Neighbour removed there old fence and then painted

bmthmark

Davesnave wrote: »

A reminder (yet again) that the OP has not lost their land, nor do they want to move the fence.

A variety of options have also been discussed regarding ways to mark the boundary.

Well they have lost the land as they cannot use it or access it, due to a new fence been erected.
The neighbours have gained the land as they have taken down the damaged fence.

I know by law they still own the land, however its not much use if the OP cannot access it.

kerri_gt

How did they paint your fence by coming into your garden? Do you mean they stepped on the now unmarked foot of land between their actual boundary and your fence to paint their side, or came into your garden and painted your side red also?

Davesnave

bmthmark wrote: »

I know by law they still own the land, however its not much use if the OP cannot access it.

There must be millions of situations where people have land they cannot access easily.

For example, our neighbour has a hedge planted just the other side of the wire fence marking our boundary, but over the years it's grown through that, so we have land underneath it that only our cats may access!

At our last house we owned a 0.8m wall that gave no privacy on the rear boundary, so we erected a 1.8 metre fence. There was no way to build that easily on top of the old wall, so we put it directly behind, creating a situation not unlike that the OP has. The sky didn't fall in and the neighbour didn't demolish the wall and use it to build a shed.

Head_The_Ball

brewthebear wrote: »

....they have painted it red !! .

Do you mean red as in the primary colour or do you mean red as in terracotta, chestnut brown or reddish brown or similar colours widely used for fences and sheds etc?