Neighbour fence

Ronak_Dave

Hi Everyone,

I am a new homeowner and bought my house last year. My neighbour fence was falling down 4 months before so I ask my neighbour to repair it after a week. He said he is renting in this property and he already inform his agency. After one and half month, I ask again for the progress and he said landlord waiting for quotes to repair it. Ater two and half month I ask him again for the progress and he said landlord got two quotes from different companies to replace the full fence. It is four months now and it does not look like he or his agency or his landlord is too promising to replace it. We have train track behind our garden and we have a fence to prevent any animal or nuisance to enter into our garden or access our property. But our neighbours don't have any prevention to not get access the garden. Summer is just out there and I also would like to enjoy BBQ and invite our friends in summer to enjoy but without privacy it not look great to invite them. Also not good for our privacy as well.

Now I am not sure what next I can do, so my neighbour landlord repair his fence? Any help, please?

PasturesNew

Nobody HAS to have a fence, or fix the fence they have.

If you want a fence, get your own fence.

That's how it works.

You get your own fence NOT by removing his and putting your fence up, but putting up an additional fence that's yours.

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Ronak_Dave wrote: »

Hi Everyone,

I am a new homeowner and bought my house last year. My neighbour fence was falling down 4 months before so I ask my neighbour to repair it after a week. He said he is renting in this property and he already inform his agency. After one and half month, I ask again for the progress and he said landlord waiting for quotes to repair it. Ater two and half month I ask him again for the progress and he said landlord got two quotes from different companies to replace the full fence. It is four months now and it does not look like he or his agency or his landlord is too promising to replace it. We have train track behind our garden and we have a fence to prevent any animal or nuisance to enter into our garden or access our property. But our neighbours don't have any prevention to not get access the garden. Summer is just out there and I also would like to enjoy BBQ and invite our friends in summer to enjoy but without privacy it not look great to invite them. Also not good for our privacy as well.

Now I am not sure what next I can do, so my neighbour landlord repair his fence? Any help, please?

I presume this is the fence between your garden and his?

He doesn't have to repair his fence unless it is causing you a danger, ie, might fall on you. He can fix this, if he wishes, by removing the fence completely. There's nothing forcing people to have a fence.

You can however erect your own fence, entirely on your own land, next to his fence.

McKneff

You coud buy and erect a fence on your own land. The land lord doesnt have to erect a fence, why not offer to pay half so you will have some say in whet kind of fence, how high etc

Slinky

Unfortunately there usually is no obligation on the part or a property owner to erect and maintain a fence, unless you can find something in the property title which commits him to doing so.

As the property owner doesn't live there, there's little you can do to encourage him to repair the fence as he doesn't get the benefit from it himself.

Whilst it may be expensive, if the landlord won't put up a fence, you may end up having to pay to put one on your side of the boundary if you really want a fence.

Ronak_Dave

Thank you, Everyone. Do I have to write any letter to notify him that I am put up my own fence on my own side and that is my property, just to prevent him to think those are his fence in future if he sells his property? Any draft letter would appreciate. What if his fence damages my fence in future? Thank you

Slinky

Ronak_Dave wrote: »

Thank you, Everyone. Do I have to write any letter to notify him that I am put up my own fence on my own side and that is my property, just to prevent him to think those are his fence in future if he sells his property? Any draft letter would appreciate. What if his fence damages my fence in future? Thank you

No you don't need to write a letter. Just make sure you keep all the receipts for the work done. You could also take some photos of how it is now, and during the time the new fence is being put up showing people working on your side of the boundary, in case there is any dispute later.

Ronak_Dave

Penitent wrote: »

I agree with the all of the above. If it's important for you to have a fence, put up a fence. One of our neighbours didn't repair/replace theirs. We got fed up of feeling like we were sharing a garden, so we put one up ourselves.

As an aside, please stop pestering the tenants, as they have no power over this situation. If you need to discuss the fence with someone, discuss it with their landlord.

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They are the only source of information. I don't have anything about their landlord or about their agency. I have good relation with them and I assume tenants have more power than the neighbour as they pay rent for the service what they deserve to get. If tenants want landlord should repair and replace any faulty stuff in the property.

Mojisola

Ronak_Dave wrote: »

Do I have to write any letter to notify him that I am put up my own fence on my own side and that is my property, just to prevent him to think those are his fence in future if he sells his property?

Any draft letter would appreciate. What if his fence damages my fence in future? Thank you

You can send a letter if you like.

What would be more useful is to take photos of the fence as it is now. Take more photos of your fence being put up in your garden and some of both fences in situ.

You may find that once your nice new fence is in place, the LL takes down the old one.

If anyone tries to say that your fence is theirs and marks the boundary between the gardens, you can produce the evidence that it isn't.

PasturesNew

Ronak_Dave wrote: »

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I assume tenants have more power than the neighbour as they pay rent for the service what they deserve to get. If tenants want landlord should repair and replace any faulty stuff in the property.

Tenants have no "power".
"deserve to get" - it doesn't work like that, you get what you're given.
In an ideal world "if tenants want..." this would happen, it doesn't.

You have to assume that the landlord doesn't care, won't care - and all he wants is his rent - and he will try to put up the rent when he can - and spend as little as possible on the property while he owns it.

As a home owner you have the power to make your own choices and decisions; erect your own fence ... and have things just how you like inside your house. Tenants daren't even hang a mirror up on the wall!

gingercordial

Ronak_Dave wrote: »

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They are the only source of information. I don't have anything about their landlord or about their agency. I have good relation with them and I assume tenants have more power than the neighbour as they pay rent for the service what they deserve to get. If tenants want landlord should repair and replace any faulty stuff in the property.

No, and in fact if you are a tenant who complains a lot you can find your landlord suddenly doesn't want to renew your tenancy...

As a tenant, I'd go to my landlord if something I cared about was faulty and needed repair (the oven, the toilet etc). If I didn't care about the fence myself there is no way I'd risk antagonising him by pestering him with a neighbour's demands that he spend money.

However you could ask the tenant to give you the landlord or letting agent's details, so that you can approach the landlord yourself.