Garden Fence Privacy

TELLIT01

Shrubs take time to grow and also occupy more of the garden than a fence.  The fence would provide instant privacy.

MalMonroe

I don't suppose you could make friends with your neighbour? She may be lonely. Invite her round for a cup of tea and sit in the garden so she can have a good look at what she's been missing?

Reading all the posts on this thread has made me realise that my fellow Brits can be quite spiteful - and nasty - sometimes.

When sometimes all it needs is a friendly word or a wave over the fence or an invitation for a cuppa and a biscuit. 

Kindness is grossly underrated in this country.

Emmia

Is there much space between the concrete (patio?) and the fence? Just wondering (on a second look at the photo) how much room there is for fencing / bushes.

TELLIT01

MalMonroe said:

I don't suppose you could make friends with your neighbour? She may be lonely. Invite her round for a cup of tea and sit in the garden so she can have a good look at what she's been missing?

Reading all the posts on this thread has made me realise that my fellow Brits can be quite spiteful - and nasty - sometimes.

When sometimes all it needs is a friendly word or a wave over the fence or an invitation for a cuppa and a biscuit. 

Kindness is grossly underrated in this country.

The OP simply wants privacy in their garden.  They clearly don't have a good relationship with the neighbour, and we have no idea of the background or cause of the state of the relationship.  Inviting the neighbour round could backfire and the neighbour could be there all the time.  We've been fortunate in having good relationships with our neighbours, but still value our privacy and own space.

Bendy_House

MalMonroe said:

I don't suppose you could make friends with your neighbour? She may be lonely. Invite her round for a cup of tea and sit in the garden so she can have a good look at what she's been missing?

Reading all the posts on this thread has made me realise that my fellow Brits can be quite spiteful - and nasty - sometimes.

When sometimes all it needs is a friendly word or a wave over the fence or an invitation for a cuppa and a biscuit. 

Kindness is grossly underrated in this country.

Absolutely true - many Brits are very spiteful and nasty. And tend to live next door.

tetrarch

I think that those old posts are too old and not straight enough to use as spurs.

I'm a reasonably competent DIY'er but a professional fence install is a joy to see done properly. If you search D&J Projects on youtube (and can ignore some of the chat) the quality of the work looks really good. You could do a lot worse than copy their methods if you are going to DIY.

The biggest choice is whether to go concrete or wooden posts. In my previous house I went with wooden posts and used sleepers as gravel boards. This time the privacy fence is concrete posts (which I let the pro's do) and then stock fence round the rest of the garden (that I will DIY)

Best of luck

Tet

Bendy_House

tetrarch said:

I think that those old posts are too old and not straight enough to use as spurs.

I'm a reasonably competent DIY'er but a professional fence install is a joy to see done properly. If you search D&J Projects on youtube (and can ignore some of the chat) the quality of the work looks really good. You could do a lot worse than copy their methods if you are going to DIY.

The biggest choice is whether to go concrete or wooden posts. In my previous house I went with wooden posts and used sleepers as gravel boards. This time the privacy fence is concrete posts (which I let the pro's do) and then stock fence round the rest of the garden (that I will DIY)

Best of luck

Tet

Yeeeaaaah, but... IF these stub posts are secure and strong, they'd be the obvious route to a quick and cheap screen.

Once the 'screening' is up, these stubs won't even be seen.

Not vertical? No prob - you insert wee wedgies between the new posts and the stubs to level them.

Who on earth would want to start digging out new holes for new posts if they don't need to? Not SG2020!

Northern_Wanderer

Have you checked your title deeds for the ownership of the fence on concrete posts? Normally if the fence is attached to the middle of the posts it's "shared". If the posts are on your side, usually signifies it's your fence. My neighbour thinks the fence is theirs because they paid to replace it at some point but my title deeds confirm it's shared.

@MalMonroe

I wasn't being spiteful about P-ing the neighbour off with Bamboo, it was more sarcasm as it was actually a warning that running bamboo can cause a lot of problems with the way it spreads and is best avoided. I only saw one other comment on this thread about shooting the neighbour which seems like sarcasm as well and is obviously said in humour.

I have a "presence" issue with my neighbour so I totally understand the OP's need to have privacy. My neighbour has done things with the "shared" fence without asking me so that has caused a bit of friction and could easliy have been avoided.

Woolsery

Northern_Wanderer said:

My neighbour has done things with the "shared" fence.....

You can say that again!

 Aesthetics alone mean I'd have little option but to cover up the offensive structure, but others may have a different view. That wouldn't stop me from having a cup of tea with said neighbour though, provided I made it that is!

Northern_Wanderer

Woolsery said:

That wouldn't stop me from having a cup of tea with said neighbour though, provided I made it that is!

Yes, but probably safest if you both made your own cups of tea! Just in case of any spite . I am on speaking terms with my neighbour but won't forget the stuff they have done. I'd probably prefer to have cups of tea with other neighbours though!