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To ask what our rights/responsibilities if neighbour removes fence panels?

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victoriasnotsecret · 21/04/2024 13:10

DH and I are wondering what our legal rights are? We had a dispute with the neighbour they behaved illegally and we had to report them to the police. Yesterday the neighbour removed three panels of their fence leaving their garden open to ours. They know that we have two dogs who use the garden. I actually spoke to the neighbour and he told us that he taken them down because we've had to report him to the police.

So we know that he's being underhand but the same time we can't put our dogs out in our garden. He hasn't got the problem with the dogs per se but he has behaviour really aggressively towards us about various things and he's even told us he wants us to move because as he said to me yesterday "a lot our generation messed up his pension ". He then told me he was well off and didn't need to work. He is in his 70s we are in our late 40s and have only just become homeowners- beyond devastated.

OP posts:
OhHelloMiss · 21/04/2024 13:14

You put up a permanent fence, no faffing with temp

Dogs secured on a long lead in garden so they don't stray in the meantime

Then await his next trick

Skillest · 21/04/2024 13:14

Put your own fence up, on your side of the boundary

Mnk711 · 21/04/2024 13:14

Just put a temporary fence up on your side and report him to the council, if for no other reason than he may do the same to you if your dogs get into his garden. I'm sorry this has happened to you, it's so stressful.

Jeezitneverends · 21/04/2024 13:14

victoriasnotsecret · 21/04/2024 13:13

We are putting up a temporary fence but what if he never replaces it. Should have asked that in my original post.

Why temporary? You need something permanent

patchworkpal · 21/04/2024 13:13

victoriasnotsecret · 21/04/2024 13:13

We are putting up a temporary fence but what if he never replaces it. Should have asked that in my original post.

Then he never replaces it.

patchworkpal · 21/04/2024 13:13

You need to put up a fence on your side to contain your dogs. You can't expect someone else to do it

victoriasnotsecret · 21/04/2024 13:13

We are putting up a temporary fence but what if he never replaces it. Should have asked that in my original post.

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WittyFatball · 21/04/2024 13:12

You should put up your own fence if you have dogs.

Jeezitneverends · 21/04/2024 13:12

If it’s their fence, they have the right to remove it….if you have dogs, it’s your responsibility to keep them on your property, and I say that as a dog owner

It’s absolutely not his problem if you feel you can’t let your dogs into the garden