To expect next door's landlord to fix their bloody back garden fence.

[FunHouse]

Their fence has been broken for a year now. I thought they'd fix it themselves and tbh didn't worry because my dd was old enough to know not to go near their garden.

Now my younger son has started walking I can't stop or keep running after him to pull him back in our garden. Towards the end of the garden their side is completely overgrown with thorns and brambles. It's dangerous for my children. Now it's summer they'll be out more. Dd knows not to go to that side, but ds obviously is too small to understand.

I just phoned the letting agency and they attempted to fob me off telling me the fence is MY responsibility! This house has been our family home for about 35 years. We know what side is ours! When I told the agent she was being rude trying to fob me off when she hasn't even seen which property it is and told her I want it fixed ASAP before one of my children get hurt, she told me she couldn't authorise it without the landlord agreeing to fixing it.

I'm thinking I'm going to have a problem trying to get them to fix it. Could I threaten them with contacting the council or something if they don't fix it within a week or two weeks?

But they have an extension they can sit on and drink wine. Why on earth wouldn't they????

They have a 160ft gardenn why would they neglect all that space and sit on their roof?!

Because they want to and it's a free country and they're allowed?

Also, the extension roof won't be as shaded as the garden, will it? Better sunshine for sunbathing.

I think it's rude and anti social to sit on your roof and drink and laugh loudly. Yes it's summer, but do I really want to SEE the people aswell as hear them? No, I don't.

You sound like a fun neighbour

It's nothing to do with being fun. I just want some privacy for my family and myself.

Composhat don't lump all landlords in with yours. It's bloody rude I know there is a hatred of landlords on here but I have had the same tenant for seven years he needs things fixing he gets them fixed

I don't doubt you are good landlord/lady. But in my experience of about 5 or 6 private rentals, the good landlords are very much a minority.

I've had precisely one decent landlord and the rest have either been lazy or greedy shites, whose first and last concern is lining their own pockets and don't give two figs for those paying considerable sums to live in their homes.

Rude and antisocial to sit on your roof and drink and laugh loudly??!!

Was your humourectomy expensive or was it done on the NHS?

Legally they do not have to fix the fence. We had this with a stuck up pompous arse who lived next foot to us whose brick wall fell into our garden. He cleared it up then left it. We ended up putting a fence our side of the boundary as he wasn't entitled by law to do anything. Our responsibility to stop dog and kids going over there.

What bastards they are? They'll be bloody smiling next if this continues unabted.

It shouldn't be allowed ComposHat, there should be laws against it. Smiling. Drinking wine. Words fail me they really do.

Awww. Come on Funhouse When you win the Euro lottery you won't be so poor as to not be able to afford a detached house with surrounding 50 acres.

It's the sudden two hours of British summer isn't it? Makes us all antsy...

Thanks Madame, nice to hear some first hand experience stories.

Yes, the bastards are sitting there and laughing. .

Is this a reverse AIBU?

With sunglasses on. .

Hope they enjoy watching my dh cook dinner.

MN is an education however: I never knew about the legal aspect about having no fence. Cheers all.

I was the tenant in this EXACT situation. NDN even got the deeds and sent them to the LA, who acknowledged that they did indeed prove the fence was LL's responsibility, and he STILL refused point blank to do it. He continued refusing even after the LA notified him in writing that he was legally obliged to install a new, safe fence, and that if any harm came to us, toddler DS or NDN because of it he'd be liable. Even after appealing to his 'better nature', sending him photos of how beautifully we'd totally re-done his skanky overgrown garden, and pointing out that NDN had cancer and her husband had just left her didn't work. He's just a total and utter bastard.

NDN eventually paid to have the fence replaced, after a year of hounding the LL and her and her mother throwing hints at us to go halfs. Incidentally, please don't approach your tenant neighbours to do this, under absolutely NO circumstances were we prepared to add actual money to the vast amounts of hard work we'd put into improving the LL's property, and it very nearly ruined the good relationship we have with NDN.

No this isn't a reverse AIBU. It's just a boring thread about fences.

Thanks featherbag. That sounds like hell. Glad it was sorted in the end.

You can't make anyone put a fence. The landlord could mark the boundary with a line of stones, or paving bricks or anything.

And people who have extensions with roofs they can sit on and drink wine in the sun are allowed to do that.

Thanks for making that clear to me freddie. I was confused about this all up until your last post. .

Can I kindly suggest you catch a grip.

BTW, OP, welcome to MN.

. Sorry. My hands are full with grip I'm already holding. Perhaps you should catch it instead? Why are you getting worked up about a crappy fence thread?