Neighbour blocked garage with fence

rach_k

UKSBD wrote: »

See it as a positive OP but do something do the garage so it looks as though it was always an outbuilding rather than a garage, then by the time you come to sell, the new purchasers might not even know it was ever a garage.

I wouldn't bother. I don't know anybody IRL who actually parks in their garage because many modern cars are too big to be able to get out of the car once you're in there. Garage doors are still handy though, for getting push bikes in and out, providing a bit of shelter when doing DIY etc. It wouldn't put me off the house if I knew there used to be access for a car but no longer is.

Red-Squirrel_2

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

Do you agree with the poster I replied to who suggested he start deliberately upsetting his neighbour?

Of course not, but I don't think he needs to go out of his way to be considerate to this neighbour after they showed such a disgraceful lack of consideration shown towards him. If there are things he wants to do in his home/garden/drive and the only concern would be if they bothered that neighbour, I'd certainly feel free to do them now!

ScorpiondeRooftrouser

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

Of course not, but I don't think he needs to go out of his way to be considerate to this neighbour after they showed such a disgraceful lack of consideration shown towards him. If there are things he wants to do in his home/garden/drive and the only concern would be if they bothered that neighbour, I'd certainly feel free to do them now!

That is not what the post you thanked and I replied to said. It suggested he buy a motorbike simply in order to rev it when the OP was trying to use his garden. I quote:


"You could wheel it out onto your side of the driveway every day when your neighbour is enjoying his dinner or outside, and rev the engine to marvel at the wonderful noise it makes."

That's a completely different thing. Did you fail to read it properly before thanking it?

What's the "disgraceful lack of consideration"? Not warning him? What difference would that have made? I would have said something, but in the end, it's irrelevant - he would just have had to deal with the situation in exactly the same way.

Davesnave

PasturesNew wrote: »

Why can't (some) people just accept the law of the land.

Both parties bought land and a house, with rights.

Nobody has broken the law. The fence is legal. Whether the neighbour could/should've mentioned it is moot as the neighbour was entirely within their rights to erect a fence on their boundary on their land.
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Ah, but some people here believe in a higher authority than the law. It's called their 'common sense.'

Oh, and 'common decency' comes into it too.

No need to look too hard at the facts.

humptydumptybits

Davesnave wrote: »

Mainly because nobody extends by 1.25m for economic and practical reasons that are so blindingly obvious I don't need to state them. A right to light would exist for the neighbour too.

A house 3 doors away from me has and it is double storey. It is a utility room downstairs and en suite upstairs.

Red-Squirrel_2

ScorpiondeRooftrouser wrote: »

That is not what the post you thanked and I replied to said. It suggested he buy a motorbike simply in order to rev it when the OP was trying to use his garden. I quote:


"You could wheel it out onto your side of the driveway every day when your neighbour is enjoying his dinner or outside, and rev the engine to marvel at the wonderful noise it makes."

That's a completely different thing. Did you fail to read it properly before thanking it?

What's the "disgraceful lack of consideration"? Not warning him? What difference would that have made? I would have said something, but in the end, it's irrelevant - he would just have had to deal with the situation in exactly the same way.

The disgraceful lack of consideration is deliberately blocking access to the garage, of course. I'm genuinely surprised that so many on here think that's morally ok, regardless of the legalities. I'd never behave like that and I bet you wouldn't either when it came to it.

Cakeguts

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

The disgraceful lack of consideration is deliberately blocking access to the garage, of course. I'm genuinely surprised that so many on here think that's morally ok, regardless of the legalities. I'd never behave like that and I bet you wouldn't either when it came to it.

We only have one side to this story. We don't know if it was done to stop people parking on the drive rather than just accessing the garage.

Red-Squirrel_2

Cakeguts wrote: »

We only have one side to this story. We don't know if it was done to stop people parking on the drive rather than just accessing the garage.

I suppose its possible, but you can invent all kinds of alternative scenarios if you want to. I'm basing my opinion on what the OP has told us, he doesn't seem too unreasonable.

Johnny123123

Cakeguts wrote: »

We only have one side to this story. We don't know if it was done to stop people parking on the drive rather than just accessing the garage.

I never parked on drive or left any bins or rubbish there...Im not looking to !!!! people off or make trouble, I got enough crap on my hands workin as a full time nurse thank you.

Johnny123123

Mojisola wrote: »

A few years ago there was a thread on the gardenlaw site about just that situation.

I think it took about a year before it was settled and the car released into freedom.

So you are saying someone in my situation but their car got blocked in? Did they have same deed situation where both deeds dont mention shared drive? Maybe they had to take down fence just to let car out and not because it was illegal to put fence.