Find neighbour's landlord

butterfly25

Thanks for all the replies everyone.

I messed up my wording there, the fence is ours according to land registry. It was damaged when we moved in and we fixed it, thinking it would be a one off. Now it’s been 5 years and they’ve damaged it again, it’s slanting towards our side. It’s not sustainable for them to keep breaking the fence and us to pay to fix it every few years to keep our privacy.
Plus also been having noise issues with this neighbour as one fellow forum member has cleverly found from a previous thread.

These people moved in before we did, so I never saw any lettings board outside.

Following the suggestions here I’ve emailed Royal Mail to see if they would tell me whether there’s a mail redirect service on next door’s address, and I’ll also email the council to see if the landlord is on a register somewhere.

Thanks again and any additional advice very welcome!

Davesnave

butterfly25 wrote: »

Thanks for all the replies everyone.

I messed up my wording there, the fence is ours according to land registry.

Thanks again and any additional advice very welcome!

The Land Registry keeps no record of of fence ownership, but their plans may sometimes indicate who is responsible for the maintenance of a boundary feature, which could be a fence or other structure.

You should bear in mind that a landlord's interests and yours are different, so while people who damage property and make noise might be bad tenants, the landlord will judge these people by the promptness of their payments and the way they keep the the property. Complaints from third parties will possibly have minimal influence; after all they are not the tenant's parents or responsible for their actions.

You say the tenants are damaging the fence. How is this happening and can you prove it? Criminal damage is a matter for the police and requires evidence to be pursued. Similarly, noise is a matter for Environmental Health. The landlord is running a business and might well wish to distance themself from complaints of this nature, especially if they have tenants who, in their eyes, may have behaved satisfactorily for > 5 years.