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Neighbours growing plants on fence

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Whateveritsallmadnow · 27/04/2025 21:40

It's their fence, its broken and rotten so they are trying to hide it. Looks awful our side, we would just replace it and pay if they can't afford to but there plants are just going to wreck that too. Anything we can do we have spoken with them.

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Gogo509 · 27/04/2025 22:03

I have the same problem but Ivy. I cut it back every few weeks so it doesn't get out of hand. I often think I could be spending my time doing other things, it's frustrating so I understand. If you put a fence in front the brambles will grow through that eventually. I'm considering some serious tree stump killer to kill it off.

EmmaJane2025 · 27/04/2025 21:55

Are plastic fences a thing? Cheap, basic plastic fence then your own, decent wood fence right in front of plastic fence? Brambles won’t get through a plastic fence

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Whateveritsallmadnow · 27/04/2025 21:52

Think it may come to that annoying as we will have to bring it into our garden by about a foot so it doesn't get effected by their brambles. It's just a shame when we could have nice easy resolution. Just want peaceful life.

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Atarin · 27/04/2025 21:52

You can’t stop someone growing someone on their own fence obviously. Just build your own fence in front of it on your land. No need for a confrontation.

DisplayPurposesOnly · 27/04/2025 21:49

Put your own fence up, so you can't see theirs.

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Whateveritsallmadnow · 27/04/2025 21:48

Lucky you

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leftorrightnow · 27/04/2025 21:46

Well then there isn’t anything you can do - but if the plants are only growing on their side a new fence should last a long time even if they plant new plants. Our neighbors grow ivy on our shared fence and it’s been fine for 10 years now

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Whateveritsallmadnow · 27/04/2025 21:45

No not going to work, they seem to like brambles we've tried that approach

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leftorrightnow · 27/04/2025 21:42

Well if they’re only growing the plants to hide the rotten fence, then surely if you offered to pay for a new fence on the condition they don’t grow plants on the new one, that’d solve it!