Fence ,gates and bad neighbour

Head_The_Ball

thescouselander wrote: »

Why not simply take the gates down and leave a gap as there's no compulsion to have any fence at all.

They'll probably ask you to put the gates back in the end once they realise they've made their position worse.

The OP will be making his own position far worse than he will be worsening that of the Industrial Estate.

Anyone could then wander into his garden from the IE.

thescouselander

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

The OP will be making his own position far worse than he will be worsening that of the Industrial Estate.

Anyone could then wander into his garden from the IE.

Yes but this will only be for the short term while they try to get the industrial estate to back down.

Head_The_Ball

thescouselander wrote: »

Yes but this will only be for the short term while they try to get the industrial estate to back down.

Possibly but why aggravate people unnecessarily?

The OP has made the odd decision to install gates when it would have been easier and cheaper to install fence panels that can easily be removed in the event that access via the IE is required.

The IE estate manager has made the not unreasonable request asking that the gates be removed.

If the OP aggravates the estate manager, he may find any future possible request for access via the IE is refused.

thescouselander

Head_The_Ball wrote: »

Possibly but why aggravate people unnecessarily?

The OP has made the odd decision to install gates when it would have been easier and cheaper to install fence panels that can easily be removed in the event that access via the IE is required.

The IE estate manager has made the not unreasonable request asking that the gates be removed.

If the OP aggravates the estate manager, he may find any future possible request for access via the IE is refused.

But what I'm suggesting is exactly what the estate manager has asked for - removal of the gates. Nothing more and nothing less.

Head_The_Ball

thescouselander wrote: »

But what I'm suggesting is exactly what the estate manager has asked for - removal of the gates. Nothing more and nothing less.

True

But you know that isn't what the estate manager wants.

27cool

It seems very strange that an industrial estate relies on the fence of a private house for their security. Surely they should have their own chain link or other serious type of fence.
Perhaps I'm missing something here.

mishkanorman

If the boundary is your responsibility then he as no say over what you chose to use as a boundary marker, whilst a gate would infer you intend to access the land at some point the only way he could prevent that is by installing a fence the Industrial estate side of the boundary.

IMHO the request isnt unreasonable, perhaps just the way it was conveyed. They can ask, not demand !

DRP

TheCyclingProgrammer wrote: »

What if they decided to remove the fence entirely?

I agree with the consensus that adding a gate to a fence that you have no desire to use on a regular basis, or that would only open onto private property, seems a bit pointless.

But it is what it is - unless OP is actually trespassing on the neighbours property and they have evidence of this then as far as I can tell they have no right to demand the gate be removed as its not on their property.

Equally, there is nothing stopping their neighbour from doing something to obstruct the gateway from their side of the fence so long as they don't encroach on OPs property. If preventing access to their property along their shared boundaries is so important to them, then why don't *they* erect a fence?

27cool wrote: »

It seems very strange that an industrial estate relies on the fence of a private house for their security. Surely they should have their own chain link or other serious type of fence.
Perhaps I'm missing something here.

Agree with the above.

I probably wouldn't reply and wouldn't change anything.

Obviously, be sensible - keep a lock on the gate and don't be using it for access (much) etc


If they do get all legal, then maybe think about changing things.

patman99

2 concrete posts and an easy to remove 3ftx6ft fence panel.
Complies with the IE manager's requests and still allows easy access when needed.