Garden Fence- might be asked to pay

sinizterguy

The last house in the row will probably have responsibility for both fences.

ajaxgeezer

titewad wrote: »

So if someone lives in a pair of isolated semi's,who's is the fence on the right??

........ presuming you mean the central boundary between the properties, it will (really should) be on the deeds. One of the houses will be responsible for an extra boundary.

never_enough

It is usually marked on your deeds, by a T sign I think. If you can find out from previous owners it would help. Or knock on a few doors & canvass neighbours, you may be able to work it out if you get 2 or 3 who say a certain way.

If they put a new fence up because it's their responsibility, or inside their boundary they can put one up to 6 ft at the back, there may be local restrictions about front fences. It does sound as if they want a tall fence....

As sav4it says you only get a say in it if you're contributing towards it.

There's a site that might help with advice, I think it's something like gardenlaw?

misgrace

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php


There you go, anything you ever need to know about garden issues, it has some great topics.:D

paddy's_mum

And as a member in good standing of gardenlaw, I can state that the maximum height of a fence in a domestic garden is two metres (approx 6'6"). You can erect higher with permission from your Local Authority but would need to apply, and pay for, planning permission.

It might be an idea to download your neighbour's deeds from the Land Registry website (it's about £5 a go) to see if there is any indication there as to the fence ownership.

never enough's idea of knocking a few doors is a good one as it can be surprising what people know and can tell you. Good luck with getting it sorted.

autismmum

fences : i have studied my deeds and there is no indication of which fence is actually mine, i recently repaired the fence on my right looking down the back garden from the house and now the left is damaged... my neighbour sais its his but is very slow to make repairs he has a bunny and i have two dogs!! i have done my best to shore it up but i am worried that my dogs might escape, we had offered to pay half a year ago, but still tere has been no action. anyone got any ideas can i ust replace the post and panel? or do they have any time periods to meet?

System

As a dog owner you have a responsibility to ensure that your dogs are safely contained. If the fence IS his then your only option at the moment, since he is non co-operative, is to put a fence on your land to prevent your dogs escaping.

(If the fence does belong to your neighbour then in reality he can pull the whole lot down if he wishes - there is no legal requirement to have a fence unless stated in the deeds or to contain animals. But you would then need to put your own fence up to contain the dogs)

autismmum

thanks thats a good idea!! i shall put a fence up 6 inches in from his.
splendid thinking !!

System

Be wary of him taking his fence down and claiming the extra few inches as his. Put your fence up tight to his, not 6 inches away

shelley_crow

I'm so glad this topic has been started, we are having a nightmare with our neighbours about the fencing.

We are HA tenants, and have lived in this house since 2005. The fence between us and our neighbour has been destroyed by their two dogs jumping up at it (they're not small dogs) and by their son playing football against it. When this happens you can see the whole fence flex under the pressure.

In 2007, they approached us and asked if they could insert one 3 foot panel. They said they would erect a wire structure on top of this so that their son could play football against it. We agreed, hoping that this measure would protect the rest. The three foot panel went in and they have done nothing to it since. Their dogs are constantly trying to get over the fence to our dog (who doesn't go near the fence, we have a gate further down the garden to stop him getting near). Their son still plays football against it. They turned really nasty and asked us when we were going to replace the whole lot, they seem to think it's ours.

The HA said they don't know whose the boundary is and i am loathe to replace it due to the fact of the cost and the likelihood it will be abused again. Also we are aiming to leave this house in two years to get away from aforesaid neighbours. If worst came to worst, could i replace the length of the fence with chicken wire? Our dog is contained without the boundary fence. x