How do I best cover the gaps in this fence?

Heliocentric

Neighbour erected a mini fence but it wasn't done well from my side plus there are gaps. I think the gaps are there to let the sunlight into her room.

I am looking to:

- Put something over the entire fence on my side so that I see no gaps (or fence, even)

- Also put something on my side that will stop her cat from jumping off that fence into my garden. She lets it out from that door and there's nowhere for it to go, so it jumps onto the fence and sometimes jumps into my garden or it walks along the wall of her extension (the building to the right). I'm fine with it walking on the wall. I just don't want it in my garden.

I am not great at DIY. At best I can glue, screw or drill something onto my side of the fence.

Grenage

You're not supposed to attach anything to the fence (it's theirs), but you could erect a fence or trellis on your side.

marcia_

 I attached a fake trellis of ivy leaves bought from amazon to all the fences around my back garden that have gaps wider than that. Provides privacy and non of the neighbours have complained 

Brie

it's impossible to keep cats out of your garden if they want to be there.  unless of course you want to completely cage your garden in!!  

teaselMay

That looks as though it's made from thin bed slats, if it is it won't last long.

How wide and tall is that space? you could put a fence panel on your side, I can't see what there is to secure it to though.

Cats rule the world apparently I doubt anything you do will deter them

Albermarle

Brie said:

it's impossible to keep cats out of your garden if they want to be there.  unless of course you want to completely cage your garden in!!  

Agree.

As we dog sit from time to time, I have closed off every possible escape route in our garden.
However cats ( and foxes) roam at will, as they can jump a lot higher than a normal sized dog can. 

ThisIsWeird

Heliocentric said:

Neighbour erected a mini fence but it wasn't done well from my side plus there are gaps. I think the gaps are there to let the sunlight into her room.

I am looking to:

- Put something over the entire fence on my side so that I see no gaps (or fence, even)

- Also put something on my side that will stop her cat from jumping off that fence into my garden. She lets it out from that door and there's nowhere for it to go, so it jumps onto the fence and sometimes jumps into my garden or it walks along the wall of her extension (the building to the right). I'm fine with it walking on the wall. I just don't want it in my garden.

I am not great at DIY. At best I can glue, screw or drill something onto my side of the fence.

Hi Helio.
What, and whose, wall is shown on the right there?
How tall is that fence?
Anyhoo, assuming that this fence is situation on your neighbour's side of the boundary line, then they own it 100%. You shouldn't touch it, not even paint it, without their express permission.
Quite possibly the gaps are to allow wind through, and make it less likely to be damaged in storms?
Anyhoo, I think you best, simplest, bet would be to run two tensioned wires, one to one butt, and suspend faux ivy between them, as suggested by Marcia.

Heliocentric

ThisIsWeird said:

Hi Helio.
What, and whose, wall is shown on the right there?
How tall is that fence?
Anyhoo, assuming that this fence is situation on your neighbour's side of the boundary line, then they own it 100%. You shouldn't touch it, not even paint it, without their express permission.
Quite possibly the gaps are to allow wind through, and make it less likely to be damaged in storms?
Anyhoo, I think you best, simplest, bet would be to run two tensioned wires, one to one butt, and suspend faux ivy between them, as suggested by Marcia.

Thanks. The wall is hers. The entire boundary is hers. I have never heard of not being allowed to paint a fence facing my side. One of my neighbours uses on our our posts on his side for his washing line. He has a fence (his own boundary) but we built a fence inside our boundary because his wasn't tall enough. He uses our posts. Anyway...

 I attached a fake trellis of ivy leaves bought from amazon to all the fences around my back garden that have gaps wider than that. Provides privacy and non of the neighbours have complained 

marcia_ said:

 I attached a fake trellis of ivy leaves bought from amazon to all the fences around my back garden that have gaps wider than that. Provides privacy and non of the neighbours have complained 

Thank you. I think I will have to do this but as the man above said, I am not allowed to touch her fence even from my side so not sure how I am meant to do this now. I was hoping I could just attach it to my side of the fence.

Everything exists inside of her boundary (including that wall). It's not quite on the boundary but maybe 1 few cms inside her property.

ThisIsWeird

Heliocentric said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Hi Helio.
What, and whose, wall is shown on the right there?
How tall is that fence?
Anyhoo, assuming that this fence is situation on your neighbour's side of the boundary line, then they own it 100%. You shouldn't touch it, not even paint it, without their express permission.
Quite possibly the gaps are to allow wind through, and make it less likely to be damaged in storms?
Anyhoo, I think you best, simplest, bet would be to run two tensioned wires, one to one butt, and suspend faux ivy between them, as suggested by Marcia.

Thanks. The wall is hers. The entire boundary is hers. I have never heard of not being allowed to paint a fence facing my side. One of my neighbours uses on our our posts on his side for his washing line. He has a fence (his own boundary) but we built a fence inside our boundary because his wasn't tall enough. He uses our posts. Anyway...
 I attached a fake trellis of ivy leaves bought from amazon to all the fences around my back garden that have gaps wider than that. Provides privacy and non of the neighbours have complained 

marcia_ said:

 I attached a fake trellis of ivy leaves bought from amazon to all the fences around my back garden that have gaps wider than that. Provides privacy and non of the neighbours have complained 

Thank you. I think I will have to do this but as the man above said, I am not allowed to touch her fence even from my side so not sure how I am meant to do this now. I was hoping I could just attach it to my side of the fence.
Everything exists inside of her boundary (including that wall). It's not quite on the boundary but maybe 1 few cms inside her property.

I'm just clarifying the rools. 
You may have attached faux ivy to other folk's fences, and no-one complained. Other neighbs may well have attached washing lines to your posts or painted their sides and ditto. But, a fence that is fully positioned within one person's boundary line is fully owned by them, and permission should be sought before touching it. 
Yes, many folk are flexible on this, and that's fine - it would often be churlish to complain about trivial breaches. But, if someone does complain, then they can enforce its removal, or claim damages.
With this fence, it'll likely come down to things like how well you get on. Or, if these gaps are to allow light through, then they won't be happy about you blocking them - and definitely not should you do so by attaching to their new fence.
I'd agree, tho', that their fence doesn't exactly provide privacy, so you'd be perfectly entitled to screen your side, and I think my suggestion will be the cheapest and easiest; in essence a post at either end, on your side of the boundary, and a couple (or more) wires or cords strung between them. Hang the faux ivy on this.
Apart from installing the two posts, you should be able to do the rest, I think. And, with this new wobbly cord a few inches away from their fence, their cat might not find it fun to climb on. :-)

RavingMad

Have a word with the neighbour and see why they chose this fence. From that conversation you'll probably get round to privacy and go from there.

Looks like they've painted it white on their side so be careful if you're planning on painting your side (if they let you)

Bigphil1474

I'd guess the neighbour wasn't sure about your side of the fence and didn't bother asking. Plan A should be to speak to your neighbour and see if you can agree on a way forward you are both happy with. Should save you money too. I suspect as others have suggested, the fence was made like that for a reason. They'd probably be happy for you to paint it (last longer) and even hang something over for your privacy and theirs. 

Cats hate citrus peel apparently. We had reasonable success in dissuading them from our flower beds by placing some around the bed.