Rules on which way a fence should be?

[Simpo Two]

Qcarchoo said:

In the old days the best side of the fence was always facing the neighbours side but since the eighties (greed is good) things have changed.

Notihng to do with greed - if I pay for the fence, I'm having the good side. He who pays the piper etc.

[Chrisgr31]

Simpo Two said:

Qcarchoo said:

In the old days the best side of the fence was always facing the neighbours side but since the eighties (greed is good) things have changed.

Notihng to do with greed - if I pay for the fence, I'm having the good side. He who pays the piper etc.

Well in theory it doesn't matter. As after all usually you pay for one side and your neighbour the other, therefore all gardens should have one good side, and one not so good side. After all even the back of fences is not really ugly.

Giving the neighbours the good side is a courtesy, and that of course is why it no longer happens. Its everyone for themselves and that applies with fences on the road etc.

[mybrainhurts]

Paint a picture of a good side on the bad side....

[Qcarchoo]

Simpo Two said:

Qcarchoo said:

In the old days the best side of the fence was always facing the neighbours side but since the eighties (greed is good) things have changed.

Notihng to do with greed - if I pay for the fence, I'm having the good side. He who pays the piper etc.

Maybe not greed but attitudes have certainly changed IMO.It never was a legal requirement for the fence to be facing a particular way but it was around the '80 s when people started to ask for their fencing to be reversed.

[mybrainhurts]

Grow Triffids...

[robinhood21]

Qcarchoo said:

A close relative of mine has been a fencing contractor for 40 years plus. In the old days the best side of the fence was always facing the neighbours side but since the eighties (greed is good) things have changed.
Fencing at the front of a property usually has the best side facing outwards for aesthetic reasons but I have seen it done otherwise.
The idea of having a closeboarded fence with the rails on the inside was to make it more difficult for people to climb over so having the best side for yourself defeats the object IMO.

Yup! I guess it no longer matters with the 'modern' fence panels; but with the close-boarded fencing, another reason for giving the neighbours the good side was so the nails pointed toward ones own property, thus preventing any chances of a compensation claim from wayward pointing nails.

Yes, yes I know nails cannot claim for compo but you get the idea.

[Si 330]

scotal said:

The decent thing to do is let the neighbour, in this case you, have the nice side.

There is however no rule that states this is the case.

Our neighbours have the decent side of their fence. And tbh they paid for it,so I can see their point. We have a vine that grows along it to hide the nasty side of the fence.
I susprect it will eventually knacker their fence.

If they want to be arsey your vine shouldn't be on there fence with out permission.

[Silver940]

Just glad she didn't go storming round there to have a go. Since I have pointed out he can do what he likes and has actually put this up the same way as the other - just the panels are a different design she has calmed down. Covered up the gravel board at the bottom with slate and it looks tidier too.

Still can't guarantee she won't make a sarky comment when she see's them next though worst thing they could do is say "What do you think of the new fence?"

[rsv gone!]

Once the posts and rails are up, the boards need to be attached. Would she have let the fencing contractors trample over her flower beds, to fix the boards?

As said previously, the only definitive way to know who owns which fence is the land registry record drawing.

[DBSV8]

ol' dirty said:

If you own the fence- the slats come in towards you.

if you don't own it- the slats go away from you.


Thats how I understand it anyway...

correct

[rsv gone!]

DBSV8 said:

ol' dirty said:

If you own the fence- the slats come in towards you.

if you don't own it- the slats go away from you.


Thats how I understand it anyway...

correct

So how would you fix the boards without an automatic right to go on your neighbour's land?

[DBSV8]

rsv gone! said:

DBSV8 said:

ol' dirty said:

If you own the fence- the slats come in towards you.

if you don't own it- the slats go away from you.


Thats how I understand it anyway...

correct

So how would you fix the boards without an automatic right to go on your neighbour's land?

This has nothing to do with accessing the property to errect a fence.
Its simply an aeshetic one , by definition when you erect a fence you will be on the border of the property . The question raised was which side of the fence should face the neihbour , the answer is if you are paying for it , its simply your choice .

I am amazed at anyone erecting a double fence and incurring the cost of extra fence panels just to have the ""nice side"" facing your property.