Fence disputes

Denny77

Since I moved in I have been berated by my neighbour, stating ownership of right hand side garden fence is mine, however the previous owner of my property stated on the TA6, Property Information Form, I am the owner of the left hand side fence.  As I live in a terraced property, so no alleyway close to me, I cannot be liable for both sides.  My question is, when my neighbour has stated that on their deeds I am liable for the right hand side, but the TA6 states otherwise, can I chase the previous owner of my property for putting wrong information on the form and how do i do this?  Their is no information on my deeds supplied by the Land Registry, but that only goes back to 1995, where these properties are from the 1930s.

Any information you lovely people can supply, i would very much appreciate it. 

Grenage

Regardless of boundary responsibility, you are not required to have a fence of any kind unless explicitly stipulated in the deeds.  This is quite uncommon (although my parent's neighbour had such).

McKneff

As Grenage says, .

Pull it all down if you don't particularly need it. 
Tell your neighbor if he wants
a fence to sort it himself. 

That'll teach him

theoretica

Denny77 said:

 As I live in a terraced property, so no alleyway close to me, I cannot be liable for both sides.

Why not?  My parents are responsible for neither side in their front garden, because the neighbours chose to build fences ( a previous neighbour in one case) but are responsible in the back as they chose to have a wall put up.

Doozergirl

Grenage said:

Regardless of boundary responsibility, you are not required to have a fence of any kind unless explicitly stipulated in the deeds.  This is quite uncommon (although my parent's neighbour had such).

This.  If there is something in the deeds, which is the only place to look, it probably talks about maintaining the boundary, not about maintaining fences or walls. 

Maintaining the boundary only
means marking it.  That could be wire, or stones on the ground if you want.  

If your neighbour wants a fence, they can put one up, either along the boundary with your permission, or on their own side of it without your permission.   The actual fence belongs to whoever put it up but that doesn't mean that they have to replace them.    

Section62

McKneff said:

As Grenage says, .

Pull it all down if you don't particularly need it. 
Tell your neighbor if he wants
a fence to sort it himself. 

That'll teach him

"unless explicitly stipulated in the deeds"

My deeds, and those for most of the houses in the town I currently live in, state explicitly that I must keep and maintain a fence on the boundar(ies) I'm responsible for.

Something to check before anyone decides to "Pull it all down".

aoleks

other than "my fence, your fence", what exactly is the problem? you haven't described a dispute. did the neighbour ask you to do something you don't want to do (buy brand new fence, maintain existing fence, move it, paint it?)? what exactly is the problem as it's not clear.

Rural_Puppy

Suggest you go onto the Land Registry and get a copy of your deeds and your neighbour's deeds. Start by reading through who is responsible for what. Then decide what you want to do in terms of repair or replacement of boundary fences and the like. Best of luck.

Land_Registry

Registered information can help but it’s not always definitive and often much more to consider as others have posted 
https://hmlandregistry.blog.gov.uk/2018/02/27/drawing-the-line-on-boundaries/

Bendy_House

Denny, have you asked the other neighbours whose fences they understand they have responsibility for? If all the other houses accept that they have responsibility for their RH boundaries, then it's most likely that the info you were given in your TA6 was wrong.

Have you spoken to your LH neighbour about that fence? You assume it's yours - based on the TA6 - but are you certain?

Armed with this, then you can nicely-firm with your RH neighb if you need to be. I take it they accept responsibility for their RH fence?!

Mojisola

Denny77 said:

my neighbour has stated that on their deeds I am liable for the right hand side

When people say these things, ask for their proof before you chase around looking for your own evidence.