Making a fence and neighbours tights
Discussion
I really want these pictures. My bet is, it looks ridiculous and has totally ruined the aesthetic of the street.
It’s funny, humans really love tribes and so threads like this immediately get support from the group but in this instance, I think the neighbour might be the victim.
Let’s wait and see, just a hunch I have.
It’s funny, humans really love tribes and so threads like this immediately get support from the group but in this instance, I think the neighbour might be the victim.
Let’s wait and see, just a hunch I have.
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 dogs
t up and flinging it at the neighbours house. (Or at the neighbour).Been through this myself. Almost word for word the same as the OP. Apart from only coming in from the border a few inches. And no tights involved.
Occurred to me after the event the neighbours genuinely, but subconsciously without recognising the absurdity of it, felt they had some kind of veto over what I do with my property, and just the act of not liking it meant I should take it down despite it being on my property and despite me running it by them several times in advance.
I realise now that two front gardens with no separating fence can lead to one set of neighbours thinking (1) its a shared / communal space and (2) that you have to get their agreement to do anything at all to your own property.
Give in now and you will never be able to do anything without going through them as they will feel they have final say on your changes.
Make yourself certain where the border is, ask them their exact objections, especially if its cosmetic. Then tell them you made a mistake and you need to move it to your side of the border, make sure you do not cross the border, tell them you will use that as an opportunity to make it more cosmetically appealing, give them opportunity to dispute the border, and if not crack on and move it.
Edit to add what others have advised, check your deeds for restrictions too. Esp. if a new build with a management company. My own deeds on my older build had restrictions on extensions and walls but not a fence
Occurred to me after the event the neighbours genuinely, but subconsciously without recognising the absurdity of it, felt they had some kind of veto over what I do with my property, and just the act of not liking it meant I should take it down despite it being on my property and despite me running it by them several times in advance.
I realise now that two front gardens with no separating fence can lead to one set of neighbours thinking (1) its a shared / communal space and (2) that you have to get their agreement to do anything at all to your own property.
Give in now and you will never be able to do anything without going through them as they will feel they have final say on your changes.
Make yourself certain where the border is, ask them their exact objections, especially if its cosmetic. Then tell them you made a mistake and you need to move it to your side of the border, make sure you do not cross the border, tell them you will use that as an opportunity to make it more cosmetically appealing, give them opportunity to dispute the border, and if not crack on and move it.
Edit to add what others have advised, check your deeds for restrictions too. Esp. if a new build with a management company. My own deeds on my older build had restrictions on extensions and walls but not a fence
Edited by menousername on Sunday 19th May 16:10
We put up a fence between us and next door a few year back, but only half the length of the driveway, we recently extended it for similar reasons to the OP.
I checked exactly where the boundary was and came in a few cm to be sure it was on my side.
They aren't huge fans of if, but I told them in advance, used good quality materials and a local well known trader to do the work.
I'm sure they aren't happy with it, but they accept it's my right to do it and I informed them before hand.
We did have a covenant in the deeds about fencing etc to the front but it expired after 25 years and the house is 50 so no issues there
Outside of covenants, I can't see the neighbour has any influence here
I checked exactly where the boundary was and came in a few cm to be sure it was on my side.
They aren't huge fans of if, but I told them in advance, used good quality materials and a local well known trader to do the work.
I'm sure they aren't happy with it, but they accept it's my right to do it and I informed them before hand.
We did have a covenant in the deeds about fencing etc to the front but it expired after 25 years and the house is 50 so no issues there
Outside of covenants, I can't see the neighbour has any influence here
There's a couple of houses near me with a shared front lawn (there's a few like that, but this one stands out). Both of them must use a laser to mark the line between the two, because if I walk past and one has recently mown the lawn, there's perfect straight line on the lawn, so clearly both parties refuse to cut 1mm over the imaginary laser marked line.
I must take a photo when I see it again, because my mind boggles at the pettiness of it.
I must take a photo when I see it again, because my mind boggles at the pettiness of it.
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