Rental - Garden wall fallen overnight

sheramber

Is it  the bungalow's wall or the council's wall if it adjoins council land.

Pianoman1

Thrugelmir said:

If people wish to access a property , a six fooot wall/fence isn't going to stop them. 

That's rather futile thinking. A missing wall if anything is an invitation and stands out, which is why people go to the trouble of having them, or putting security fencing.

Pianoman1

sheramber said:

Is it  the bungalow's wall or the council's wall if it adjoins council land.

I would assume the Bungalow's. A few people have mentioned the council, so will be contacting them to discuss

steampowered

I do not understand why "a view from the main road into the back of the house" is a problem? You can see into most properties from the main road. Very few people have their properties fully walled off from the main road (and those that do are fools).

Temporary fencing certainly wouldn't stop anybody. I do not understand what that would achieve.

It sounds to me like you are being far too paranoid about this. I do not think it is reasonable to expect an instant fix.

Thrugelmir

Pianoman1 said:

Thrugelmir said:

If people wish to access a property , a six fooot wall/fence isn't going to stop them. 

That's rather futile thinking. A missing wall if anything is an invitation and stands out, which is why people go to the trouble of having them, or putting security fencing.

More out of privacy concerns than security.  

NameUnavailable

This is all a bit previous isn't it? The LL hasn't been informed yet and therefore hasn't even had a chance to say if/when they will arrange to repair the wall, and the OP is posting a thread here?

Give the LL a chance!

unforeseen

NameUnavailable said:

This is all a bit previous isn't it? The LL hasn't been informed yet and therefore hasn't even had a chance to say if/when they will arrange to repair the wall, and the OP is posting a thread here?

Give the LL a chance!

LLs are psychic (so some tenants think) so he should have been aware as soon as it happened and mobilised a team to fix it. Very remiss of the LL not to have done this. 

GDB2222

I have certainly had tenants who have explained that a repair is urgent because the problem occurred two weeks before they told me about it. How weird is that?

lookstraightahead

If I were a landlord I would want to check it out because it sounds like something that could be dangerous. 
I know how you feel - we rented once where a fence came down and you feel a distinct lack of privacy - and not what you bought into. We told the landlord and they replaced all the (rotten) fencing in a matter of weeks - the house looked vulnerable and we told them so. Had it not been fixed we would have moved elsewhere. It's a bit like not having curtains.

lookstraightahead

steampowered said:

I do not understand why "a view from the main road into the back of the house" is a problem? You can see into most properties from the main road. Very few people have their properties fully walled off from the main road (and those that do are fools).

Temporary fencing certainly wouldn't stop anybody. I do not understand what that would achieve.

It sounds to me like you are being far too paranoid about this. I do not think it is reasonable to expect an instant fix.

Most people have some kind of boundary from a road and if you are used to it it feels strange without. Why else are fences and walls popular if not to give you privacy/security/a border?

I suppose to stop the 'paranoia' the op could get some net sacks and hang them on a washing line. The landlord would be pleased about that.