Fencing - Kind of Dispute With Neighbour

setmefree2

Hi

Don't know the answer to your question but there is a great web site called gardenlaw.co.uk and there is stuff on there about fences......

....probably best not to get into a row though IMHO

SMF2

Debt_Free_Chick

Divadee

It's really not worth getting into a tizz with a neighbour over a fence. It will start with the fence and before you know it, you'll be falling out or in dispute about everything!!

At the moment you and the neighbour are simply winding eachother up and point scoring ...... yet you actually want the same thing - you both want a fence or hedge or screen to divide the properties and provide some privacy. Focus on what you have in common with the neighbour (the need for a screen) and work together to get something that is mutually beneficial.

tomstickland

We then said to him, well we will get the fence put all the way along now that we can, but he refused access (again which is his right). We would not be able to complete the fencing without his consent as all the work would need to be from his side due to the garage being there.

Is he some kind of an idiot? He moves in , takes down a hedge, existing neighbour offers to finish off the fence but he refuses access. Surely at that time he was new, so why would he refuse access?

MissMoneypenny

Why not plant a pretty shrub in front of the tie so you can't see it, if the tie is bothering you that much? As your OH has painted the panel, you won't have a need to remove it now.

Debt_Free_Chick is right, you both want the same thing really.

WTF?_2

I read the title of this post and immediately had the image of two neighbours in full fencing kit settling a dispute 'by the sword' ....

clutton_2

you are becoming obsessed by something that is temporary - get a new hobby and start to enjoy life - none of this is of the slightest importance in the overall scheme of things - world poverty, kids dying from malnutrition in half the world - those things are important - go fund raise for them - the blinking fence will then get into some sort of perspective in your mind......

BobProperty

IIRC some of you need to read some old threads on here. The guy who is causing Divadee the grief is the plonker who was trying to get PP for some completely OTT development in his back garden wasn't he? Again, IIRC, his tactics and approach didn't endear him to anyone. I didn't realise that he was a next-door neighbour to Divadee, I just thought he was in the same street.

oldMcDonald

I have just had a little look at that thread BobProperty mentions (big thread!!)

What a nasty, manipulative man you live next door to, Divadee.

TBH, I would just leave it if I were you. If everything he says about moving is true, then this will hopefully be nothing more than a sad little man you will be telling the new neighbours about in a year or so time. He sounds like he will just keep going, doing anything he can to annoy you in order to win a couple more points in this dispute than you can. I have had cr*ppy neighbours in the past and know how quickly things can get bad. In a few months time, what started off as having to cut a bit rope off your fence could have turned into your being too scared to go out as you never know what you may come back to.

There are some down right horrid, nasty and vindictive people in this world and, sadly, it looks like you have been unfortunate to land up with one living next door to you. I hope he has to move soon

clutton_2

on a more practical note - and with hindsight and recalling your earlier post - sorry if my earlier post was a little harsh - if you do need to go onto his land to do any maintainance of your own property you have the backing of the 1992 Access to Neighbouring land act to rely on =- but you would have to take him to court to get the permission - lets hope he has moved on soon.

divadee

Thanks everyone, i have calmed down a bit today whilst at work.

It was petty and silly and childish but my god did it feel good chopping through the electrical cable lol.

I will just leave it now, when/if we get new neighbours i will raise the point of a fence with them and see what happens. I cant believe anyone would turn a decent (we use concrete posts and gravel boards) free fence down!!

i think mr divadee will be relieved!!! but i have to say the temptation will be so much if he chains it or something, my bolt cutters will be a calling me!!