Boundary Survey/ Land Registry Overlay and Onsite Marking for Fence Installation

mazibee

Hi Everyone,

We moved into our semi-detached house back in 2019. Our property has  50-meter rear garden that stretches towards a stream at the rear end. On the opposite side, our neighbors (not the ones sharing the wall) have been renting their property. The left-side fence, which belongs to us, is currently in a rather dilapidated state. Additionally, the hedge on their side was grown quite tall, reaching up to 3 meters in some areas.

Recently, the property owners on the neighboring side decided to trim down the trees and hedges on their part. After cutting the hedge from their side our fence is leaning here and there as its completely rotten. an in a very miserable condition. To address this, I am planning to replace the fence in the upcoming week (approx 37 M) There's a significant tree stump that seems to be positioned on the boundary line casing the fence to be misaligned in that particular area. Furthermore, as we move along the stream side, there's another tree stump on our side that is touching our fence on our side. While a few panels and posts remain intact, most of them have deteriorated over time. I can still see few posts in the metal casings coming out of the ground.

While we don't currently have any disputes with our neighbors, my intention is to neither encroach upon their land nor compromise our own. I am eager to avoid any potential disagreements down the line. Notably, our neighbor recently erected a garden shed/summer house at the end of their garden close to the stream end . They inquired about placing the edge of the shed/ summer house on the boundary line. I kindly explained that my plan was to rebuild the entire fence. Following this conversation, they've chosen to maintain a distance from the boundary.

I've also have obtained copies of the plans at a cost of £3 each, for both our land and the neighboring property. Regrettably, these plans merely display a rectangular representation of the gardens without any measurements provided (scaled at 1:1250, translating 1 mm to 1.25 M)

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions/ recommendations regarding how best to approach this situation. My primary goal is to properly mark the boundary, thereby preventing any potential disputes during the fence installation process or in the future.

Thanks in advance.

ThisIsWeird

Are the boundary lines shown as being straight in the deeds plan? And are they ditto on the ground?

Where the exact boundary lies between you should be easy to determine at the house end, since it should be easy to exactly determine where your two houses 'join'. Is it? And, does the existing fence run on that invisible line - 'straddling' it - or are they fully on your side of the line, with the posts touching it? And how well can you determine the existing fence at the bottom? Presumably equally well?

It would seem to me that if you replace the fence with one running on the exact same line, you can't go much wrong. Where this trunk seemingly partially intrudes, is that a good healthy tree, or one that was trimmed right down like the rest of the hedge?

As for the 'river' fence trunk - do with that as you wish - it's yours, isn't it?

And are you only dealing with the tenants? You haven't notified the LL?

mazibee

I have added the photos

mazibee

HM Land registry Title Plan

mazibee

I have also attached a photo from the title plan

ThisIsWeird

That trunk needs splitting to remove the 'trespass' on to your land. Is there an issue doing this? It ain't serving any purpose. The fencers will hopefully manage this.
Everything else looks fine - the existing fence line looks as tho' it's well established and hardly open to challenge. The deeds map - tho' clearly not measurement-accurate due to the scale and the thickness of the drawn lines - suggests straight boundaries.
For pure aesthetics, I'd be looking to use the top and bottom posts as the guide, string a line between them, and check that this taut line agrees 90+% with the old fence marks on the ground.
I can't foresee any problems. If the tenants get bolshie, remind them that's what they are, and to contact their LL, who you will be happy to talk to.