Fence replacement - council house neighbours

p00hsticks

uknick wrote: »

What's the "good side" of a fence? The slats up or down question?

The side without the posts showing (assuming the fence is of the type shown in post #10)

Chanes

Boundary lines rarely contain details of an owner of a fence, a T gives the owner (as mentioned); fencelines they are usually agreed between the neighbours and those details get lost as one or both move away. I'm sure if you chat and tell them you don't mind paying for a new fenceline they couldn't mind? We did that and paid for a fenceline just to get along rather than cause friction.

PasturesNew

I'd find out who they thought owned the fence. If they did, then I'd just fit my own fence up against it, on my land, so I knew it was mine. I'd not "replace" theirs. Leave theirs, fit your own.

Billy_Bullocks

Chanes wrote: »

Boundary lines rarely contain details of an owner of a fence, a T gives the owner (as mentioned); fencelines they are usually agreed between the neighbours and those details get lost as one or both move away. I'm sure if you chat and tell them you don't mind paying for a new fenceline they couldn't mind? We did that and paid for a fenceline just to get along rather than cause friction.

Doesn't the T indicate who is responsible for maintaining the boundary?

Mojisola

Billy_Bullocks wrote: »

Doesn't the T indicate who is responsible for maintaining the boundary?

The boundary can be 'maintained' by a few bamboo canes and a length of string.

You don't have to put up and maintain a fence just because the boundary is 'yours'.

carlislelass

Our council say if facing your house fences on left hand side are yours

EssexExile

No one is going to complain if you take down a tatty fence & put up a good one. Just speak to your neighbours to make sure their idea of a good fence matches yours.

nickcc

Our deeds show the fence to our left looking away from the house as ours. Many newer houses have shared fences.

Mojisola

carlislelass wrote: »

Our council say if facing your house fences on left hand side are yours

That may be right for your particular houses but won't be for others.

uknick

nickcc wrote: »

Our deeds show the fence to our left looking away from the house as ours. Many newer houses have shared fences.

I'm surprised by the idea of shared fences. Maintaining a fence seems to be a big enough problem when only one person has to pay to maintain it. I can see real problems trying to get both parties to agree to spend money on them.