wall and neighbour

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We live next door to HMO. There is a tiny wall (less than 1m high) between us the neighbouring property, running the full length of the garden. It's falling down in places, I assume due to the ivy that is growing over it from neighbours garden.

The deeds make no mention of or signal who is responsible for the boundary, so we assume it's shared.

We want to knock the wall down and rebuild it, and then add a fence on top so there is some privacy. We've had some quotes for this and they are considerable (>£5k) .

Are we being unreasonable to ask landlord neighbour for some money towards this or are we being CF?

We have a plan B which is to erect a fence on our side of the wall, but then we lose a bit of the garden and I'm not sure if they'd then be able to claim the wall as their garden in the future too?

No harm in asking. Worst they will say is no. My partner is a property manager for HMO properties and from what I can see it will really depend on the landlord. Some dont mind spending money as they see it as a worthwhile investment, others won't spend a penny more than they have to.

There isn't a T or an arrow on the boundary in your deeds to indicate that you are responsible for the boundary?

If not, it's worth asking the neighbours' landlord if they'll contrubute.The worse they can say is no.

Ask, go for it. Good fences and all that.

Thank you. Do you think we just ask for a contribution or suggest a figure?

£5k sounds a very high amount for a garden wall. How long is it?

I wouldn't put up a fence just inside your boundary as people could stand on the wall on their side and look in your garden. Can you not just replace with a high fence if that boundary belong to you.

OP, we are in the same position as you. We are an end of terraced in a large victorian house, our neighbour is a HMO. There is currently tennis netting between the front gardens (which are about 20ft long) and we are paying for a fence to be put up as we'd like the additional privacy. We spoke to the landlord hoping he would pay half and whilst he was supportive, he wouldn't pay. He did, however, offer to sell us the building

@quizqueen yes that's another option but it's still really expensive as they need to dig out the footings. So fence on own - £1k, fence instead of wall - £3k, or new wall and fence - £5k. It's about 20m long.

I would ask the LL but before you do get at least two more quotes for the work!