Weird neighbour

[whatthejuice]

Our neighbour has always had a bee in their bonnet about our shared boundary fence.

We both live in detached houses next to each other. The boundary fence between us has always been very close to their house (at most 30cms away from her house - and they have two windows right up against the fence), whereas we have around 3 metres, between our house and the fence.
We have recently renovated/updated this area of our property...and the neighbour came round to enquire about the possibility of us moving the fence away from their house and onto our land, as apparently a fence that close to their house contravenes regulations.

In my mind this will devalue our house and they haven't even offered to pay for the works, let alone the land they'd be gaining from us! I understand it must be annoying to have the fence there but they bought the house with the fence positioned as it currently is.

Am I being unreasonable to think they are a CF or am I missing something here?!

Absolutely mad to expect to get land (and work done to gain said land) for free.

PLEEEAAASE do this & report back😂

Gotta love their chutzpah!

Especially love to bullshit about the fence contravening 'regulations'! What regulations are those then and how does that work in terraced houses I wonder? Personally I'd ask to see those regulations....

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We'd only just moved in when our neighbours asked 15 years ago so it didn't feel so rude as a) We'd just spent all our money on solicitors to actually buy the house and we bloody well weren't just handing land over for free b) I didn't know the neighbours well at that point so wasn't to bothered at annoying them. Fifteen years later and I can safely say my neighbours are generally ok but do still have some odd ideas!

*too not to

I would just ask them, in all seriousness, ‘what sort of price were you thinking of to buy our land?’ Their response or facial expression will tell you all you need to know! 😁

Their downstairs windows appear to contravene regs by what you have said. That's a problem for them.

Maybe if they blocked up the windows, they wouldn't have to look at the fence in their faces!

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If she mentions it again you could say oh, no thank you. I don't want to sell you any of my garden.

She'll likely tell you she didn't mean she wanted to buy it, at which point you do your best shocked face and say you mean you want me to give you my garden?

She'll likely splutter something about it still being your garden, it's just the fence, at which point you can say it's important the fence correctly mark the legal boundary of the plot and you won't be changing that.

I mean, you could just say no

But where's the fun in that? 😀

Neighbours will always try and push to get what they want - it’s beyond annoying.

Be aware also of any unauthorised activity on your land if you go away or on holiday. (try and have a relative or friend to be visibly “seen” at your home - even daily if possible).

I know of two separate households whose neighbours moved the boundaries to their advantage against my friends wishes. Consider a camera when you are away too.

@whatthejuice has their house previously been extended??

No, not at all!

So essentially they want a free garden! No you are not being unreasonable! They are being cheeky. No is the response!