Allotment neighbours damaged my fence have not fixed it for months

GDB2222

getmeouttheuk said:

Nearlyold said:

Is this a fence in the garden of your house or a fence elsewhere on an allotment? If its a garden fence is it definitely your fence as per the deeds. What sort of fence is it? Is it  panel damage or post damage or both. What would be the cost of repairing/replacing it yourself? 

they smashed the top slats of the panel contemporary fence. they have really caused a rift with me now doing this to be honest

I imagine that they are embarrassed about the damage, but the allotments are run by a committee and they don’t have any money in the budget to pay for the repairs at the moment. So, they are avoiding talking to you about it, because they don’t have anything sensible to say at the moment.

What they should be saying is sorry and that they can’t pay until the next round of rent payments for the allotments, which may be some months away. 

I’m surprised that they didn’t just offer to come round with some wood and repair the fence. Maybe you can post a pic of the damage. 

bobster2

getmeouttheuk said:

sheramber said:

getmeouttheuk said:

GDB2222 said:

Sorry the fence was broken. Get it fixed and send them the bill. They may even pay it. But, at least the fence will be fixed.

A fence panel cost around £50 and most slot into place in a couple of minutes. 

yeh its more that they have gotten away with it then. and they will likely do it again sometime or worst break other things like my garden room

Why do you think thye will cause all this extra damge?

If you are showing the same attitude as your posts indicate then I am not surprised they are not communicating with you.

You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

I dont know how your post is relevant? 

I'm also detecting some attitude in your posts too. And your outrage at a tree . . . shock ... dropping leaves!

You're saying "have not fixed it for months" but it seems it's been less than 2 months and one of those months was the Christmas period.

getmeouttheuk

Herzlos said:

getmeouttheuk said:

I dont know how your post is relevant? 

He's suggesting out that the tone of your posts are quite confrontational for someone asking for advice, and if you treat the neighbours in the same way it's probably not going to resolve anything. 

Personally, I don't see how accidental damage to a fence is related to your suggestion that willful damage will occur if you fix the fence. If they are vandalising stuff, then you need to involve the police. 

If all that it needs is a new fence panel, or a repair to that panel, I'd do as suggested and just get it fixed and send a bill. It's not really something to go to war with neighbours about. 

 Im predicating they will do more damage from their attitude when I spoke to the man who did it. they arent professional tree cutters its just one of the allotment members who doesnt know what hes doing. 

Dustyevsky

getmeouttheuk said:

the Allotment neighbours damaged my fence when they cut a tree which they should have done before in mid november 2025. Their tree was dropping a lot of leaves into my garden too clogging up gutters.

They were cutting the tree branch and it fell and damaged my fence.

May I respectfully point out the allotment people had no obligation whatever to cut back their tree branch. It sounds as if they were trying to accommodate your wish for it to stop dropping leaves, which is a common habit of deciduous trees.

Maybe you invited them into your garden to start the work, and maybe you didn't, but safe removal would have been better carried out with access to both sides.

It's likely the panel will be replaced, as it seems no one is denying responsibility, but the time frame is stressing you. We can only speculate as to what your emails said, but I know what caused me to cease communication with some neighbours in a similar situation, and it wasn't the legal rights and wrongs.