to put up 8ft bamboo screening to block next doors extention from overlooking me

[pettywitchinlondon]

Really pissed off that my previously overlooked house is now.

Was just going to put it up temp by concrete in builders pots and posts and gradually move it towards the boundary.

It will block some light from their side windows but far less than their extension blocks for the other neighbours.

I'm totally reasonable right?

Yes - of course you are exactly right collaborate - that is what I was trying to convey but explained it very badly. I wonder if the neighbour should have gone through this process before building his extension - it isn't clear whether he has even gone through the planning process. He sounds like a bit of a chancer - it would be a shame if the Op had problems selling her property because of him.

IME the planning process is very strict - it has taken me 2 goes over a year to get a very basic, simple extension through and we have been very careful and considerate of our neighbours.

I've looked at all the docs on the council website, it just says building is legal and permitted. No details at all. No drawings or anything. So think it was under permitted development. Its very unlikley to cause problems, but I'll try to sort it now. Think he was just thoughtless.

Spoke to him yesterday about attaching suporting stuff to my property without asking. I was speqchless no sorry, I said the building was unstable and would need to come down eventually so don't want any extra pressure on it. He acted like he was doing me a favour and said yes I can take it down for you. Speechless. Not sure if he's rude, ignorant, stupid or all three!

I think an appropriate response is "I'm not asking you. I'm telling you. You have attached things to my property without permission and you need to remove them. When will you have it done by?"

his name isn't Bill, is it? might be our old neighbour

It is will actuwlly.

Part of me thinks I want him to remove it asap as its damaged my property and was bloody rude.

Other part thinks he's a knuckle dragging idiot, its better to keep shtum and the peace.

Its maybe my fault for being nice and asking him to remove it.

Not sure he will remove it, thinking about the conversation he might be saying he's OK to remove it when I knock it down. That's not what I'm saying I want it gone asap so in a few years I don't have to ask.

He seriously thinks my property that faces his house is his own to do as he pleases.

I want to move somewhere with no neighbours.

Then you just need to speak to him again to make it clear that it MUST be removed. In the alternative, are you able to remove it yourself fairly easily?

You could try the gardenlaw forum if you wanted some specialised advice?

No can't remove it myself. On one hand its annoying and he's an idiot that isn't respecting my property. But it does give some privacy and if he takes it down and doesn't bother to put it in the ground properly . Just worried about legal implications with him blocking planning permsiom if he trys to take ownership by treating it as his own.

registered on gardenlaw a few days ago, still waiting for my email to be approved!

Why don't you go and bang angrily on his car and explain property boundaries to him. :)

You'll get lots of useful suggestions on gardenlaw. The first thing you'll be asked though is what do your deeds say. It's no use starting a thread unless you can refer to your deeds (it will be a document headed "Office Copies" from the Land Registry). If you haven't got them, you can order them online for I think £6.

Thanks, yes hoping my registration will be approved there soon!

Tbh the deeds aren't that useful, just show that the boundary that my guarage is on is his responsibility

What exactly does it say? When the document was created that said that the boundary is his responsibility, was the garage there?

You see, the boundary doesn't exist as such. It is a meeting point between 2 plots of land. People can be responsible for structures placed on the boundary, but they can't be made, generally, to maintain one (that is called a positive covenant that doesn't bind subsequent purchasers).

If the garage was built after the document was created, do you have plans? Was there a Party Wall Agreement?