Boundary ownership query.
Discussion
I confess that I have never once noticed which way round any fence goes, but I like the Pythonesque implications of one bloke who runs a fence putter upping company saying "they go this way" and another bloke who is a fence putter upper saying "no, they go this way". Capital vs Labour!
I’ve got a fence either side of my house. Both joint owned.
We found the fencer, instructed and paid him (before we got the neighbours share of the money) so we naturally enough got the choice of which side we wanted facing out garden.
The good side seemed obvious but one side is near my shed so it was easier for the fencer to do that side from the neighbours garden.
So we’ve got one ‘good’ side and one ‘bad’’ side and do you know. Apart from painting it, it doesn’t really make a lot of difference.
Chris32345 said:
Oceanrower said:
You would, generally, be wrong.
The rails are on the back of the fence. These are generally on the inside of the property, or the owners side if it is a dividing fence.
To put the 'good' side on the inside would, essentially, leave a ladder on the outside for ne'er do wells to climb...
Are you for real?The rails are on the back of the fence. These are generally on the inside of the property, or the owners side if it is a dividing fence.
To put the 'good' side on the inside would, essentially, leave a ladder on the outside for ne'er do wells to climb...
Have you seen no fence ever?
It’s always been that way
10 seconds on google will confirm, eg:-
“Face the finished side of the fence toward your neighbour
The finished side should face toward your neighbour. Not only is this more polite, but it's the standard. Your property will look a lot nicer with the “good” side facing the outside world. Otherwise, your fence will look like it was installed backwards.“
Jimboka said:
Chris32345 said:
Oceanrower said:
You would, generally, be wrong.
The rails are on the back of the fence. These are generally on the inside of the property, or the owners side if it is a dividing fence.
To put the 'good' side on the inside would, essentially, leave a ladder on the outside for ne'er do wells to climb...
Are you for real?The rails are on the back of the fence. These are generally on the inside of the property, or the owners side if it is a dividing fence.
To put the 'good' side on the inside would, essentially, leave a ladder on the outside for ne'er do wells to climb...
Have you seen no fence ever?
It’s always been that way
10 seconds on google will confirm, eg:-
“Face the finished side of the fence toward your neighbour
The finished side should face toward your neighbour. Not only is this more polite, but it's the standard. Your property will look a lot nicer with the “good” side facing the outside world. Otherwise, your fence will look like it was installed backwards.“
Its true for an Arris rail boundary fence to public land or roadway to have the rails on the owners side so as to make it harder for people to gain access from the 'good/Pretty side.
Its also a historic neighbourly thing to do the same on the dividing line between neighbours, but in recent years I have seen a significant of people giving themselves the prettyside.
myvision said:
NDA said:
I seem to recall a few years ago being told that in the absence of anything on the deeds, you were responsible for the boundary on the right hand side of your property. This is probably complete nonsense!
I was told left side!!!Oldandslow said:
myvision said:
NDA said:
I seem to recall a few years ago being told that in the absence of anything on the deeds, you were responsible for the boundary on the right hand side of your property. This is probably complete nonsense!
I was told left side!!!Meaning if the other neighbour is then peed off because now the one responsible has decided he does not want a fence, all that can done is the disgruntled neighbour puts a fence up on his side of the invisible boundary. (Or more often than not exactly where the old one was, very few neighbours will argue if someone else pays to put up a new fence)
Edited by jondude on Monday 26th October 11:02
mattwh said:
Breadvan - I have complete respect for everything you bring to this forum but this is the exception that proves the rule. Internal fences within a property, as in dividing fences, are inward facing - i.e. posts outside. (source 32 years of fitting them.) To place the internal boundary fence posts facing inwards is just wrong - or at least doing the (paying) customer a disservice.
I hope no one ever paid you during those 32 years of fitting fences, as you have been doing it wrong.TriumphStag3.0V8 said:
mattwh said:
Breadvan - I have complete respect for everything you bring to this forum but this is the exception that proves the rule. Internal fences within a property, as in dividing fences, are inward facing - i.e. posts outside. (source 32 years of fitting them.) To place the internal boundary fence posts facing inwards is just wrong - or at least doing the (paying) customer a disservice.
I hope no one ever paid you during those 32 years of fitting fences, as you have been doing it wrong.myvision said:
NDA said:
I seem to recall a few years ago being told that in the absence of anything on the deeds, you were responsible for the boundary on the right hand side of your property. This is probably complete nonsense!
I was told left side!!!Foss62 said:
TriumphStag3.0V8 said:
mattwh said:
Breadvan - I have complete respect for everything you bring to this forum but this is the exception that proves the rule. Internal fences within a property, as in dividing fences, are inward facing - i.e. posts outside. (source 32 years of fitting them.) To place the internal boundary fence posts facing inwards is just wrong - or at least doing the (paying) customer a disservice.
I hope no one ever paid you during those 32 years of fitting fences, as you have been doing it wrong.No experienced fencer would ever install panels like he’s describing.
mattwh said:
Breadvan - I have complete respect for everything you bring to this forum but this is the exception that proves the rule. Internal fences within a property, as in dividing fences, are inward facing - i.e. posts outside. (source 32 years of fitting them.) To place the internal boundary fence posts facing inwards is just wrong - or at least doing the (paying) customer a disservice.
I presume by 'internal fences' you must mean fences dividing two areas of one commonly owned piece of land, e.g. between a lawn and a vegetable garden in one house's plot of land? If so, this is totally irrelevant since we are talking about 'boundary fences' which divide different plots of land.roadsmash said:
Foss62 said:
TriumphStag3.0V8 said:
mattwh said:
Breadvan - I have complete respect for everything you bring to this forum but this is the exception that proves the rule. Internal fences within a property, as in dividing fences, are inward facing - i.e. posts outside. (source 32 years of fitting them.) To place the internal boundary fence posts facing inwards is just wrong - or at least doing the (paying) customer a disservice.
I hope no one ever paid you during those 32 years of fitting fences, as you have been doing it wrong.No experienced fencer would ever install panels like he’s describing.
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