Neighbour attaching things to our fence?

[Anonymous23458d]

Can a neighbour attach the below to our fence?
I have previous issues with this neighbour with the previous owners before us he built his conservatory on our boundary. You can kind of see it in the pic. I noticed him doing something today before I went out so asked him if this is attached to our fence as he needs my permission really. It had all rusty nails sticking out of it and it isnt safe for me having children. His girlfriend called me pathetic and said I needed to get a life after I said he shouldve asked my permission before hes attached that to our fence. Am I out of order for this ? I have had so many issues with him in the past doing things that effect me and my property without him saying that I dont want it to happen again..
FYI he has also put rat poisoning down the side of our fence which leads into my garden when I two children under 2 and one crawling.

What attachment exactly are you concerned about? It’s not obvious from the photo.

Assume its the plank with a retractable washing line attached to it

Is it the washing line pole thing you’re concerned about?
I mean I don’t know the ‘rules’ but does that really impair you using your garden in any way?
A 2 year old isn’t going to be able to reach that, are they?

Is it the tall piece of wood with the clothes line attached ? I fail to see how that is dangerous for your children tbh but the weight of it loaded may pull on your fence yes unless it is cemented in ?

No he cant attach anything to your fence (is it definitely yours) and the washing line real will seriously damage your fence over time

@ChaChaChaChanges Sorry I shouldve been clearer. Hes attached that wooden post today for a washing line but hes attached it into our fence. He has a garden 5 times the size of ours. I didnt want any drama with him i just wanted him to let me know about it and tell me what it was for. And then I got all that that im pathetic and need to get a life infront of my two children. The wood had all rusty nails in at the time of me asking. Hes also erected the conservatory over our boundary when the previous owners went to work one day so I wanted to make sure he wasn't doing anything untoward whilst I went out.

@CoastalCalm its not cemented in its just in-between posts. I know the wood itself isnt dangerous but the rusty nails sticking out could be and also it looks terrible. Its just that hes done dangerous things before without thinking of us like the poison at the side of my garden fence and different things. Very inconsiderate man

Thank you for confirming.

I can’t see that rusty nails are an issue, because I can’t see how your DCs could reach them, but I’d be worried about washing load pulling on your fence. Is that a concrete post that’s on your side of the fence opposite his plank? If so, he might be assuming that the concrete post will provide additional strength.

He’s definitely a CF.

Legally you are completely right on both the issue of the nails and the fact he needs your permission to attach things to your fence/posts.

But unless your going to actually report him I’m not sure what you want.

Forget the plank; you need to take legal action over the conservatory. Boundary disputes can lose you thousands when you sell.

I hate to be obvious but do you have a husband, if so tell him to have a word with this man.

I can’t make out any nails. It also looks self supporting from that angle. You seem to have a fence in front of the conservatory wall so it may be within, just.

He took the nails out after I said they're sticking out. The fence isnt in front of the conservatory.

It seems he's attached the post to the fence (in the middle of a fence panel) in order to mount a washing line on the post.

When he hangs wet washing on that line and it blows in the wind the weight will bring your fence down.

Are you sure it’s your fence? i
If so,then you are right that he shouldn’t attach anything to it. The plastic ivy looks tacky but maybe it’s not too bad as it does help block your view of them. The tall post might put strain on the fence so I’d definitely ask him to remove that. The fence doesn’t look very strong as it is.
the position of his conservatory and your fence look odd. Is his conservatory encroaching on your land or is your fence encroaching on his? Does he have windows in his conservatory that look straight into your garden? It looks like there is some frame that’s been built in your garden in front of his conservatory. I assume it not attached?

Yanbu if it is your fence.
The.weight of the wet clothes in wind cand/will over time pull the fence down...and sooner rather than later I'd say
It needs to come down
I'd be hammering the nails back out his side and telling him if he wants a clothes line he needs to set the post in concrete

His conservatory is also 💯 overhanging. 😠

I understand the problem where someone is potentially damaging your fence by attaching heavy pieces or wood, or something heavy that can put a strain on it.

When I first moved in here I pinned up a sheet on the (what I assumed was shared) boundary fence to use as a backdrop for a photo shoot. We are talking about a light cotton sheet held up with a couple of mapping pins for an hour or so. Not something permanently attached to the fence or likely to damage it. The NDN whinged at me and I asked her to show the receipts to prove it was HER fence. Of course she couldnt or wouldnt. So I continued to do my photo shoots there to make a point. I am stubborn like that. Then I found a part of my garden where the light was better.

It was HER fence. But later on when it began to fall apart she asked me to go halves with her for a new one. Yeah, right. You can guess what the answer was. I put up my own higher fence run a few inches inside the boundary and now she cant poke her ugly snoot over the top. High fences make for good neighbour relations.

Horrible little 'man'. Maybe you can report him for the rat poison. Play him at his own game. I'd remove that fence too and put up a much taller correagated iron one or something like that. He cant attach anything to that. I know its unsightly but put a large bush up against it. Vile creep he is.

The conservatory boundary breach would concern me more than the washing line.

I'd report that to the local planning office.

I think the conservatories the bigger issue - is that a recent thing? Needs reporting

@OhMyGiddyAnt The conservatory is over the boundary and built on our land. The original fence is the boundary. The window looks into our garden but it is frosted but we can still see them sat in there so we put that frame up and put the screen over it to hide it, no its not attached to their conservatory. The previous owners went out one day came back and they'd built a brick wall over our boundary which is literally one side to their conservatory.

And no its not a recent thing its been there maybe 8 years.

Rat poison in your garden. That's what struck me the most, so dangerous.

Contact the council planning dept re conservatory and keep cutting or hammering off anything else they put up on your fence as other people have been taken to court and won all costs doing that!