Neighbour won't fix his fence

TBeckett100

My old neighbour delayed putting up a new fence so I changed my Wifi user name to 'fix the bl oody fence'

It was fixed by the weekend following.

Alter_ego

TBeckett100 wrote: »

My old neighbour delayed putting up a new fence so I changed my Wifi user name to 'fix the bl oody fence'

It was fixed by the weekend following.

Reminds me of when a neighbour changed his wifi user name to "Get your own wifi" Couple of days later another changed to "Set up your security then"

societys_child

martin.cat wrote: »

If the fence is shown as the neighbours responsibility then the council as owners will ultimately be responsible regardless of them having agreement with the tenants

I would write to the property owner remind them of their obligation giving them reasonable time to carry out work / discuss further.

What obligation would that be?
In the absence of a covenant there will be no obligation to maintain the fence, in the unlikely even there is such a covenant, unless it stated in what way the fence should be maintained, they could simply hang a bit of string between some small posts.

Also send them a quote stating that's what they will be charged unless they sort it

Then it simple they do the work or you do and bill them

So, a bit of harassment and demanding money . . .
Good luck with that!

Dan-Dan

martin.cat wrote: »

If the fence is shown as the neighbours responsibility then the council as owners will ultimately be responsible regardless of them having agreement with the tenants

I would write to the property owner remind them of their obligation giving them reasonable time to carry out work / discuss further. Also send them a quote stating that's what they will be charged unless they sort it

Then it simple they do the work or you do and bill them

The property owner being the council , and your going to `bill them` for the work?

Good luck with that

Ulfar

If the fence has fallen down and is lying in your garden there is nothing stopping you from returning it to its owner by dumping it back in their garden.

I have a neighbour who couldn't afford to maintain their fence line, so I have erected a six foot fence with concrete posts on my side of the boundary. In my case there can be no argument as to where the boundary is as the it is clearly defined on the deeds as the party wall line.

My neighbours are chuffed as they like the fence as it provides not only privacy for me but for them as well. No kids can see over it and if they were to try and climb it they would get very mucky indeed as I have treated the fence with creosote and used engine oil.

Your neighbours might not be so chuffed, but it would give you privacy.

I would check the deeds as you may find that it does place responsibility on the owner, if not and next door have a dog/kids then complain to the council off the multiple trespass and danger the dog poses. Bad publicity always helps.

Lord_Baltimore

Couldn't you fix their fence to avoid all the hoo-ha and potential for bad blood? I know it's theirs, I know it's not fair but, well, some things just aren't worth all the stress.

Freecall

What would Tony Soprano do in this situation?

Why is life so complex?

sniggings

societys_child wrote: »

unless it stated in what way the fence should be maintained, they could simply hang a bit of string between some small posts.

I would think the legal meaning/understanding of the word "maintain" is to a state it was originally in, so unless it started it's life with small posts and string, then that would not e classed as maintaining it.

societys_child

So you quoted my post where I said

unless it stated in what way the fence should be maintained, they could simply hang a bit of string between some small posts.

Which bit did you not understand?

Also:
"maintain means: to continue to have; to keep in existence"

You must maintain a fence does not necessarily mean it has to be maintained to any particular standard.

Ulfar

The deeds may indeed state that the owner of the property has to maintain a fence but the tenancy agreement would also have to have this clause to pass the obligation onto the tenant. Without seeing the tenancy agreement and the any covenants in the deed.

Even if it does the I would find it incredible if the deeds specify in what form the fence must take or in what condition. I may have missed it but the exact wording has not been posted. If it is like mine then it won't say fence but they are to maintain the boundary.

As others have stated they could put up two posts and hang string between them, that would count as a fence. It wouldn't serve any other use apart from marking the boundary.

Without the OP posting the exact terms of the covenant or the tenancy agreement it is difficult to advise further.

You would find it easier and cheaper to raise your own fence inside the boundary and then you can have a fence to your specifications, it may not be to the neighbors liking but that isn't your problem. You will also need to consider if next door has children or dogs the abuse the fence will be put under. In this circumstance to lower maintenance I wouldn't put up a solid fence but a chain link one with concrete posts. This way there is no benefit to children kicking a ball against it, something that may seem insignificant but is highly irritating and will eventually bring the most solid of fences down.

If the money was there I would go for a nine inch wall, 4 inch wide is too fragile for any abuse. For front garden 3 to 4 foot high, back garden 6 foot high.