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What is this? (pic)

thermal2844
thermal2844 Posts: 118 Forumite
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The (hideous) thing to the right. Is there meant to be a fence on top of it or...?

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  • maisie_cat
    maisie_cat Posts: 2,067 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2018 at 12:58PM
    You'll have be more precise, I can't see a hideous thing, actually I think I see it now, is it a concrete boundary? That is a bit over the top unless the neighbours had a tank in the garden
  • thermal2844
    thermal2844 Posts: 118 Forumite
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    The low wall? If you click on the pic you can see it larger, or should be able to.
  • eddddy
    eddddy Posts: 16,407 Forumite
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    It looks like some kind of pre-cast concrete wall.

    Here it is on google maps satellite view: https://goo.gl/maps/QnaW1X71mFL2
  • Beenie
    Beenie Posts: 1,629 Forumite
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    Is it a retaining wall (seen in areas where the soil is on clay and can move)?
  • Soot2006
    Soot2006 Posts: 2,161 Forumite
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    Hmmmm lovely ... Fill it with soil and grow some nice plants that will hang down to hide it ...
  • thermal2844
    thermal2844 Posts: 118 Forumite
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    eddddy wrote: »
    It looks like some kind of pre-cast concrete wall.

    Here it is on google maps satellite view: https://goo.gl/maps/QnaW1X71mFL2

    Oh nice one, is it possible to stick a wooden panel fence on top of it to make it taller? Sorry if that's a daft question, I know next to nothing about these things.
  • G_M
    G_M Posts: 51,977 Forumite
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    edited 15 April 2018 at 6:50PM
    It's a concrete boundary divider.

    No, not meant to be a fence on top of it.

    If you are thinking of buying the property, and don't like it, find out who it belongs to.

    If your property, you could replace it.

    If the neighbour's property, you ask them to replace it - they might or might not.
  • eddddy
    eddddy Posts: 16,407 Forumite
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    thermal2844 wrote: »
    Oh nice one, is it possible to stick a wooden panel fence on top of it to make it taller? Sorry if that's a daft question, I know next to nothing about these things.

    It depends who owns it.

    If it belongs to the neighbour, you can just put your own taller fence in front of it - which will hide the concrete wall, as well as provide extra height.

    (Although if the neighbour has kids, I guess they might climb onto the concrete wall to look over the top of your fence!)
  • leon103
    leon103 Posts: 732 Forumite
    That's my wall. What about it?
    :p
  • Lysimache
    Lysimache Posts: 192 Forumite
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    eddddy wrote: »
    It looks like some kind of pre-cast concrete wall.

    Here it is on google maps satellite view: https://goo.gl/maps/QnaW1X71mFL2

    Out of interest, how did you find out its location so quickly?
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