Property fence question

Rog4632

Hi i live in a terraced, as i face my back yard the right hand side fence has broken due to the windy weather. The neighbours think its the right side of each property that should be maintained. I look at my land registry and it states party fence on each side. based on that im thinking its a 50/50 for repair costs. Hope someone can help Thanks

Mojisola

Time for tea and cake with the neighbour - but you can't force anyone to pay towards new fences.

sevenhills

Rog4632 wrote: »

Hi i live in a terraced, as i face my back yard the right hand side fence has broken due to the windy weather. The neighbours think its the right side of each property that should be maintained. I look at my land registry and it states party fence on each side. based on that im thinking its a 50/50 for repair costs. Hope someone can help Thanks

Its just down to personal choice.

Alfrescodave

Rog4632 wrote: »

Hi i live in a terraced, as i face my back yard the right hand side fence has broken due to the windy weather. The neighbours think its the right side of each property that should be maintained. I look at my land registry and it states party fence on each side. based on that im thinking its a 50/50 for repair costs. Hope someone can help Thanks

I agree with the 50/50 split; see what response you get when you offer that during the tea and cake visit. My son is responsible for all 3 of his back garden fences !!!! according to land registry

bris

Fences are never easy to sort out with neighbours as no one really needs to fix them.

TheCyclingProgrammer

As always on these threads, which come up a lot, title deeds don!!!8217;t usually refer directly to fences but to boundaries.

Responsibility to maintain a boundary does not imply the responsibility to erect or maintain a fence (or any boundary feature) unless it states otherwise.

That said, if the boundary is shared and it!!!8217;s a party fence the neighbourly thing to do would be to share the costs but if your neighbours cannot afford it or simply don!!!8217;t care there!!!8217;s little you can do about it.

AndyMc.....

Himmelsmann wrote: »

I understand what you mean about fences not being in deeds but as all boundaries are shared by the definition of boundary does that mean that in law all fences are party fences and technically therefore share joint liability?

The belong to the person who buys them.