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Neighbour fence

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  • Ronak_Dave
    Ronak_Dave Posts: 51 Forumite
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    Thank you, everyone. I glad I got advice from intelligent people. Keep it up. The first step I will ask for agency and landlord contact information and they I will try to talk with them personally to find out if they are keen to replace the fence or not. If not I will send later to confirm that I will put my own fence on my land and that is not the boundary. Regards,
  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    gingercordial wrote: »
    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.

    Op is a Home Owner, not a tenant. He says so in the original post
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • MisterP123
    MisterP123 Posts: 229 Forumite
    McKneff wrote: »
    Op is a Home Owner, not a tenant. He says so in the original post

    I think you've missed the point, Gingercordial was stating what it may be like if the shoe was on the other foot.

    The next door neighbour constantly complaining to their landlord about the fence, because the neighbour is asking them about it may be a PITA to the landlord.
  • Cakeguts
    Cakeguts Posts: 7,627 Forumite
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    How do you know that the fence between your garden and his garden belongs to him and not you?
  • Ozzuk
    Ozzuk Posts: 1,884 Forumite
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    If you can contact the landlord then maybe offer to pay half to speed the process up, you get a repaired fence for less than the cost of a full new one and don't lose any land.
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    Cakeguts wrote: »
    How do you know that the fence between your garden and his garden belongs to him and not you?

    I think we all assumed that he had checked that; he seems very clear on the matter.
  • ScorpiondeRooftrouser
    ScorpiondeRooftrouser Posts: 2,851 Forumite
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    Ozzuk wrote: »
    If you can contact the landlord then maybe offer to pay half to speed the process up, you get a repaired fence for less than the cost of a full new one and don't lose any land.

    Is anyone really going to miss the six inch strip of garden they now have a fence on?
  • Ronak_Dave
    Ronak_Dave Posts: 51 Forumite
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    Cakeguts wrote: »
    How do you know that the fence between your garden and his garden belongs to him and not you?

    From the deed. Also, I ask few neighbours about which fence they are maintaining. All house build on my street on the same year so I am sure which fence I have to maintain and which my neighbour need to maintain.
  • Ronak_Dave
    Ronak_Dave Posts: 51 Forumite
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    ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »
    I think we all assumed that he had checked that; he seems very clear on the matter.

    Yes, I check my deed. Also, I ask few neighbours about which fence they are maintaining. All house build on my street on the same year so I am sure which fence I have to maintain and which my neighbour need to maintain.
  • Ronak_Dave
    Ronak_Dave Posts: 51 Forumite
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    Ozzuk wrote: »
    If you can contact the landlord then maybe offer to pay half to speed the process up, you get a repaired fence for less than the cost of a full new one and don't lose any land.

    I will try this once I contact the landlord and try to understand if he wants to repair his fence or not.
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