Neighbour won't fix his fence

Alter_ego

societys_child wrote:

"maintain means: to continue to have; to keep in existence"
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Nobody saw it that way when I used to maintain aircraft!

sniggings

societys_child wrote: »

So you quoted my post where I said
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.

what part did you not understand...maintain in law means to the standard it was in, not as you think to some made up standard with string.

Skag

olgadapolga wrote: »

I had this problem at my last home. Neighbour refused to do anything about it. I downloaded a copy of the "Tenants Guide" for the housing association and discovered that as the tenants lived next to a privately-owned property then the housing association were responsible for replacing/repairing the fence.

Took this information to the neighbours, along with a copy of the deeds showing that the boundary was not mine to maintain so that they, as the tenants, could deal with the HA (thought that they would prefer this rather than my getting involved). Got exactly nowhere so I wrote to the chief executive of the HA. Result? A new fence and unhappy neighbours (not that I cared about the neighbours as they were particularly unpleasant people but I did care about keeping them, their kids and dogs the other side of the fence)

I don't think that council houses are the same as from the housing association.
The only info I've found so far is here that doesn't state anything about the exterior of the house.
https://www.gov.uk/council-housing/repairs-and-maintenance

Also, can you share this "tenants guide" document?