Farmer put fence around our house

robatwork

Apologies if this was already mentioned here, and more apologies for linking to the sun, but the latest story is on there or the daily mail so not a great choice...but if you haven't seen it an interesting housing story

https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6413949/newlyweds-who-returned-from-honeymoon-to-6ft-fence-inches-from-home-celebrating-as-berlin-wall-torn-down/

AdrianC

So, basically...


Farmer puts fence up on boundary of own land.

People who've bought house are surprised that their boundary is exactly where their paperwork says it is.

Developer commits criminal damage, claiming fence is on some kind of ransom strip.

marliepanda

AdrianC wrote: »

So, basically...


Farmer puts fence up on boundary of own land.

People who've bought house are surprised that their boundary is exactly where their paperwork says it is.

Developer commits criminal damage, claiming fence is on some kind of ransom strip.

This, potentially.

And I'm sure the farmer will be so so happy about this, and definitely not put up another one when it is established that it is, indeed, his land.

Put it this way, he may not own that tiny bit, but he'll own some other bits, and their 'lovely view' isnt going to stay lovely.

victoriavictorious

Begs the question how on earth did the developers get permission to build so close to the boundary, and build the house facing 'sideways on?'
However rash the purchasers may have been not to apparently have done their homework, surely their solicitors who should have been advising them (and who I believe were recommended by the developer?) and the developer themselves have a case to answer?
EDIT
Not to mention the fact that the fence supports were attached to the house itself? How was that even legal?

Senseicads

Reading a bit more of it, I think the fence was put up by the developer, and I think the legal limit is the entrance is 3m away from the boundary isn't it? something like that anyway. so it was persimmons fence and the farmer just nailed his wood to it...so to speak.

robatwork

victoriavictorious wrote: »

Begs the question how on earth did the developers get permission to build so close to the boundary, and build the house facing 'sideways on?'

This is exactly the question that occurred to me. Door at front on road - no problem. In fact the farmer's fence would have been welcomed.

maisie_cat

So the only reason that the panels have been pulled down is because the farmer attached them to fence posts belonging to the developer. So now the farmer will put fence posts on his side of the boundary and put up a 2m fence, which he can do without planning permission. He can even paint the fence a lovely shade of gunge green on both sides and nobody can do anything about it.
Why does anybody buy a new house? developers are vermin, and using their solicitor is asking for trouble. Did these people not see how close the boundary was? Anything can change on the other side of that fence!

dunstonh

Trying to squeeze a house on a plot not suited for the shape and location. Side facing onto a boundary. Crazy

Farmer will no doubt start to use that area for storage of manure or hay bails stacked up.

We have paddocks which edge alongside a farmers land. He is great and does a lot for us at no cost. We keep him stocked up on his favourite tipple. Another neighbouring property cut a gap in her hedge to access the public footpath alongside but had to go through a small strip of his land to get to it without asking. They fell out over it. So, he dug a drainage ditch along the length preventing her access. He no longer does the hedges for her either. If she had asked at the start, he wouldn't have had an issue. Farmers are generally very protective of their land and just want others to respect it.

PasturesNew

While it's annoying .... there's nothing to say that the adjoining plot would've been built on next year and instead of just a fence they'd have a fence and a close neighbour... with kids bouncing up and down on a trampoline 6 hours/day and screaming.

What you don't own, you have no control over.

AdrianC

maisie_cat wrote: »

So the only reason that the panels have been pulled down is because the farmer attached them to fence posts belonging to the developer.

Yes, I think the rails were put up by Persimmon - else they'd have removed those, too - but why are they theirs, not the house owner's...? What kind of godawful lease have these poor saps bought into?



What the farmer couldashouldadone (and undoubtedly will) is put his own posts up, as has been said, > < that far away...

pinklady21

OMG worse than I first thought - I had assumed there had been no fence there at all previously - it looks like Persimmon has attached the rails to the front of the house. Are these poor folks really happy to live like this???