IN thinking the fence posts are mine and CF neighbour shouldn’t be touching them?

[sweetkitty]

Was discussing this with DH and I think I’m right, anyway
We stay in a detached house neighbours both sides, it was a new build about 18 years ago we’ve lived here for 12 years neighbours since houses were built.

CF neighbours paid to have posh 6foot fence put around all their back garden, everyone else has builders bog standard fence. The fence posts are on our side yet CF neighbours think they are theirs. The other side of our garden the fence posts are on the other neighbours side so it’s their fence so we don’t have a side fence IYSWIM.

3 years ago we moved our fence to move some of our front garden into the back this involved moving the fence 90 degrees on the post, CF neighbours wouldn’t let us do this as it beings to them, yes the fence does but not the posts in our garden. To save a fuss we moved the fence in a bit.

I’ve hung ropes for washing lines on the posts since we moved in, the other week CF neighbour had a knife and was trying to cut them down. The rope is around the posts not the fence.

I want to put a shed against the fence for our rabbit but I know they will moan. They moaned about DS kicking a ball against the fence even though their son did it for years. I want to put up a second fence now along their bloody fence against the posts.

So is it true that if the fence posts face your garden it’s supposed to be your fence? CF neighbours think the posts and the fence belong to them?

Yes, it does all seem very unfair, so why not try to control your anger and talk to them about it, ask them to tell you what the deal was with the old neighbours and remind them you knew nothing of this when you purchased and ask them why they think it is fair. If you stay calm and ask sensible polite questions they will be on the back foot.

They are the type of people if I do put washing poles in they will moan they can see them and they are the wrong colour.

I had a whirligig Burbank with the amount of clothes I dry it kept breaking the ropes were an act of desperation one summer when I had two babies and no tumble drier, ok over the years I should have got proper poles.

But why do they think it’s ok to string things from the posts and I can’t? They own the fence not the posts it appears they are jointly owned.

My other neighbour thinks they own the other side idea fence too, maybe time to show them the deeds!

Whirlygig but

Stupid autocorrect

@sweetkitty stop talking about posts and fences. If fence is shared then you each maintain your side. Just go and have a conversatuon with them and tell them to look at their deeds.

Also, they are not posh fences, they look normal to me

Lazypuppy - you know I was just thinking that! I’m getting as petty as them lol. I’ve been looking at washing posts on Amazon I’m going to get a couple, think about where I’m going to put the rabbits and the next time they moan I’ll show them the title deeds.

Still have to put up with them lighting BBQs next to my clean washing (why not shout over we’re having a BBQ take your washing in)! and the mouldy inside and out car and their little dog shitting on my front lawn.

Have you told them the BBQ affects your washing? It may not have crossed their minds. Yes, it SHOULD have, but some people are stupid.

How do you know the posts are on your property? Have you had surveyor round?

It seems to me that each garden has a fence and at some point neighbors took your down and replaced. This was before you moved in and if agreed nothing you can do. You have to build your own fence. The fence was most likely built with old posts which are most likely yours.
Ask them to put in their own posts as they are not allowed to attach fence to theirs as you need them.