Neighbour complaining that our rose is weakening their fence

[jakesmith]

We are very cordial with our neighbours, They may be 100% correct in what they say, They’re concerned that our rose is weakening the trellis on top of their fence

In fairness it is quite bushy. I’ve spent 6 years training it along the top and would be a bit sad to cut it all off but we need to find a solution

Is there anything we can do to support the bulk of the weight in our side without looking rubbish? If we got some decorative wrought iron stakes and drilled them into the ground say at 2 foot intervals tight up against the fence to take the weight?

Or thining it considerably perhaps

Or do I need to just accept it’s too big and remove it apart from on our arch?

[jakesmith]

paua said:

Glyphosate is the solution.

Their solution perhaps if I don’t do anything!!

I’d like to keep it in some form but not at the expense of cordial relations with next door, Having read a million threads on here of people who end up falling out with neighbours, the relationship is more important than the rose!!

[jakesmith]

Andeh1 said:

Is the rose entwined within the fence, or just growing on top?

Just on the top trellis bit where I have mainly trained it on our side with garden wire

[jakesmith]

bennno said:

That badly needs cutting back. I don’t think neighbour being unreasonable.

Is it realistic to thin it out substantially but keep the length along the top of the fence? It’s taken so long to grow and the screening is nice

Neighbour isn’t concerned about the loss of light

I am not willing to take on responsibility for maintaining the fence though or risk my R8 getting damaged... would rather remove the rose.

Happy to remove it if needs be but preference is not to if there’s a solution

[jakesmith]

I’ve had a look online for poles / stakes, not had much luck finding anything that looks remotely suitable can anyone link / post up an image to something suitable please?

[jakesmith]

Wacky Racer said:

It looks an unkempt overgrown mess tbh, I'd cut it down as much as possible, it's not even got any shape to it.

Just my 2p.

Yeah actually you’re not wrong it is too big now I look at the pics! But hopefully there’s a middle ground between this and nothing at all

[jakesmith]

It’s the neighbours’ fence, they put the arris the wrong way, it was cheeky, they did it between exchange and completion on our house when it was unoccupied but for the previous owners not us.

I can’t lose more than a few inches width on the drive as we have 3 cars so anything other than some stakes is a non starter

[jakesmith]

speedyman said:

Are you sure its his fence, as usually the owner gets the post side of a fence and from the photo it appears its yours. Or is the Audi his?

It's their fence & my audi ... they maintain it when it got damaged twice (the fence not the audi!)
I think they were just cheeky putting the posts on my side as the previous owners of our house said they erected it between exchange & completion on our property when it was empty & noone was around to stop them. Their cheekiness apparently extended to taking a small sliver of our driveway too but the previous owners were unable to prove it and I don't fancy a boundary dispute. Against this context, putting the fence the wrong way around as well is metophorical chump change!