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Fence and boundary dispute with neighbours

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Bubblybeee · 06/09/2023 16:02

Hi ladies need advice. So few years back i spent £15k renovating my garden. The boundary fence between me and neighbours was about to fall apart and already all their trees and bushes were coming into our side. The owner would always rent the house to druggies or bad tenants so when we asked if they would go half to fix fence they said no .

so the builders built a new fence forward into my land and use the boundry fence as a means to protect those neighbours trees falling into my garden. My extra land is still behind this fence .

fast forward now and the owners have decided to move in and build a 5mtrs extension at the back and have removed all the boundary fences claiming my land as there’s and are planning to use my new fence ? I questioned him and said please do not use my fence as yours and to replace the boundary fence as i don’t want land taken .

the guy start screaming at me and shouting its my garden get lost !

my main concern is him not using my fence as his own and extending his garden into my side thats left.

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Original poster

Bubblybeee · 07/09/2023 00:26

Will see what hubby says about the fence wire.

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MetalFences · 07/09/2023 07:03

RoyKentFanclub · 06/09/2023 23:49

It’s 10cm. You created this problem by putting the fence in front of the boundary line. Just forget about it ffs, you’re never going to use that tiny strip.

What a load of rubbish. People often put fences in front of a boundary fence in difficult circumstances like these.

Here is case where the dispute was two inches and the person who took the land had to pull down an extension.

www.standard.co.uk/news/london/neighbours-at-war-extension-redbridge-london-shabaz-ashraf-avtar-dhinjan-b1077637.html

Also, you can't sell your house if the boundaries are wring on the land registry. I've had that issue with a new build house and it was disastrous with the builder being forced to buy back the homes.

RoyKentFanclub · 07/09/2023 08:12

But the point is that there is only a tiny strip of land and there are two solutions

1, The OP can move her fence back to just in front of the boundary line (if the boundary fence wasn’t hers which it sounds like it wasn’t. As long as she doesn’t put her fence on the neighbours property that s fine and it is what she should have done originally rather than leaving a few cm that she can’t now easily access.

2, she can erect a second fence just in front of the boundary if she can squeeze it in (although this might be difficult with only 10cm)

What she cannot do is insist the neighbour erects a fence on the boundary line (which would result in two fences right next to one another literally a hand width apart so it will soon fill with crap and cause both fences to deteriorate). There is no obligation on him to have a fence and he is perfectly entitled to look at hers. Clearly he can’t put anything on that 10cm strip but he can certainly plant on his own side along that line and if the hedge fills out and the OP can’t get to it to cut it back where it overhangs then that’s her problem. She is entitled to trim it though if it does grow over the line.

Frankly it was a dick move by the OP since I suspect she’s not maintaining the strip so it will in all likelihood be creating an eyesore for the neighbour with weeds etc since he can’t touch it

MetalFences · 07/09/2023 08:32

But that's not what you said, you said she should 'forget about it ffs'.

She's already had plenty of knowledge advice telling her he can't build on it, that she can move her own fence back on to the property line, that she can mark the property line etc.

User56785 · 07/09/2023 08:36

But the point is that there is only a tiny strip of land and there are two solutions

Is that the point?
If there are two solutions why are you telling her to forget about it? Forget about it for fucks sake. On a thread she's posted on for help and has received that help.

Already.

savoycabbage · 07/09/2023 08:42

When I bought my current house the back fence was 50cm too far back. It was on a strip of land that nobody seemed to own between this garden and the neighbours garden. It stopped the sale proceeding and in the end the man we were buying the house from had to put up a new fence where the boundary was supposed to be.

DinnaeFashYersel · 07/09/2023 08:54

Frankly it was a dick move by the OP since I suspect she’s not maintaining the strip so it will in all likelihood be creating an eyesore for the neighbour with weeds etc since he can’t touch it

That's a good point.

OP are you maintaining your 10cm?

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