To not want my neighbours to dismantle my fencing?

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I live on the end of a terrace with no access to neighbours gardens apart from through my side gate. My neighbours have a large wooden building in their garden that they put in a couple of years ago and took my fence down to get it in, the gate was never put back properly and now doesn't bolt properly. They have now put a note though my door today telling me they now wish to remove it and will need to take my fence down at 9am tomorrow, I'm not even going to be in! I responded saying that that's not convenient for me and I want to be in if they do it and that won't be until Friday. I would rather them not do it all tbh. Then about half an hour ago they were knocking loudly on my door for about five minutes and I ignored it. Aibu? I don't even think my fencing will withstand being taken down again.

If there is a right of way they may be able to say you are blocking it, otherwise I would tell them no, its not happening!

Ah right sorry, we are in the middle and other than through the house we have access via our neighbors garden at the end of the block each garden is fenced off individually but have a gate in between. Even the houses who are bought in our block can't block a neighbors from walking through it's in the deeds I really wish we had a back gate into a lane or even a close through the building. Good luck op I hope you manage to get this sorted!

Am I the only one thinking I need a diagram to picture this properly?

They have now turned up with a trailer at 7am, i have already left for work and my dd has just rang me to say they are hammering on the door again and have woken her up. I am furious .

I will now have to leave work to sort it out, what a bloody inconvenience.

Maybe you should have answered the door last night 🙄

Maybe they shouldn't arrange to take my fence down with a days notice and without consent!

I looked at lots of mid terraces to buy and they all had right of way through the other houses' gardens. It's how they got sewage out/coal in in Victorian times and why I'd never buy end of terrace. I would put money on them having access through your garden and your fence blocking their right of way. They shouldn't just remove your fence, however if I were them I'd be contacting a solicitor about enforcing my rights on my deeds. So I would suggest you look at your deeds and if they do have right of way, do the decent thing.

They were only built 8 years ago, they are not old. I agreed to Friday so why try and go ahead without my consent!

I think you're being a little bit U OP but I understand your annoyance. They will have organised the trailer for this morning and did try and are still trying to get your permission, albeit in an annoying way but what more can they do other than they should have given you more notice? If it's the only way out for the structure, couldn't you use the occasion to insist they fix the gate properly this time? Your view may improve too once the structure has gone.
Let it go.... it's not worth getting into neighbour wars about.

OP, for a start your NDNs should not be planning to do noisy outside work before 8am. Arriving at 7am indicates they were planning to crack on and stuff everyone else.

If they do not have a right of way through your garden then they will be trespassing as you have not agreed to this. Good luck, give ‘em hell.

Had this with past NDNs. They were having an extension built and thought they would be able to use our side entrance for the builders to transport everything through to their garden. We had a six foot fence between the gardens which was ours and no right of access. Not sure how they planned to circumnavigate that. Had it written into the party wall survey done they could fuck right off with that idea and repair any damage done. In more legal language of course. We would have been faced with months of hell if allowed.

They would have to crane it out or dismantle it. Who arranges a trailer without even getting permission first? If my fence collapses who's going to pay for it?

You shouldn't have left your DD there to deal with them by herself. You ought to have spoken to them yesterday. I wouldn't be at all surprised if you get home and find they have taken down your fence anyway.

Bloody rude of them to give you virtually no notice! Hope you sort it out today.

Just go home, start filming, tell them you don't give them permission to touch your fence and if they do, they're breaking the law, then sit there and film. They absolutely cannot take down your fence.

You did them a favour once and now they seem to have an entitlement. Some people are just like this. It's a shame as it makes normal people think twice about doing favours.

Just day no OP. They are first class CFs in my opinion. No right of way then they can jog on. You sound like you live in a similar set up top me and there is not a cat in hells chance I would let my neighbours traipse through my very nice garden carting a load of rubbish and taking down the fence.

Have you gone home to sort out? What a pain in the arse. CF's. Hope you get it sorted x

I'd be bloody furious if I were you, OP. They should've spoken to you weeks ago to arrange this and you are surely within your rights to object to your garden being trampled on for their convenience. They need to dismantle it and take it out through their house.

In fact I remember that it's been taken down twice now as it was broken and needed to come back out, so I don't think I've been unreasonable in the past.

The NDN is being most unreasonable, but the OP missed a trick.
She could have spoken to them yesterday evening (they knocked at 7.30 pm so hardly an unsociable time) and negotiated that they could do it as long as they replaced the fence and gate with a new one

Good luck

Incidentally I have an easement through my NDNs garden where I am now. I have not used it once in the nearly two years I have lived here. If or when I need to use this I would give my neighbours and the people beyond as much notice as I could, discuss when is convenient for them. They both have dogs which could get loose and in one case work nights sometimes. No way would I want to fall out with them and wine would change hands to thank them for being accommodating.

You didn't "agree to Friday", you offered that, and didn't say any more.

You really should have discussed it with them last night when they gave you a chance.

They should have given you more notice, but you were also being a bit unreasonable by ignoring them as you knew they had planned the job for today.