FENCING & BOUNDARIES: can he do that??

Norman_Castle

Explain you left space between the fence and boundary wall to give access to your fence.

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/boundary-problems/fences.html#Your%20neighbour%27s%20fence

shellyl

UPDATE!
We went round to speak to him nicely. He acknowledged that he should have spoken to us before fixing things to our fence. Believe me, it is an ugly bit of trellis, rather than decorative. He has put it there because he was worried about intruders to his garden. I told him that 2m is the legal height limit without planning permission but he disagrees, he thinks you can have a 2m fence with trellis on top of that. I explained that we want to be able to lift our fence panels out for maintenance and he agreed to un-fix it from our fence, and we conceded that it can stay, as long as it isn't fixed to our fence. He also agreed not to lean anything against it. The boundary isn't an issue, really. We put our fence up knowing we were losing a few inches of space behind it. So, I have put a card through his door saying thank you for agreeing to remove anything that is attached to / leaning against our wall, and we are very grateful. Now we just have to see if he does what he's promised!

somethingcorporate

shellyl wrote: »

UPDATE!
We went round to speak to him nicely. He acknowledged that he should have spoken to us before fixing things to our fence. Believe me, it is an ugly bit of trellis, rather than decorative. He has put it there because he was worried about intruders to his garden. I told him that 2m is the legal height limit without planning permission but he disagrees, he thinks you can have a 2m fence with trellis on top of that. I explained that we want to be able to lift our fence panels out for maintenance and he agreed to un-fix it from our fence, and we conceded that it can stay, as long as it isn't fixed to our fence. He also agreed not to lean anything against it. The boundary isn't an issue, really. We put our fence up knowing we were losing a few inches of space behind it. So, I have put a card through his door saying thank you for agreeing to remove anything that is attached to / leaning against our wall, and we are very grateful. Now we just have to see if he does what he's promised!

Well done, a sensible approach and a sensible result.

steeeb

I'm glad sense prevailed on both parts.

Too many stories that then end up in hostilities just because people can't talk any more.