This is a bit complicated so i apologise, i also don?t want to be unreasonable by stealth so please bear with me.
Just over 2 months ago we moved in to a new house, it?s the first house we?ve owned so I?m not really sure how these things work anyway!
In the back garden the neighbour that backs on to us is responsible for the back fence. He has recently come to us and asked that we pay half the cost of replacing his whole fence (so the side that backs on to us plus the two sides that have nothing to do with us.)
There was nothing in the legal pack but he claims to have had an arrangement with the previous owners that they would do this every 2 years.
And here is the reason - the bottom of the fence is rotting, flaking away and it looks bad on his side. Around the whole of our garden we have a raised bedding plot and he claims the fence is rotting because the soil is against the fence.
BUT having had a closer look at the bedding plot and fence we have noticed there is a brick wall at the back (as there is at the front) along with a 2 inch gap so no soil is actually touching his fence from our side.
Here is the other thing. The fence is rotting on all 3 sides, not just ours. They have a dog that uses the fence to urinate. I think this is the reason for the rotting.
I have reluctantly offered to pay half of the back fence (we really can?t afford it right now, but to keep peace i will find the money!) but don?t want to pay any money towards the rest of the fence. He says this isn?t fair and i need to keep to an agreement that was made by the previous owners
So should i suck it up and pay what he wants, pay for half the back fence or just refuse to pay anything?
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AIBU?
To not want to pay (or at least not as much) towards the cost of the neighbours fence?
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addictediam · 30/06/2011 18:18
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