New fence - wants me to pay for his bush removal

Doozergirl

You see someone destroying your fence, I see someone gifting you a new one. Is the glass half full or half empty?

If I'm honest, I think you might be being unreasonable now. It sounds like some strange matter of principle is more important than the practicality. Are you going to fall out for the forseeable future because he wants to pay for a new fence?

Dan-Dan

My neighbours fence is manky , i`ll be ripping it up and putting a new one in soon , and going by their behaviour so far , i think that`s what they are banking on

ey143

I'm trying my best not to. But where he puts up a fence on a small section if where we will want brick work in 6 months time, I don't want him giving issues. I've offered him to provide him with 12m of shading at my expense. I think that is also reasonable.

Mark_Mark

ey143 wrote: »

I'm trying my best not to. But where he puts up a fence on a small section if where we will want brick work in 6 months time, I don't want him giving issues. I've offered him to provide him with 12m of shading at my expense. I think that is also reasonable.

If the fence is right on the boundary, it doesn't mean you could automatically put a wall down the same line. If you start being an ar5e now he may insist all the footings remain on your side. This would mean any fence wouldn't be inline with your proposed wall.

ey143

So the suggestion is let him take my fence down whilst I am on holiday and out up whatever he feels and there's little I can do about it and not be able to take part of it down when I want to build a wall later. Great!

Mark_Mark

ey143 wrote: »

So the suggestion is let him take my fence down whilst I am on holiday and out up whatever he feels and there's little I can do about it and not be able to take part of it down when I want to build a wall later. Great!

Why would you need to take it down?

Just dig the trench for the strip footing along your side of the fence, fill with concrete and build the wall.

Doozergirl

ey143 wrote: »

So the suggestion is let him take my fence down whilst I am on holiday and out up whatever he feels and there's little I can do about it and not be able to take part of it down when I want to build a wall later. Great!

No it wasn't. You read want you wanted to read.

I suggested that you run a string boundary together before you go away so that it is agreed.

If you are happy with the fence as a boundary marker, let him run it shared across the line. If you are not happy with his fence, then he needs to run it on his own side of the boundary, then you can put a wall on your side.

Nobody owns the boundary and nobody has permission to cross the boundary with a fence or a wall, only if you both agree to it.

Both of you can put whatever you want there as long as noone is crossing the boundary.

Ripping out the existing fence only makes sense, but if you want to insist he puts the new fence adjacent to the existing fence then you can. He might be a bit peeved if the existing fence is broken and crossing the boundary

So, he has the right to put a wall,fence or bush on his side up to the boundary. You have the right and an obligation to put a fence/wall/bush up to the boundary. There can be two fences, two walls, two bushes or just one. You don't have the right to remove a fence, not on your land, to put up a wall.

The other fence is broken. Forget about it.

Prothet_of_Doom

DRP wrote: »

get a quote from another 2or3 sources and choose the cheapest with a decent few references from happy customers?

no reason to pay extra.

how will the bush damage the fence?

I have added a few extra word in Bold.

Our Neighbours cut down a blackthorn bush, and the fence fell down. The bush had been holding it up for years. £15 for a fence panel and it was sorted.