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Neighbours fence - Am I right to be annoyed?
Jay Bigz
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Last month the neighbours took down 'their' fence which separates our gardens....
At first it looked like they were doing some maintenance on the garden, which was fine. But then the weeks went on, the work stopped, and it still hasn't gone back up....
I'm really not comfortable with having a 'shared' garden with them, as I nip out for **** all the time and they always seem to be out there and it's just plain awkward....
Am I right to be annoyed by this? I think it's quite inconsiderate of them to assume that we're fine having our gardens merged for this amount of time....
At first it looked like they were doing some maintenance on the garden, which was fine. But then the weeks went on, the work stopped, and it still hasn't gone back up....
I'm really not comfortable with having a 'shared' garden with them, as I nip out for **** all the time and they always seem to be out there and it's just plain awkward....
Am I right to be annoyed by this? I think it's quite inconsiderate of them to assume that we're fine having our gardens merged for this amount of time....
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Exactly what I would do.
I guess it's an option - still don't understand why they've taken the fence down anyway.....
What if they're planning to put a new one up, and we spend money and time on putting one up too?
I guess the best option is to just ask - but it's a tough one to handle without coming across as rude....(what they've done is quite rude though, so shouldn't be bothered about that to be honest)
The expense probably!
Exactly - I was previously unsure as to who's fence it even was to be honest (this is a shared house that I moved into last year) and had never given it much thought, until they pulled it down....
I'm annoyed because I can't think of any valid reason they had to take it down, and especially for nearly a month now. If they weren't in the garden constantly I wouldn't even mind that much, but they seem to live out there.....>:(
But if it's an amicable one, surely there's no harm in asking them when they (hopefully) will put the fence back up?
Or maybe you could put it back up?
Cheers for that - food for thought. I'm really unsure which property owns the fence, and would have to ask the landlord. I'd assume it must be theirs though, if the guy has the balls just to go and take it down without asking us first....
I'm personally renting here, but the house belongs to the parents of one of the people I share with - they bought another property elsewhere and rent this one out to us....
Yep. If they want to be 'clever', be twice as 'clever' back by putting up your own on your side of the garden. If they have anything to say, let them know that you have the right to put a fence up on YOUR side of the land.
You can't just put it anywhere though, it has to go where the deeds say...
I think
Worst case scenario, get a new fence yourself. You say it's a shared house so presumably you can split the cost somehow? I don't know how much fences are so I don't know how do-able this is, but it is an option you may have to resort to.
Firstly though, just ask them what their plan is with the fence and when it will be replaced and work on the situation from there.
You what?! So a new fence can't be put about a quarter of a foot to your side?
Nothing as such however the way boundries work one of the parties involved usually has responsibilty for it , including the cost of maintaining it.
FWIW, I am actually in exactly this situation, my fence blew down quite some time ago and its my responsibilty to repiar/ replace the fence because its "my fence" I had a chat with neighbour and explained I couldn't afford to get it done and we're both happy.
If the fence on the other side of the garden blew down it would be my neighbours responsibility to repair / replace it.
If I were the OP I'd simply have a chat.
This is all good advice
louise1966's post was very succinct.
You can, and deeds aren't so specific about fences. Lawyers make a fortune from boundary disputes.
And they rightly deserve every pence of that.
Land is just complicated.
I wouldn't say you can put a fence anywhere. Theoretically, you can, but in reality, that's not the best decision. The erection of a fence without any form of consultation is simply courting trouble.
Why???
The 'fence' created privacy for both gardens - now they're one big open space. We didn't ask for that, nor was it discussed with us.
Why not knock out the wall that separates our living rooms too? Or better yet, lets just combine houses and all live together as one happy family :cool: