Boundary advice

Chrissy2020

So deeds show I am responsible for all sides of my property, no problem.

The side in question have the original dwarf rebar concrete walls that had the chicken wire stuff through it.

The property next door has a couple of fence panels up against the house followed by a hedge.  The fence and hedge are clearly on my neighbours side, in terms of the dwarf concrete posts.

Would that suggest I'm not responsible for replacing the two rotten fence panels that have dislodged and fallen out?

Genuinely interested to know, if its me then I will order a couple

BarelySentientAI

Is the boundary the dwarf wall or the fence?

It sounds like it's the wall, in which case the fence is nothing to do with you.

Chrissy2020

So the dwarf posts appear to be centrally between the houses. We have no structure on our side of these posts. However, my neighbour has the fence and hedge on her side of the dwarf posts.

Chrissy2020

I consider the dwarf posts to be demarcated boundary line.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

Chrissy2020 said:

So deeds show I am responsible for all sides of my property, no problem.


Would that suggest I'm not responsible for replacing the two rotten fence panels that have dislodged and fallen out?

What do your deeds say?

If you are responsible for something it should be stated in the deeds but often it's a requirement to maintain a boundary which could be done with some sticks and string rather than specifically a fence, etc.

If it says you have an obligation maintain a fence and hedge then I guess you do, but if such isn't mentioned then you don't  

Baldytyke88

Chrissy2020 said:

I consider the dwarf posts to be demarcated boundary line.

What ever the deeds say, nothing is enforcable. People do fencing by agreement which can be on the demarcated boundary line, or you can erect a fence/wall on your side.

ThisIsWeird

Hi Chrissy.

You say that the dwarf posts appear to be centrally positioned between the houses, and that you consider these posts to be the boundary demarcation line?

(You also refer to it as a dwarf 'wall' - could you clarify what it is, please?)
Just how central? And does the black boundary line in your respective deeds closely match this 'central' position? Do the posts sit on your side of the 'known' boundary line, or do they straddle the boundary? Or is it nigh on impossible to establish to the inch? And, does your neighbour agree with your considerations regarding the actual dwarf posts? 
Usually, but not always - and in any case often hard to determine to within a few inches - if one party has sole 'responsibility' for a boundary, they will position the posts and fence to sit on their land, with the backs of the posts just touching the invisible boundary line. This then makes their paid-for fence entirely their property, with full control over it - the neighbour shouldn't touch, paint or attach anything to it without permission. (Usually things are more lax, but just making the point).
Anyhoo, let's assume that you both agree that the posts do represent your common boundary, and that they either straddle this boundary or sit just within your side of it. Anything the neighbour constructs on their side of these posts, including to their side of the post face (assuming 'permission'), is the neighbour's property. You have no obligation to maintain anything belonging to them.
However, you do seemingly have a deed-written moral obligation to maintain this physical boundary, so how do you propose to do this? Just leave these dwarf posts as markers? Install your own panels either in between the posts, or on your side of them? Replace the neighb's dodgy panels with ones you supply?
Or just not maintain this physical boundary at all?