Fences and Neighbours

kimbyanne

I was wondering, if I wanted to replace our boundary fence which separates us from our neighbours (according to the deeds, its our fence), is there any enforceable law to say they have to get the "good" side?

We would be paying for the fence to replaced, it doesn't "need" replacing, its just a very poor quality fence and is already starting to warp outwards. A new fence would give us much more privacy as well as currently, they are 3/4 fences with trellis.

I have mentioned that we are replacing the fence and they are fine with it, but we would want the "good" side facing us. After googling, it doesn't seem like its a law to have the "good" side facing the neighbours and the fencing contractor has said that we can have either side we want as its our fence and we are paying for it.

Is this right?

rach_k

You can have whichever side you want facing out. You can paint it purple with pink spots if you want.

quidsy

No law at all & they are taking the "p" asking imo

Alter_ego

quidsy wrote: »

No law at all & they are taking the "p" asking imo

I read the OP differently, neighbour is fine with it. Only OP is in doubt.

G_M

Correct.

However it is good practice, and generally accepted, that the posts (your posts) should be on your side of the fence.

Bear in mind you must not cross the boundary onto your neighbours land, so the posts will need to be on the boundary line with the panels themselves on your side of the boundary rather than on the boundary itself.

Unless you use panels that don't overlap the posts of course.

kimbyanne

Alter_ego wrote: »

I read the OP differently, neighbour is fine with it. Only OP is in doubt.

Yes, sorry - they haven't asked for the good side. We have mentioned we want to replace the fence and they were fine with it. I haven't said anything to them about which way around the fence would go. At the moment, its that poor quality equally ugly each side type fence and we are planning to replace it with a good quality "lap panel fence", I think it is called.

I just wanted to check as I know it was the done thing to give the neighbours the good side, but seemingly not so anymore.

kimbyanne

G_M wrote: »

Correct.

However it is good practice, and generally accepted, that the posts (your posts) should be on your side of the fence.

Bear in mind you must not cross the boundary onto your neighbours land, so the posts will need to be on the boundary line with the panels themselves on your side of the boundary rather than on the boundary itself.

Unless you use panels that don't overlap the posts of course.

Well the fence panels slot in between concrete posts, does that make a difference?

jjlandlord

G_M wrote: »

Bear in mind you must not cross the boundary onto your neighbours land, so the posts will need to be on the boundary line with the panels themselves on your side of the boundary rather than on the boundary itself.

Well, everything, including the posts, should be on the owner's side.

onlyroz

If you get a fence with concrete posts and panels that slot in then there won't be a "good" and a "bad" side. Our back fence, which we paid for, looks the same on both sides.

pimento

The fence's right or good side will lap towards you and the wrong side will lap away from you (assuming we're talking horizontal laps).

I own my fence and as I pay for the panels as they go, I get to look at the nice side.

kimbyanne

Thanks, just checked and we are getting "closed board" fencing. If it just slides between the concrete posts, surely whether it faces in or out, its within our boundary?