Making a fence and neighbours tights
Discussion
Long story short, we’ve made a fence dividing the front of both properties and around our front - next door have gone ballistic.
It’s a nice solid fence, made with decent wood, 1 metre in height. Not an eye sore at all. We’ve been very fair and built it approx 1 foot onto our side instead of the boundary, as it was our idea, it’s on our land, based on the deeds.
We verbally told them around 4 months ago we were going to erect a fence and they were fine with it, but should this have been done in writing?
I will admit I built it as I was fed up of them walking through our front garden, letting their dog dump its belongings and they would occasionally leave things in it.
Is there a law against this? I’ve googled it and seems it’s fine.
It’s a nice solid fence, made with decent wood, 1 metre in height. Not an eye sore at all. We’ve been very fair and built it approx 1 foot onto our side instead of the boundary, as it was our idea, it’s on our land, based on the deeds.
We verbally told them around 4 months ago we were going to erect a fence and they were fine with it, but should this have been done in writing?
I will admit I built it as I was fed up of them walking through our front garden, letting their dog dump its belongings and they would occasionally leave things in it.
Is there a law against this? I’ve googled it and seems it’s fine.
There could be something in your deeds but it may not be possible for a neighbour to enforce any of that anyway. Maybe there could be a condition on the original planning permission that precludes it?
If you can rule these things out then you are probably in the clear although I would ask if it was smart to build a foot in from the boundary, you are effectively giving that land away by doing it.
If you can rule these things out then you are probably in the clear although I would ask if it was smart to build a foot in from the boundary, you are effectively giving that land away by doing it.
Randy Winkman said:
Baroque attacks said:
Which way does it ‘face’?
That might be an issue with regards them getting wound up but I'm sure we had a thread on here last year where people (who seemed to know) said that's just an issue of convention. Though I appreciate you didn't say otherwise. The only problem I can forsee is that many newer estates have a clause in "Planning" that no front gardens shall be fenced off but I doubt it's ever enforced unless it's blocking a sight line.
I'd be a bit concerned that it's not on the boundary but if you're happy to give away a bit of your land then fair enough. Could I suppose cause a problem when you come to sell, can't really comment on that. The alternative is just keep shovelling the dogst up and flinging it at the neighbours house. (Or at the neighbour).
Skyedriver said:
Randy Winkman said:
Baroque attacks said:
Which way does it ‘face’?
That might be an issue with regards them getting wound up but I'm sure we had a thread on here last year where people (who seemed to know) said that's just an issue of convention. Though I appreciate you didn't say otherwise. The only problem I can forsee is that many newer estates have a clause in "Planning" that no front gardens shall be fenced off but I doubt it's ever enforced unless it's blocking a sight line.
I'd be a bit concerned that it's not on the boundary but if you're happy to give away a bit of your land then fair enough. Could I suppose cause a problem when you come to sell, can't really comment on that. The alternative is just keep shovelling the dogst up and flinging it at the neighbours house. (Or at the neighbour).
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