Boundary and Our Rights?

NeilCr

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Its just an assumption and not what the op said. I was given a "house" cat which stayed indoors for about a year. I took it to a friends house with access to a garden so I could go on holiday and it stayed there and moved house with them until it died. I was happy for them to keep it as it was clearly much happier outside.

But, it's a reasonable assumption. And the op has got no idea of whether the cat was frightened or not so can't say.

I've had 4 FiV cats and, when I was with my ex who didn't want cats to go outside, around 10 house cats. I can tell you from bitter experience most cats with little nous of the outside get very frightened, very quickly if they suddenly find themselves there.

And, yes, they can adapt to gardens etc but it takes time and a bit of care. Not a sudden escapee.

ProDave

When you replace the fence, put it right over level with the far side of the wall, so the "shelf" is in your garden and nothing in the neighbours garden.

Davesnave

NeilCr wrote: »

In the great scheme of things the safety of my cat trumps a bucket of water and a fence. But I get that others see it differently.

We are wayyy off topic now, but 'looking for a lost cat' certainly trumps 'looking for people with old batteries and scrap iron,' which was the excuse given by the rather rough looking gentleman I found in my back garden some years ago. He left quickly and I didn't need a bucket of water.

'Looking for a lost puppy' was always a great one to catch out our supposedly savvy 11 year olds when they attended Lifeskills sessions. Into the woods they'd go to help the 'nice man,'* who was obviously telling the truth, because he had a lead in his hand! :rotfl:

*really a young policeman.

ChrisK....._3

If your wall has intruded on her boundary for 30 years they she has accepted the intrusion, but its still your wall and she cant do anything to it without your permission. Her solicitor will tell her all that.
If you want to raise a fence to enforce your boundary without cutting out light have you considered a lattice fence

Norman_Castle

NeilCr wrote: »

But, it's a reasonable assumption. And the op has got no idea of whether the cat was frightened or not so can't say.

I'm not going to argue about it but the person claiming the cat was frightened also has no idea of whether the cat was frightened or not so can't say.

quantumlobster

Slightly off-topic - folks who let their cats roam free do need to be cognisant of the fact that what is in other peoples' gardens might not be safe for their much-loved pet.

For example, if their cat comes into the (enclosed) garden occupied by my lurcher, who (true to his sighthound form) is usually sunbathing but has a prey drive which can only be described as "monstrous", then if their cat is too slow at removing itself from my garden, then it's going to have what we scientists call "a Bad Time". Basically it's small and furry and looks like lunch, and most sighthounds can retrieve it from the top of a 2 metre fence if required.

Of course I would do everything I could to intervene if possible, but these things can happen very quickly.

Let's keep all our furry chums safe and happy

CocoLouie

Does a wall/fence need to be 2m from the lower side of the ground to be within permitted development so the 2m would need to be measured from the neighbours lower ground level?

NeilCr

Quizzical_Squirrel wrote: »

The OP said so.

Nice one. I missed that!

parkrunner

NeilCr wrote: »

To be honest if my cat got out (he shouldn't as he is FiV) and I could see him in next door's garden I'd not worry about niceties and permission. I'd be over there to try and catch him before he went any further. Cats can panic (especially if they aren't used to being outside).

As a cat lover I guess you'd understand that.

But wouldn't you mention it to your neighbour prior to it happening, just a what if type of thing. Any decent neighbour would be ok with such a rare occurrence.

parkrunner

Spazter wrote: »

I was in the garden at the time and they were at the top end of the garden they could have asked without knocking on our door and in the process of climbing over to get the cat they damaged our fencing pushing boards down. She then admitted in the conversation with the other neighbour that she had to go into their garden too only a few days before to get her cat as it was getting braver and going further away. I do not want people damaging my fences or coming into my garden is that so wrong of me to want? Yes I saw it as an emergency at the time hence why I never said anything at the time to then find later they are now nailing things to my fence. There comes a point where enough is enough.

It is the owners responsibility to keep the cat safe or risk injury if its free roaming, not my responsibility to give free access to climb my fence and run round my garden to recover said cat whenever they choose.

Sounds like it's not a house cat to me, just a normal moggy who likes to roam, in which case I'd tell the neighbour they can't go into your garden.