to feel conned

[sandybobble]

I've lived in this house ten years and have fixed one fence many times because neighbour said it was mine. Fence just blew down and n

[Impatientismymiddlename]

my neighbour built a fence on my land so I should hold him responsible for all ongoing maintenance and repairs (or whoever comes to live in the house if the current gent moves out). the fact he is a fence fitter by trade and I paid him several hundred pounds for the job is irrelevant; he built the fence.
any clearer yet?

[SomewhatSilly]

Jesse :o

[sandybobble]

Oh good grief I just realised what you mean by bridges. I'm not a troll. I have changed my name in case neighbor sees this and links it to other posts I've written about her in past. You never know. Sorry if that makes me seem untrustworthy.

[HauntedNoddyCar]

Oh yes. You do need to build bridges...

[HeadfirstThroughTheTimeVortex]

[enriquetheringbearinglizard]

it's only JUST on my land
like being 'a little bit pregnant' you mean

[sandybobble]

She was very rude that's why I was in a huff after finding out it isn't my fence. I it's only JUST on my land. I should build bridges with her though you're right. I'll apologise and ask if they still want to go halves. Maybe my son can visit and help put it up to keep costs down

[jacks365]

There is no legal responsibility on either of you to replace the fence (unless you need it to restrain an animal in which case the animal owner needs to) so basically which ever of you wants the fence doing needs to pay for it themselves if however you both want it doing then halving costs is fair. In other words you can't tell her to do it nor can she tell you.

[DustyBaubles]

God, I've just realised what this thread reminds me of.

Remember Mitmoo and the neighbour's garden light? The sense of entitlement, the (entirely misplaced) certainty that she was right. Those were the days.

[HauntedNoddyCar]

Fence entitlement eh? Who'd have thought such a thing existed.
?

[enriquetheringbearinglizard]

In the second OP you say
is it their responsibility or mine?? My predecessor also said the fence was mine.

Your next door neighbour didn't erect the fence.
It's on your land.

Nothing more to debate just because you don't like the answer doesn't change the facts.

[AtYourCervix]

This has to be a reverse.

Paint it red.

[JessePinkmanIsMine]

Do bridges usually have fences on the boundaries?

[WilsonFrickett]

Doesn't matter who put it up, it's yours if it's on your land. Not hers. At all.

[SissySpacekAteMyHamster]

I'm afraid your way of dealing with things obviously leaves a lot to be desired. If you caught me bringing shopping in with the kids, I'm afraid it wouldn't be my best time for a discussion about money.

[HeadfirstThroughTheTimeVortex]

Also, you have just been awful to your neighbour, you should be apologising.

[DustyBaubles]

Are you mad? The fence is on your property.

It is yours.

If you want a fence, you must pay for it. Or do you imagine that the ghost of the neighbour's predecessor will come and fix it for free?

[HeadfirstThroughTheTimeVortex]

If it's on your land it's 100% your respnsibility.

[Cobain]

I have replaced fence panels belonging to the old lady next door, as she is not in the position to do so, that does not make me responsible for the future neighbours boundary fencing or maintaining that fence in the same way I have no right over the fence panels if new neighbours wish to remove them.

[sandybobble]

It's on my land but her predecessor put it up. So it's hers! She should have been offering to pay for it all not half and I should have never had to repair it!

[enriquetheringbearinglizard]

So, in a nutshell the fence is on your land?
Neighbour, who didn't erect fence, has been offering to pay half of the replacement cost for years, to no avail.
Fence now beyond repair so you approach neighbour and tell her she has to replace the whole thing.
Neighbour is not happy.

I'm not at all surprised and not sure how come she's a 'nasty madam'

[Lottiedoubtie]

Yeh I'm with your neighbour I think

[DustyBaubles]

You told your neighbour she'd have to pay?

She is under no obligation whatsoever to pay for a fence that is on your property.

If you want a new fence, you will have to pay.

[Impatientismymiddlename]

If it is on your land and not on a joint boundary line the she has been very reasonable to offer to go halves in the past. She is probably annoyed that she has had to put up with a patched up unsightly fence for years because you wouldn't agree to replace it (even with help towards the cost) and would rather just do a temporary DIY job.

[sandybobble]

Oh dear. I just approached neighbor as she was bringing shopping in and told her I had discovered it was her fence and that she would have to pay for it. She didn't look very happy about it and shouted at me because she has been offering to go halves for years but I says she ois angry I have always refused. She said I was a cheapskate and was making this up to make me pay for the fence. She shouted at me to fix it myself because it's on my land. She then quickly grabbed her baby and rest of shopping from car and went in, refusing to discuss it with me further.

I think I'll just rip the damn thing down and leave it with no fence. Nasty madam.