Mark_Mark

Dan-Dan wrote: »

I understand that , my issue is , what do i commit to , if i commit to two new panels at the bottom , i commit to probably/potentially and going by neighbours recent history , defintely ending up sorting each bit of the fence out as it fails OR i commit £££££££ to a whole new boundary , which whilst i`m at it , gifts my nieghbour 3 inches (or more) of my land the minute they take their fence down , which they surley will if i install a beautiful brand new bad boy!

Well it looks like you've both dug your heels in so therefore it won't be sorted anytime soon.

Dan-Dan

one section would be a straight install , slot it into the concete posts , the other , at the back end , is not a standard size panel and would need to be nailed or whatever , once shortened to the back post

Dan-Dan

Mark_Mark wrote: »

Well it looks like you've both dug your heels in so therefore it won't be sorted anytime soon.

Maybe , but you can see my point , surely , if i commit to a new boundary or their fence , i then know for sure i have three fence boundarys to maintain going forward

Mark_Mark

Dan-Dan wrote: »

Maybe , but you can see my point , surely , if i commit to a new boundary or their fence , i then know for sure i have three fence boundarys to maintain going forward

Well at the moment there's no point maintaining the other two for security.

Dan-Dan

fair comment

Dan-Dan

Mojisola wrote: »

Two new panels and a letter to the neighbours saying that you have paid for the panels to secure your garden but are not making any claim to the boundary - the fence (including the two new panels) is still fully in their ownership.

Thanks , looks like this might have to be the way forward as my house is important than a petty squabble

JimmyTheWig

Dan-Dan wrote: »

Maybe , but you can see my point , surely , if i commit to a new boundary or their fence , i then know for sure i have three fence boundarys to maintain going forward

I think, unfortunately, that there's nothing else you can do.
It doesn't look like your neighbour is going to do anything about their boundary. And it is not realistic to be able to force them to do so in court.
So, whether you like it or not, you have three boundaries to maintain going forward.

I believe that if you own the fence then it is your responsibility to ensure that the fence is safe - e.g. if it blows down in the wind and damages your neighbours property it is your insurance that will need to foot the bill rather than theirs. But it's not your boundary to maintain, so you can pull the fence down at any time you choose and have no further obligations.

Your choices are
1. Leave it as it is.
2. Put up a fence on your side of the boundary.
3. Put up a few panels on the boundary. And maybe a few more in years to come.

3 sounds like a better option than 2.
Again this is only from what I believe, but I believe that if you put up a fence on the boundary belonging to your neighbour then your neighbour is allowed to take it down again. So best that you get them to agree to it first!

I think I'd be tempted to say that a mate of yours had a couple of spare panels and ask your neighbour to give you a hand putting them up...

securityman

I don't think you need a fence to mark the boundary as per the deeds, it could be a row of rocks and if you have a dog, you could be made to put a fence up.

Dan-Dan

The deeds specify a fence to be maintained but as i have mentioned 76534 times i dont expect to be able to enforce it and on that subject who is going to `make `me put a fence up on their boundary, the Police......?

JimmyTheWig

One other point that I don't think anyone's mentioned yet...

I don't think you need a fence on the boundary.