So here goes. Gulp !
Our house backs onto another house sideways. So essentially their house is side on to us and 2 other houses (next to us) and their rear fence runs sideways making it the back fence of ours and the two other houses. We own the fence to the left side of us.
When we moved in we realised that the previous owner had removed an additional back fence (hedging) that ran alongside the rear sideways fence. So there were originally two fences. However on looking upstairs from the window none of the other 2 houses have an additional fence alongside the sideways one either. So (to be clear) myself and two neighbours only have the one shared fence with this sideways neighbour that I believe to be theirs.
I know I have to check the deeds but I do not have them and I am canvassing opinions based on the idea that it is their fence as it seems obvious that it is.
The portion of this fence that is our back fence has blown down twice. The man from the house has nailed it back together twice now with bits of old wood and very unsightly repairs on our side (so his side looks nice ours looks frankly crap).
Today the fence has blown down again. I was just wondering since its our back fence but belongs to him what's the best thing to do here? Do I leave him to sort it knowing fences are bloody expensive? Do I be generous even though we can't afford it and offer something towards fixing it? Do we put our own fence up inside our boundary alongside it? (Are we being unreasonable for not doing that already considering the other neighbours haven't done this either?)
What's the most reasonable thing to do? Am I being unreasonable to expect him to sort it out without making our garden look awful?
Confused!