Hostile neighbour regarding fencing

Yes it does look like it’s his fence. If I was you I would take up your patio tiles and then put up a new fence with the good side facing you ,just make sure it’s on your property then relay the tiles. It will cost you a bit of money but that’s worth it as you don’t want to get in a fight with your neighbour as he sounds like a nasty piece of work even if he suffers from mental health that’s not your problem ,look after your own mental health as he is the type who will ruin that. You’ve got rights too so don’t let this guy intimidate you. Good luck.

Can you contact your solicitor who dealt with the conveyancing. We have to this as the copy we downloaded (and had) didn't show t marks/the boundary mark covered it. But the solicitor was able to view some sort of different documentation (maybe original title deeds) they received during the process and were then able to show us.

This seems entirely possible. If he was previously pleasant and you had a good relationship alzheimers/dementia seems very likely.

MIL who had alzheimers fell out with both neighbours who were friends for 40 plus years and just couldn't see reason. Her personality genuinely changed and it was so sad to see. Neighbours had sunflowers and we had months of phone calls saying kids were at her fence staring in the house.

He's lucky to have a neighbour like you. You shouldn't stop any of you plans but he fact that your concerned is really nice. Just be prepared thar pretty soon you may need to involve the police or SS if you are genuinely worried for his safety. MIL was found walking the streets alone with no coat at 2 in the morning and was found by a very kind man who took her home and called the police

It’s possible he is experiencing the effects of sun downing which mean late afternoon, early evening behaviours and confusion can be totally different to the norm.

That's good your dogs need to be safe

just put up your own my neigbour has done this suits me dont have to worry about that side now- you cant make hhim do anyting on his own property

Similar experience with our elderly neighbour. My advice is just crack on and get the fence done, the longer it goes on the more obsessive he will become about it.

It used to be the convention to give your neighbour the good side. Not sure if that was for practical reasons (easy access to the posts) as well as courtesy.

I have a close family member with dementia and this all sounds sadly very typical. Falling out with lots of people, them not understanding, paranoia and thinking everyone's out to get them, security concerns etc. I would say a good possibility they are ill.

No. You can put up a fence on your property inside his fence. We have done this as our neighbours didn't want the fence touched. The grey fence was the original one, the horizontal slatted fence is the new one - the old one is still there. (The cats are mine)

Hopefully he has time to calm down

He may be worried about the costs of repair.

If you are happy, and can convince him, get it repaired and bear the cost yourselves, no matter who it ultimately belongs to.

I think this is the most expedient thing.

It does sound like your neighbour is suffering a little, and possibly could do with some help from a kindly referral to social services. ( aged care)

We have fence posts with the cross bars and planks attached. One of these was giving way, and I asked my husband if we could just install another post, next to the one which was less stable.

That wasn’t an option, and he was quite rude and nasty about the idea, until talking about it with my brother, who confirmed it was a good option, and this is what my husband did.

It was a cheap repair for us, and doesn’t look odd, that there are two posts together.
Men !! ( mine hasn’t even got old age as an excuse )

No. We paid for our fence on our boundary and put the good side facing us because it’s our blooming fence.
You need to find out whose fence it is before doing anything though. If it’s not your fence and he doesn’t want you to touch it then leave it alone. You have the choice of putting your own fence up on your boundary.

Our neighbour was awkward it's taken 8 years and many repairs because he didn't want it changed. He wouldn't let us touch the ivy which was adding to the weight. Thank god storm Darrah finally smashed it to smithereens. We got quotes he tried to insist on the type, we ignored, he tried to give us some money we refused. The panels went up . He's so delighted he's getting them in to do some for him. And the bloody ivy is no more 👋

You can put the fence on your property line but it looks like you don’t have much room. He could also be way over the property line. You might need a land survey

That isn't always the case

Could you drop him a note explaining what you intend to do regards the fence, might give him a chance to think it through.

We have 50:50 fences. On one side we opted for the "bad side" as it was better for trellis, and they used the side more. At the back we have the "good" because it faces our house and their side and the other side is "good" because much of theirs is hidden.

As there's no expense being imposed on him, I'd make sure the garden is secure. It will also protect you from him long term.

All you can do is either build a full new fence on your side or a panel on your side. However the way he is I think you will probably get trouble again. My mother was accused of stopping the water going into her elderly neighbours house. The woman was out swearing to turn her water back on. Mum phoned the police and 2 of them arrived to talk to the neighbour. We have Community Police here and they can be contacted online. They try and deal with neighbourhood issues to avoid things getting worse. I would make sure they spoke to him in advance of any fence. Hopefully he will be warned off and if they think he has an issue they may involve social services.

This is completely untrue.

Have you purchased your neighbours deeds to check it for T Marks? If it isn’t on your deeds I’d guess it is your neighbours fence. You can therefore build a fence within your land but not on the boundary, there is absolutely no obligation for a fence to be erected on a boundary.

If your neighbours deeds also don’t have T Marks, it is assumed to be a party boundary and the boundary is therefore maintained jointly and equally.

This is not set in stone either. We share responsibility for fences with our neighbours. When the fence on the right between me and the neighbour came down recently, they found someone to fix it and we paid half each.

Looking at your house from the front what side is the fence