Boundary problem - fence/hedge (pics)

rik111

Pretty low priority, maybe get to know the neighbours before starting to make demands regarding their hedge. Not sure why you are getting you knickers in a twist about it so soon. Sounds like you are going yo be a delight to live next to.

fiwen30

rik111 said:

Pretty low priority, maybe get to know the neighbours before starting to make demands regarding their hedge. Not sure why you are getting you knickers in a twist about it so soon. Sounds like you are going yo be a delight to live next to.

Bet you’re a hoot at parties.

Mickey666

AskAsk said:

Mickey666 said:

AskAsk said:

lol.  that is so weird.  they obviously don't appreciate the space as they would have been better off getting the hedge removed than just build a fence around it!

have you spoken to them about it?  maybe they think the hedge belongs to you?

if it was me, i would remove your fence and the hedge and use it as your land as they obviously have decided it is of no use to them.  then after 7 years (i think it is 7 years), the land becomes yours if they don't dispute it 

. . . which would leave you open to a charge of criminal damage

i doubt you could be accused of criminal damage if you removed a sectioned off, over grown hedge!  the only risk would be the neighbour sees a nice strip of land and will claim it back.  but he doesn't sound like the sort of person that would do that as he wouldn't want to spend money moving the fence, otherwise he would have paid for the overgrown areas to be cleared in the first place.

Deliberately and wilfully destroying someone else’s physical property is surely the very definition of criminal damage.
Sure, the neighbour MIGHT NOT care about the hedge but that would just be guesswork on our part, so it would seem reckless in the extreme to do anything to the hedge without first talking to the neighbour.

frogglet

rik111 said:

Pretty low priority, maybe get to know the neighbours before starting to make demands regarding their hedge. Not sure why you are getting you knickers in a twist about it so soon. Sounds like you are going yo be a delight to live next to.

They want to cat proof their garden.

AskAsk

Mickey666 said:

AskAsk said:

Mickey666 said:

AskAsk said:

lol.  that is so weird.  they obviously don't appreciate the space as they would have been better off getting the hedge removed than just build a fence around it!

have you spoken to them about it?  maybe they think the hedge belongs to you?

if it was me, i would remove your fence and the hedge and use it as your land as they obviously have decided it is of no use to them.  then after 7 years (i think it is 7 years), the land becomes yours if they don't dispute it 

. . . which would leave you open to a charge of criminal damage

i doubt you could be accused of criminal damage if you removed a sectioned off, over grown hedge!  the only risk would be the neighbour sees a nice strip of land and will claim it back.  but he doesn't sound like the sort of person that would do that as he wouldn't want to spend money moving the fence, otherwise he would have paid for the overgrown areas to be cleared in the first place.

Deliberately and wilfully destroying someone else’s physical property is surely the very definition of criminal damage.
Sure, the neighbour MIGHT NOT care about the hedge but that would just be guesswork on our part, so it would seem reckless in the extreme to do anything to the hedge without first talking to the neighbour.

i think the neighbour would thank the OP for clearing up that mess. it is waste land with grown weeds. it may have been a hedge at some point, but it is obviously abandoned and can no longer be called a hedge. if the OP does clear it and the neighbour takes the OP to court to claim for damages, he would have to proof that damage has been caused and the value of that damage. in this case, no damage has been caused as the OP has simply cleared waste and overgrown vegetation that had been abandoned, and which has no value to anyone, even to the neighbour as he has intentionally section it off and don't want anything to do with it. i would think the neighbour would have a weak claim for compensation from the OP.

allconnected

It hasn’t been abandoned, it’s on the neighbours land in the garden of an occupied property. . It has been neglected, like any overgrown garden. But there’s no reason for the OP to get involved with it beyond the extent where it impinges on their boundary and property. 

You can’t go around claiming land is abandoned and stepping in to tidy it up, when it’s clear who it belongs to.

Allconnected

Waunakee

AskAsk said:

i think the neighbour would thank the OP for clearing up that mess. it is waste land with grown weeds. it may have been a hedge at some point, but it is obviously abandoned and can no longer be called a hedge. if the OP does clear it and the neighbour takes the OP to court to claim for damages, he would have to proof that damage has been caused and the value of that damage. in this case, no damage has been caused as the OP has simply cleared waste and overgrown vegetation that had been abandoned, and which has no value to anyone, even to the neighbour as he has intentionally section it off and don't want anything to do with it. i would think the neighbour would have a weak claim for compensation from the OP.

I’m shocked that you actually believe this is good advice.

coachman12

AskAsk said:

Deliberately and wilfully destroying someone else’s physical property is surely the very definition of criminal damage.
Sure, the neighbour MIGHT NOT care about the hedge but that would just be guesswork on our part, so it would seem reckless in the extreme to do anything to the hedge without first talking to the neighbour.

i think the neighbour would thank the OP for clearing up that mess. it is waste land with grown weeds. it may have been a hedge at some point, but it is obviously abandoned and can no longer be called a hedge. if the OP does clear it and the neighbour takes the OP to court to claim for damages, he would have to proof that damage has been caused and the value of that damage. in this case, no damage has been caused as the OP has simply cleared waste and overgrown vegetation that had been abandoned, and which has no value to anyone, even to the neighbour as he has intentionally section it off and don't want anything to do with it. i would think the neighbour would have a weak claim for compensation from the OP.

Your posts are a menace and incitement to break the law. You have no idea what the neighbours think.Your posts on various threads that have started appearing recently are lacking any knowledge , thought or consideration of the consequences that your "home-made" waffle might cause to genuine people who come on this site for advice from folk who know what they are on about. Visitors here want knowledge and help, not instructions to break the law from someone who can't even get a mirror unglued from the wall ( as in one of your other childish posts ).

coachman12

fiwen30 said:

rik111 said:

Pretty low priority, maybe get to know the neighbours before starting to make demands regarding their hedge. Not sure why you are getting you knickers in a twist about it so soon. Sounds like you are going yo be a delight to live next to.

Bet you’re a hoot at parties.

But he gives sound advice, which is more than you do.

robatwork

coachman12 said:

AskAsk said:

Deliberately and wilfully destroying someone else’s physical property is surely the very definition of criminal damage.
Sure, the neighbour MIGHT NOT care about the hedge but that would just be guesswork on our part, so it would seem reckless in the extreme to do anything to the hedge without first talking to the neighbour.

i think the neighbour would thank the OP for clearing up that mess. it is waste land with grown weeds. it may have been a hedge at some point, but it is obviously abandoned and can no longer be called a hedge. if the OP does clear it and the neighbour takes the OP to court to claim for damages, he would have to proof that damage has been caused and the value of that damage. in this case, no damage has been caused as the OP has simply cleared waste and overgrown vegetation that had been abandoned, and which has no value to anyone, even to the neighbour as he has intentionally section it off and don't want anything to do with it. i would think the neighbour would have a weak claim for compensation from the OP.

Your posts are a menace and incitement to break the law. You have no idea what the neighbours think.Your posts on various threads that have started appearing recently are lacking any knowledge , thought or consideration of the consequences that your "home-made" waffle might cause to genuine people who come on this site for advice from folk who know what they are on about. Visitors here want knowledge and help, not instructions to break the law from someone who can't even get a mirror unglued from the wall ( as in one of your other childish posts ).

Indeed, AskAsk just joined in August and has been posting like crazy in what appears to be some scattergun method of either filling her hours or dispensing homespun wisdom without the aid of capital letters. I think it's some sort of self-therapy. 

What's problematic is not that everyone isn't entitled to an opinion, but more that on this thread in particular she has dispensed some advice that is plainly unlawful. She won't apologise, witthdraw, or acknowledge that fact, and is doubling-down on her mistake. 

I hope the OP can sort the wheat from the chaff on this thread.