Is my neighbour BU?

[Orangesandbananas]

The gardens are close together, mine is long and narrow, and between us and our neighbours on either side there's a short, waist height wall.

We own one side's wall, neighbour owns the other. His wall is leaning over into our garden, taking a few inches away, leaning in to our patio. He refuses to have the wall rebuilt as says it's a waste of money, even though we have offered to contribute half.

The leaning wall has recently become an issue as he's chopped down all the bushes that offered screening and privacy between the gardens. Obviously that's his right, but if the wall was straight we'd be able to put some fencing or trellis on top (with his permission) to create privacy.

Is he BU not rebuilding his leaning wall?

HIBU - he is being unreasonable.
HINBU - he is not being unreasonable.

I think he is being unreasonable as leaning could equal dangerous but re the privacy thing could you not put some bamboo screening or something up just exactly in front of the wall

Is it unsafe? If not then HINBU

Make sure your NDN knows he is liable for the wall and you have recourse against him for any losses or damages if it collapses. That might focus his mind.

maybe the leaning wall will fall down in the night, then he'll have to clear it off your patio and put up something else

Make sure your NDN knows he is liable for the wall and you have recourse against him for any losses or damages if it collapses. That might focus his mind.

This, send him a letter and keep a copy. He's being a right twat

2bazookas

I would make sure you have some pictures of how the wall leans etc just in case it does fall and he tries to claim you damaged it or in case it damages anything in your garden.

Just push it back towards his garden and put up fencing your side

You can't really push the wall, it's solid and heavy, but leaning. Like the leaning tower of Pisa but a bit smaller

We can't put fencing up cause we have a raised bed built against one part of it

Walls are very expensive- even if he only pays 50%.

It doesn't affect him or he'd remedy it.

As for letters or legal threats- go down that road at your peril- it would be a dispute you'd have to declare when you wanted to sell, as you might if he's careless in other matters as a neighbour.

Is there a way you could persuade him that he could do with more privacy?

If you got a series of Jack's and planks then you could push it straight and then brace it on your side with stakes