How to find out who is responsible for a fence

jrtfan

peachyprice wrote: »

And why would you want to pay out for a nice new fence and give the benefit of the 'pretty' side to a neighbour for free?

I agree completely - nobody would, in their right mind!

This might be a useful link, OP:

http://www.letsgogardening.co.uk/garden_law.htm

peachyprice

martinthebandit wrote: »

Because it's good manners.

Explain please where manner come in to it.

The neighbours would be getting a brand new fence at no cost. Why on earth would it be bad mannered to put the nicer side of the fence, that you paid for, on the side of your garden?

Putting the nicer side on the neighbours amounts to you paying for a new fence for your neighbours, they're getting the betterment at not outlay whatsoever.

Surely there aren't really people out there who believe their neighbours have bad manners by having the cheek to put up a new fence and not give them the best side? Or are there?

pinkshoes

Look at your deeds (or pay £3 to download them) and check the boundaries.

Are you responsible for the fence the other side of your garden?

DUTR

pinkshoes wrote: »

Look at your deeds (or pay £3 to download them) and check the boundaries.

Are you responsible for the fence the other side of your garden?

Not sure if you looked at the link that the other poster had posted, as it doesn't matter who is responsible for the fence, the other neighbour cannot come around and demand they fix it at cost.

As for the nice side of the fence, some are similar on both sides.

Davesnave

Don't bother with any of this.

Just tell your neighbour you've looked at the price of fences and decided a nice, green hedge of leylandii would be cheaper and far easier, maintenance-wise.

You'll probably find them replacing the fence quite soon; perhaps even by the end of next week.

Davesnave

DUTR wrote: »

As for the nice side of the fence, some are similar on both sides.

True. It's only cheapo, Larch Lap type fences which give options on which way they face.

No one erects a featherboard fence with the arris rails on the neighbour's/road side, where maintenance would be difficult and they'd allow footholds for climbing.

My personal preference is hit & miss fencing. No 'good' side and more wind permeability = less likely to fall over.

But nothing beats a good yew, beech or hornbeam hedge.

Mupette

peachyprice wrote: »

And why would you want to pay out for a nice new fence and give the benefit of the 'pretty' side to a neighbour for free?

in our case if we put the baton side neighbour side their little horrors would be climbing it, they use it for acrobats on the trampoline as it is

jrtfan

I'm just annoyed at ourselves for having let the workmen erect the fence with the good side to the neighbour's garden! Then again, I think we were away on holiday at the time and somebody else let them in for us... Oh well, whatever!

Lunar_Eclipse

Counting_Pennies wrote: »

My understanding is it is the left hand side that is your responsibility. Or it was in a previous house I owned.

Yes, I believe that is often the case and how all our houses have been up until our current house (actually our current deeds show a LH typical ownership but historically, that is not what the inhabitants have done in practice: weird!)

Fence ownership is on the documentation you get when you buy a house, as per land registry documentation.

If you don't have that or are renting, I think the Land Registry is a good starting point.

Davesnave

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

Fence ownership is on the documentation you get when you buy a house, as per land registry documentation.
.

In the real world, as stated in a previous post, it rarely is.