Fence issue

gadget88

My fence fell in one place due to a storm. Anyway I had lots of advice problem is they all say different.

Seemingly removing old fence will break it possibly 
Some want me to lose garden and put a new fence over it
Some said the neighbours shed is too close to fit a new fence
Some said get screening I got bamboo but never liked it 
I did look at a summer house but again high cost
Some did offer to put the posts to ground level but seemingly the new posts are not in right place so removing them won’t help. 

Wouldn’t be so bad if I could split cost but I had to repair it myself. We don’t really know who owns the fence. Not happy with how it looks. Whats the best solution? 

Farway

String some horizontal wires between posts  & grow some rampant climbers over it?

Dustyevsky

gadget88 said:

 I had lots of advice

Not happy with how it looks.

Whats the best solution?

I don't know. As an adult with the relevant info, it's your job to choose. 

Personally, I think the fence looks OK. The neighbour's shed is an eyesore, so I'd want to hide it.....and the rest of their garden, if the shed is indicative of its general state! 

This is a gardening forum. 'In Your Home' is where DIY is best discussed, but even there, without good photos, no one will be able to make a sound judgement.

TLDR: There's nothing in the average garden that can't be eventually hidden with plants, as in Farway's post.

Working_Mum

The question for me is what do you want to achieve gadget88?

You've got choices - but what they are depends on what you want and whether you've got the budget for it. 

Your pic isn't great but the fence looks solid enough - you could hang more panels on your side to neaten things up, you could plant a load of things which would cover the fence, you could paint the fence (I did this and it's transformative). 

Maybe share a better view of the fence/ garden and we can help with suggestions based on your goals.

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

You could run timber across the fence fixed to the existing posts:

https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Treated-Sawn-Timber---22-x-150-x-2400mm---Pack-of-4/p/235990

(Probably places cheaper than Wicks for this kind of timber). 

Wouldn't be do expensive, easy to DIY, would look tidy hiding the mismatched posts and leave you with a fence that looks like a fence. 

Leave a small gab in-between, looking something like this  

400ixl

What do your deeds say as to whose fence it is? Is the ownership marked on either your or your neighbours deeds?

If it is your fence then you could have more choice in what you can do, but obviously at your expense.

gadget88

400ixl said:

What do your deeds say as to whose fence it is? Is the ownership marked on either your or your neighbours deeds?

If it is your fence then you could have more choice in what you can do, but obviously at your expense.

Yes that’s the issue I don’t actually know whose fence it is. Where is the way to find out? I am mid Terrance but the posts are on my side 

the_lunatic_is_in_my_head

gadget88 said:Where is the way to find out? 

You can download the neighbours and your deeds from the Land Registry* however T marks on a title plan typically only relate to who is responsible for maintaining the boundary (which can be done with sticks and string). 

There is sometimes a requirement written into the deeds for a fence or such to be maintained but it's not common. 

The whole fence responsibility/ownership thing is often misunderstood and typically the fence belongs to whoever paid for it originally (or if the house sold after then the current homeowner) but without an obligation to maintain it's largely academic.  

Have a look on google images for "horizontal slat fence" or "horizontal fence ideas", then a look on Youtube, you might find something to your liking that won't cost the earth  

*You could also ask the neighbour who put the fence up.

sheramber

Deeds do not normally include fences. They  may stipulate the boundary but that could be marked with a piece of string.

Your neighbour may / may not be responsible for the boundary but if they did put up the fence then it is not their responsibility.

The fence will belong to whoever put it up.  I bought a house with a fence on three sides. The seller told me they put it up so it belongs to me.
On one side the neighbouring old metal fence is still present.

What go you not like about the fence? 

What would you like it to look like?