Hedge and fence issues?

DRP

loveka wrote: »

I have just posted a similar thread, so I feel your pain.

My neighbour is a arrogant bully. Sounds like yours is too.

If I were you I would try to find the money for a fence somehow. In our back garden we have planted a row of willow and some bamboo (£175) and have ordered a 6 foot wide but only 3 foot deep (£275) shed to put along the boundary to give us some privacy from them. This might be a short term solution for you in till you can afford a fence? You can plant bamboo now, but not willow. Winter Joy is a great variety, as it keeps its leaves in winter, and is clump forming so non invasive. £44 per plant, they come 5 foot high and will get taller.

Ours have built an extension with plate glass all across what was their garden, so that is what we are trying to screen. He doesnt want any sort of fence or curtains , just wants us to sit in our garden watching him eat his dinner in his house, lying on his sofa watching telly , we can see it all! To get him to build a fence/ let us do it will involve going to court in our case, as our deeds don't say who is responsible for the boundary.

Read the land registry guide to fences. It is very clear and informative, although I am still a bit confused about our case!

Surely you can put your own fence 1cm your side of the boundary?

tiredoflife

Gosh Loveka, you poor thing, that really does sound horrible. How was the extension passed? I really hope you get it sorted. Keep us updated.
Yes, we will try and get some fencing sorted, thanks for the info. Id love to be able to afford an already established hedge just for the look on their faces!

Husband is on the phone to the land registry at the moment to try and find out about boundaries.

You have all bee very supportive. I have read so many articles about neighbours being unreasonable and I guess never really understood how crap it can make you feel. Its the "An Englishman's home is his castle" scenario.

loveka

DRP wrote: »

Surely you can put your own fence 1cm your side of the boundary?

No, sadly we can't as our garden is rented from a farmer on a peppercorn basis(house is owned) due to very complicated and long established reasons! We are not allowed a fence, owners of the land could put one up but won't. They are taking him to court to make him put a fence up as he took one down. But it will take years I would imagine.

The owner of our garden doesn't enforce rules, but if we put a fence up the neighbour would take it down knowing we would have no recourse as we are not legally allowed one!

loveka

tiredoflife wrote: »

Gosh Loveka, you poor thing, that really does sound horrible. How was the extension passed? I really hope you get it sorted. Keep us updated.
Yes, we will try and get some fencing sorted, thanks for the info. Id love to be able to afford an already established hedge just for the look on their faces!

Husband is on the phone to the land registry at the moment to try and find out about boundaries.

You have all bee very supportive. I have read so many articles about neighbours being unreasonable and I guess never really understood how crap it can make you feel. Its the "An Englishman's home is his castle" scenario.

Thanks, yes it's awful. No one knows how it got through, it was under permitted development and it is allowed to build up to a boundary. It's just a bit odd to build over your whole garden like that.

It is very distressing for you, it is not just a hedge, it is the disrespect that feels so unfair. Get a fence up asap, it will make you feel so much better. We have had to spend a lot of money we couldn't afford trying to block the bully next door out, and I have ended up on antidepressants due to how he has treated us. So nip this in the bud as soon as you can.

Norman_Castle

loveka wrote: »

The owner of our garden doesn't enforce rules, but if we put a fence up the neighbour would take it down knowing we would have no recourse as we are not legally allowed one!

Could you put a screen up? Hessian between poles or willow. Diy, "artistic" garden sculpture? Presumably it wouldn't need to cover the entire boundary. The neighbor can complain but has no right to remove a fence or screen on your garden.

loveka

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Could you put a screen up? Hessian between poles or willow. Diy, "artistic" garden sculpture? Presumably it wouldn't need to cover the entire boundary. The neighbor can complain but has no right to remove a fence or screen on your garden.

Yes, we have put willow and bamboo and are putting a shed. It is specifically a fence that is not allowed. Mad I know!

cyclonebri1

tiredoflife wrote: »

I have lived in my house for 13 years, our neighbours around 8 years.

We have a 70ft garden with a hedge that runs along our gardens. Its about 2m high and we have never had any issues with it and maintain it well. Fast forward to last night and the neighbour comes over to say on Monday he has men and diggers coming over to take down the entire hedge! He isn't going to put a fence up, but we can if we want. He has two bull dogs, I have a 2 year old daughter, and potentially and open plan garden. He clearly thinks this is OK. I'm shocked at his total lack of respect for us.

Questions are, the hedge appears to be on his land, but I don't know if this means it is on his boundary? Any way I can check easily?

Can they just cut down such a massive hedge? Do the council need to be informed?

Can he refuse to not put a fence up? Surely his dogs cant just come into our garden? The combination of dog poo and a toddler fills be with horror.

Any advice gratefully received.

OK
Whilst it's not your problem it actually is if you get my drift.

The dogs are your neighbours responsibility, and it's a considerable responsibility.

They have to control and contain them.
If they have done what you said then the first time you see a "dangerous dog", clue, in the garden, contact the local police. No not the council, the police.

It's too serious to become a neighbour issue, anyone who thinks they can keep bulldogs without total constraint is a total liability within the community, reporting them, TO THE POLICE will do everyone a favour.

Mojisola

There's no need for a smart fence - just something that will let you feel safe in your garden.

A row of pallets will do the job.

LottieLou

tired of life I feel your pain completely!! We are going through something very similar now. Our neighbour removed the fence for her extension foundations (fair enough) but that was a good while ago now and still have an open garden. We have massively fallen out & it seems as though she has no plans to replace them she also has a dog, I don't know what breed but a pretty scary one that constantly barks!

In your position there would be no way I would buy fencing. I would politely let them know you will call the police if their dog shows aggression or comes into your garden. Be with your daughter at all times in the garden for now.

In the meantime I would get some barbed wire stuff (not the ones with spikes in) and put it across the boundary so at least the dog has to jump over. I can't help but feel they are doing this on purpose to you