Fence dispute

fed_up_and_stressed

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Though there is the snag in your case that the land their fence is on is your land - and not their land.

That may, or may not, matter to you - as you may or may not want that bit of your land back at some point.

Nah it will only be a matter of inches. My relationship with my neighbours is more important in the grand scheme of things (and luckily the boundary and fence responsibility is clearly defined anyway on the deeds) also even if I did sell I would make clear what has happened on the property information pack.

DoaM

Beat me to it.

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Penitent wrote: »

I'm guessing you had the thread open while they were typing their reply and it only appeared once you posted? The Thanks button is hidden when this happens (no idea why). Hit refresh and the button should appear.

That was it! Thanks

Miss_Samantha

fed_up_and_stressed wrote: »

I want to replace a horrible old concrete fence that is too low considering I have dogs. That sits on my boundary. I checked the deeds and it is my responsibility

If their fence sits on their land then it is not your responsibility and you have no right to touch it.

fed_up_and_stressed

Miss_Samantha wrote: »

If their fence sits on their land then it is not your responsibility and you have no right to touch it.

I have previously stated in the thread I have no intention of touching the fence (which isn't on their land, it is on our joint boundary) as I am clearly aware the fence is their property even though the boundary should be my responsibility as per deeds, hence why I am placing a fence near it on my land I have no intention on removing it or touching it. The entire tea and cake conversation was entirely to ascertain who owned the fence not who was responsible for the boundary. I thought I had made that perfectly clear. I am sorry if you didn't understand that.

My entire post was to illustrate to the OP the differences between responsibility per deeds to actually owning a boundary fence. Not to query my own situation.

wantonnoodle

Check the property information form that you received when you bought the house. In the absence of anything in the deeds, this will tell you who's responsible for what. Our PIF told us that all boundary fences with the exception of that adjoining the road are shared responsibility, and of course, the one adjoining the road is 100% our responsibility.