It's impossible to know who is responsible for a fence?

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So due to the storms and my neighbour not answering their door (won't give me their number) I have now had to spend lots of money to get a fence fixed. It was at the end of our front gardens and the storm has taken it down, as well as my wall.

I bought 10 years ago and don't have solicitor details/emails. I've bought the land registry details but it only has the red markings, nothing with Ts to state ownership etc.

I guess no one can be sure and I have to battle it out with neighbour?

@AquaPeer it was in response to this - for the title document rather than the plan.

If it’s not shown on your land regi documents can you purchase the title/plan for her land and see if that shows it?

Op Here.

I've bought the title plan for both properties and nothing says there... It's also £7 each.

So what's the next idea? It wasn't in that form completed by the person who sold the house, she didn't know about boundaries.

So what else do I do?

Also I don't know where to buy deeds?

Sorry I don't understand what land registry documents are?

I am in the process of trying to buy a terraced house. On the sellers forms the seller has stated she doesn't know who owns the boundaries, or who is responsible for them.

My solicitor said it's not unusual. She has done all the digging and obtained all the deeds, documents and plans that she can for the house that I am trying to buy and three either side. We are still none the wiser.

She has said that a surveyor may be able to help, but her advice is that it's not something to worry unduly about and that any further digging could become very costly.

In terms of future fence / wall maintenance solicitor suggested that in first instance I approach neighbour to see if they would like to share costs but if they don't want to I have three options- leave as is (perfectly legal unless there's a health and safety issue, as no one is obliged to have a structural boundary unless stated in the deeds, fix it myself and meet any costs, erect a new physical boundary just inside the boundary making it my own structure (but possibly creating future confusion wrt position of boundary.

My understanding is if it's not marked on either parties deeds it's a shared boundary so you could reasonably take them to small claims court for half the costs.

Court sounds like a very costly option and given that (unless stated in the deeds), there is no requirement to have a fence / wall / other physical structure at a boundary I'm not sure what it would achieve.

Thank you

That's not what I'm asking but thank you

I need access to my deeds.

My house was built in the mid 60's

Out in the back the fences were post and wire

Some of the original posts are still up on one side and its clear that the current fence was built by next door.

On our side its the other way round ie we put the fence up

Not clear because they are all identical

Land Registry documents shows you how own the land and provides a plan of what is owned. For example you go to land registry, put in your address or the address you wish to find ownership of, pay the fee and it will give you the registered owner of the land and give you a plan outlining what is owned under that title number. Hope that helps.

OP the title plan and register from the land registry are your deeds.

You might have a packet of papers from when you bought the property that are the old style deeds, and that might have a plan with more detail. But if you don't already have that that then no one else will.