My fence vs neighbour's hedge

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mgtony said:

They will no doubt now agree that the old fence does belong to the OP and ask him to dispose of it, or they'll take it down and chuck it into his garden!

Classic, but even if this did happen it would be the VERY end of the issue and a huge fire could be lit using the fences :-) Suggest it wont, neighbours sound like clowns, theyll find something else to be misserable g1ts about instead

[Mr GrimNasty]

"There are two types of people in this world. People who hate clowns...and clowns."

[Hol]

Well done OP, that really does look smart too.

[Funk]

Best of all worlds; you maintain your original boundary, they get a stty old fence to look at for the rest of time and you get a smart new one. Plus you piss them off by doing nothing wrong.

Good work, fella!

[RichB]

Funk said:

...you maintain your original boundary, they get a stty old fence to look at...

It does look much better. How has he maintained his original boundary?

[Funk]

RichB said:

Funk said:

...you maintain your original boundary, they get a stty old fence to look at...

It does look much better. How has he maintained his original boundary?

Because the original fence is still in place? The fact he's put a new one up a few inches inside it is by the by. As long as the old fence stands, that's the edge of his property?

[RichB]

Oh right, maybe. But the neighbour now removes the old fence and the ivy & hedge grows to obscure the old fenceline boundary and in 5 years time that strip of land is gone for ever.

[Funk]

It's not the neighbour's fence to remove. If they did so, the OP would have the right to force them to put it back where it was.

[RichB]

Yep. And in real life...

[Welshbeef]

Op any update on the rest of your garden? It's got lots of potential (fence issue now resolved/put to bed for what 10-15years).

[rob0r]

I'll put up a proper reply later and post some pictures up. All good so far, no court date! I will 100% be maintaining the original boundary and is one reason I have installed CCTV trained on the fences... If they do remove the original fence then I'll do whatever I can to replace it at their cost, pursuing criminal damage etc. So far it's all quiet, I think they like ourselves are actually pleased to have a secure boundary.

Getting the fence sorted and the boundary secure has sort of unlocked the garden for us. Last year we really had to take care and couldn't relax incase the dogs managed to get though, so now it's really nice. The extra height of the new fence is also a proper bonus. I'm currently gutting the garden and it's nearly all cleared. It's getting totally rotovated, levelled, patio'd, pathed and hopefully a new shed