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Fence Repair Responsibility

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  • Mojisola
    Mojisola Posts: 35,571 Forumite
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    If you have a row of 3 houses there will be 4 fences (2 between houses, 2 end ones) so mathematically you can't all have only one fence each. 
    This was the situation for my parents - they were the end house and so had responsibility for both sides fences as well as the back one.  It did mean they could chose what style of fence, what height and what colour they had.
  • AnnieGunn
    AnnieGunn Posts: 33 Forumite
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    If you have a row of 3 houses there will be 4 fences (2 between houses, 2 end ones) so mathematically you can't all have only one fence each.  Doesn't work. For any number of properties.
    Does the T for the back fence mark where the fence was the edge of the building plot?  But the developers wouldn't care about the fences between plots on their own development and just leave it up to the owners to sort out.  There is no legal standpoint to sort this out for you.
    I would say the T marks the edge of the development. 
    It almost looks like by the plans there should be 2 fences between me and my neighbour but instead there is one - the alleyway comes down and then the 2 gates are angled with a single fence between us.

    If there's no legal comeback I will just replace the right side of my fence to match the rest of the street and live with the fact that the left has no fence.
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