New fence then new neighbours

[bluesky]

We put in a new fence, good strong (pricey) sturdy one, as we plan on staying here for a good long time.

New house built, new neighbours in.

They have painted the side facing them.

As the law stands, that fence is ours, it's not her side of the fence apparently, it's "the other side of our fence". (I've been on a garden law website).

She is not permitted to paint it, attach anything to it, grown anything up it, without our permission.

What do I do? How do I say something, she is currently having huge garden works done, and I can see trellis and all sorts coming!!?

Help! AIBU to be pissed off??

Isn't this an old thread from March? How did it work out for you op?

funkychunkymunky - March last year!!

Well the other thing she could do is not paint or maintain her side of the fence. She can refuse you access to paint/weatherproof it and it will rot and fall down in 2 years.

Now wouldn't you rather that she paint the fucking fence?

OH MY GOD, have realised how old this is.

Sad thing is I answered this thread 18 months ago and wrote nearly exactly the same thing as I just wrote 3 minutes ago. Nothing if not consistent, eh?

It's really wierd to be happily reading a thread (thinking it is a current one) and then to find that one has already posted on it ages ago using a different name

Why bump an old thread? Unless it is to update?

people are missing the point.

the fence owner is the person who haspaid good hard earnedmoney to buy and have the fence erected.

if someone wants to paint a fence, and it is not on a joint boundry, then they should shell out the cost of their own fence to paint, and not paint someone elsesproperty.

consider this, what is the difference, if people think painting someone elses property is ok, if, someone thinks umm don't like the neighbours red car, think i'll paint it blue - their excuse- i have to look at it.why is it wrong ? the neighbour chose and paid to own a red car.

so whens it ok to paint someone elses property ? when its a fence and not a car, and is it then ok for us all to take a paint brush to the colours used on front doors with the excuse -i dont like the colour, or aslong as i dont pay for the structure i can trash it for the cost of a tin of paint, sod the owners expense of purchase ( which the painter did not have to outlay)

yanbu she should have asked first

YABVU - and a bit weird.

This is a ZOMBIE THREAD. It has arisen from the dead. more than once by the look of it.

Why does this get pulled up from march 2009?

I think you need to look a bit deeper into why you feel so strongly, when you have the answer you should be able to find a bit of peace. Could the issue be that you've lost control over something which is yours as you have paid for it? Hope you can sort it out.

Oh bugger

I did not notice the date and did wonder at the old faces posting.

I bet it's the OP namechanged, still aggrieved and can't move on.

Thread will prob still be going 2015.

PMSL, I wonder what happened with the fence. They were BVU though.

Why don't you just paint your side the same colour or a different colour

Just paint ur side the same colour .or a different colour

How do you know she was ever told the fence wasn't shared? These things are rarely self evident and people can be ignorant . Have you met yet? Maybe go round and make your plans clear and enquire about hers. Fwiw I'd be very annoyed if neighbours did similar to the fence they insisted we erect , although they have already tethered roses to it

Another zombie! What is the matter with you people?!

ZOMBIE THREAD

ZOMBIE THREAD

ZOMBIE THREAD

Ooh a 7 year old ZOMBIE thread about fences.

As this thread is over 5 years old I expect it has been sorted.