Neighbour using shed as fence

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Dear All,

I am looking for some advice on what to do in regards to the attached photo. This is the view from our front garden to which we are currently working on with a view to making things look nicer in order to sell the property. It was probably a couple of years ago when the neighbour removed the fence panels he installed and paid for (even though it is a shared boundary between us and neighbour on other side and not their boundary) we didn't really notice it as first as we had a shed covering it , the shed has now been removed and will not be put back. I am 100% positive that if we were to ask the neighbour to politely  remove it he would un-politely tell us where to go.  Could anyone give us any advice on what to do and who to complain too? Are there any laws against this? 

Many TIA

welshmoneylover

Grow tall plants in front of the window!

macman

His fence on a shared boundary: he can do whatever he likes with it. There is no requirement for a fence owner to either maintain it, or provide a fence in the first place.
You are of course free to place your own fence up against the boundary line, as long as it's not attached to his shed.

UnderOffer

Just screen the shed from your side, panel, trees, willow, another shed. Anything really. 

SallyDucati

Put a fence panel in on your side so the window doesn't give a view over your garden (if that is what you are concerned about). 

nicmyles

Can you put your own fence up?

ss2020jd

So if you had a shed there as well you were both doing the same thing. Why not extend the fence panels across to the other side, where your shed was? 

Anyanka1

Just put a fence up; you can do what you like on your property (provided there are no covenants/whatever saying you cannot)  If it cuts off the light to his shed window, so what?  He can do about as much about that as you can about his shed being there and it will define the boundary much better than a shed wall does.

Greymug

As everyone else has already said, you can do whatever you want. I'd put up a fence as tall as you legally can and preferably tall enough to cover the shed's windows for the already mentioned privacy concerns.

getmore4less

The fence  posts are still there .

New fence panel in the gap.

The roof run off will need redirecting back onto their side.

Carrot007

msitcmatt said:

(even though it is a shared boundary between us and neighbour on other side and not their boundary)

So you are saying the shed is on the neighbours property?