Who is responsible for broken fence?

Rodney_Trotter

diable wrote: »

I always thought the fence to the North and to the East of your property was your responsibility, you could tell years back before panel fences as the "ugly" side was in your garden and the "nice" side went towards your neighbours that was your fence.

Old wives tales.

DRP

diable wrote: »

I always thought the fence to the North and to the East of your property was your responsibility, you could tell years back before panel fences as the "ugly" side was in your garden and the "nice" side went towards your neighbours that was your fence.

Fence posts.

Whoever built it would have put the posts on the other side. Unless they are in the middle of course...:)

pimento

If I were paying for the fence, I'd want the nice side facing me. If the neighbour wants nice, he can pay for it.

Niv

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Well legally speaking it's your neighbours fence if previous occupants put it up. However if they have paperwork saying it's your fence then maybe it is.

The best solution will be a compromise with the neighbour. Or call the police.

Are you sure your not Dan-Dan's neighbour?

cyclonebri1

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, 1 page in and we are talking litigation??

Calm down and step back.

A fence has been blown over/away?, big deal, that's what happens to all fences eventually.

The issue here is quiet simple. The house holder or you owns the responsibility of the boundary, the LINE is yours or thier's.

Do they or you have to have a physical boundary?, a fence? a hedge?. a wall?:A

No, you and they don't/.
The boundary is simply a notional line that separates properties, the deed state who has the right to put a fence up to the boundary line, it does not infer a responsibility.

SailorSam

Going back years now i put the fence up, there was a scruffy privit hedge there. Don't know who really owned it but it was little old lady next door who died long ago. The fence is now getting tatty and rotting, i've cresoted it numerous times but next door never do their side. I begrudge buying new panels if my neighbour doesn't help maintain it by painting his side now and again so last year planted small shrubs and in a few years should have a hedge again.
My other neighbour started talking a couple of years back about renewing a fence and i said straight away we'd go halves. Seems the sensible solution.

cyclonebri1

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

Whoa whoa whoa whoa, 1 page in and we are talking litigation??

Calm down and step back.

A fence has been blown over/away?, big deal, that's what happens to all fences eventually.

The issue here is quiet simple. The house holder or you owns the responsibility of the boundary, the LINE is yours or thier's.

Do they or you have to have a physical boundary?, a fence? a hedge?. a wall?:A

No, you and they don't/.
The boundary is simply a notional line that separates properties, the deed state who has the right to put a fence up to the boundary line, it does not infer a responsibility.

I think I omitted the important part of that post,

No one is responsible for keeping a fence intact unless stated within the deeds that there has to be 1,
If you have issues simply erect your own on your side of the boundary

If the fence falls on your side you need to photograph it. Then quickly dump it back on the neighbors land

Dan-Dan

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

unless stated within the deeds that there has to be 1,

as mine do , and my neighbours (not that i`m going to spend ££££££££££££££££ paying a solicitor to try to get my neighbours to do it)

diable

Rodney_Trotter wrote: »

Old wives tales.

Is it, hmmmm my neighbour tried that with me then I reminded him that the previous neighbour was annoyed by the low fence and built the 90 foot wall in their own garden so it was their wall to maintain.

Rodney_Trotter

diable wrote: »

Is it, hmmmm my neighbour tried that with me then I reminded him that the previous neighbour was annoyed by the low fence and built the 90 foot wall in their own garden so it was their wall to maintain.

Why quote me and talk about a wall.