covering up recent cage next to our boundary - ideas please

covering up recent cage next to our boundary - ideas please

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sherman

13,308 posts

215 months

Wednesday 13th October 2021
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From that pic plant some more bamboo and forget about the cage.
Catnip would be funny though.

steveo3002

10,530 posts

174 months

Wednesday 13th October 2021
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can we all chip in £1 and get him to plant catnip

austinsmirk

5,597 posts

123 months

Wednesday 13th October 2021
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You can’t win with the kind of nutter that needs. Cage for cats: you know the super special ones that are so adorable and need a £100 at the vets each month.

I’d check planning: I have a feeling it needs to be 1 m from the boundary and it’s possibly too tall. But 2.4m is yr normal limit.

How about a car sounder: drive the monsters mad.
Burn tyres.
A fire pit
Dog compound on your site full of dags

Mexican cuties

Original Poster:

691 posts

122 months

Wednesday 13th October 2021
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due to not being more than 2.5metres, can be as near to the boundary as they like, and the total square metre is less than 15 metres so same rule applies, so its definitely all been thought through, shame we was out when they started constructing it, although maybe just as well, since our reaction to it, would have deffo kicke off, its a family member that doesnt live there who put it up, even the neighbour who lives there said it was bigger than they thought it would be, brilliant!!!

will keep looking at best option to hide the flippin thing

Mexican cuties

Original Poster:

691 posts

122 months

Wednesday 13th October 2021
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its trying to hide a 12 foot run by 2 1/2 foot high, well get some measurements and ideas over next few days

paulobass

1 posts

111 months

Wednesday 13th October 2021
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why not ask them to clad the section of that side which is visible to you?

three horizontal treated battens
feather edge cladding nailed on
run the cladding high to hide the crappy roof detail
possibly add a capping piece but may look better without
leave to weather
done

wouldn't look much different to a summer house

it looks to have been done to tight budget so you may have to contribute/pay but easy to diy and not a crazy amount on materials, even at current prices

yes it will leave a block of timber, but it will soften once weathered and can be broken up with light foliage rather than needing to block everything with a bamboo hedge

jymmm

135 posts

43 months

Thursday 14th October 2021
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You have bamboo in the photo RHS.

Why not add more to hide the cage. Seems a simple fix.

so called

9,090 posts

209 months

Thursday 14th October 2021
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Mexican cuties said:
Is the greenery bamboo ? can't you plant some more of that.
I'm guessing your neighbour has positioned it to be shielded by that as much as possible. He could have positioned it further to the left after all.

steveo3002

10,530 posts

174 months

Thursday 14th October 2021
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how far away is your house ...think the smells would worry me just as much

as said bit more of whatever that green stuff is will hide it