New neighbour using my private garden...

[Wattyyyy]

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First rate diagram, OP.

Sorry, I haven't rtf but get your lease out. Theirs should be the same save for property-specific stuff. Look for "Tenants Covenants/Obligations". Most leases will have one saying no alterations without the landlord's consent. Then report them to your landlord/managing agent ASAP.
And show them your lease plan. There will be edging (generally red but not always) showing what you own.

newdaddie are you taking the piss?

It's an enclosed garden? So it won't be for a fire escape, as PP suggested.

Really sorry you have this unnecessary upset and upheaval. Hope it is just a mistake and it is resolved amicably. Fingers crossed for you.

Have you met these neighbours before?? Are their necks made of brass??

I lived with a batshit neighbour & this is triggering memories of our lawn war.

Apologies if this has been suggested - they may feel that they need another way out of the building in the even of a fire.

(Bet that isn't the real reason, though . . .)

haudyer I know I was waiting on someone saying that! I wish it wasn't, I can hardly believe it either. How they are going to explain it I don't know.

I have attached an updated diagram the black circles are my door and the new door, where the window was. It's obviously not to scale or anything, the flats are actually a similar size but I've done my best with my limited skillls.
This is keeping my mind off them returning!

Yes agent similar kind of window - thanks I've been trying to find a picture.

WTF is up with entitled neighbours, between this thread & the cheeky bastards parking on another OP's path!

Nobody seems to give a shit anymore. Hope it's sorted soon OP.

ok so sadly you cant get the fence in.. stakes a few inches in and hazard tape in front of the door then.. its no barrier but its a statement of the boundary..

Oh my lord that is cheeky. I don't know how you're considering NOT going over op!

placemarking, , I am fascinated to see how they explain this

Bloody hell. They sound utterly thick

Placemarking!

@Wattyyyy excellent diagram!

I think you need to hold a noisy party in YOUR garden. Maybe look in through their new door, or sit on a bench leaning up against it.

or better still 6ft stakes and tarpaulin right to the top .. use the green mesh sort then they cant say you are depriving them of light and it wont look so bad..

My phone won't let me attach a picture of said gnomes but they are three feet tall and you can acquire an entire family

We were shopping in Asda yesterday and saw them.

They are as ugly as Hell!

I made DH promise that if I ever bought one he was to have me committed to an asylum immediately, for my own safety.

like this stuff Greenhouse shading You can get it in B&Q cheaper

Wattyyyy OP please don't think I disbelieve, I just can't believe how thick these people must be. I mean ya hat so far fetched that it's just.... I actually don't have a word to describe this situation

or better still 6ft stakes and tarpaulin right to the top

I read that as 6ft snakes! I'll leave that with you OP as another option.....

obviously only until they get it fixed..

I also read 6ft snakes