Neighbour's fence encroaching by a foot on my side of the garden

m0bov

Go and speak with the agent next time they show buyers round!

ProDave

Mojisola said:

ProDave said:

If the OP did the measuring I described a few posts back it would be easy to determine the position of the party wall and how that relates to the current fence position.  Then a bit of rope or string stretched down the garden in a straight line to a far fence post would show where it should be.  Only then can you decide if and by how much it encroaches on your garden and take action.

If the house is empty and you have tried and failed to contact the owner I would just do it or pay someone to do it.  If your measurements are accurate there is nothing that anyone can dispute, and if the owner turns up, invite him to get a surveyor and present a report on just how you are encroaching on his land.

Most new buyers would prefer to have a new fence in place but may not take kindly to what they could see as a land grab while the house was empty.

Which is why you need to be accurate with your measurements to identify the exact location of the party wall of the house and align the fence to that, and make sure it is then in a dead straight line.  Then I defy anyone to find anything "wrong" with it.