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??

Ffs just sat and read the bloody thing without realising!! Hope the neighbours put up their own slightly taller fence :-D

It's probably still going on, weren't there a lot of these threads at one point. Every few weeks another seemed to pop up. Wasn't there an issue that an op could see the fence at some point and contemplated sneaking in to paint the other side?

I know it's a boring bank holiday but come on......., an age old thread about fences?

Sweet sue, why????

And what were you searching for?

Had you already painted/varnished both sides of the fence? Were you planning on popping round every 2 years to give it a new coat?

Jesus I just saw how old the original post was LMAO!

Just go talk to them. With a smile. They may not have known.

ZOMBIE It was 7 years ago!

Why do people do this.

I'm shocked at the replies here!

YADNBU.

it's your fence, your property. It will bleed through and affect it from your side and the wrong paint could reduce the life of the fence.

I had a neighbour that one day attached his new fence to my garage and painted my garage. Even though its on the boundary its my property. Drilling into my property and painting it is not on. I was livid. I didn't think anyone could be so silly to think they are allowed to do this.

Ah its a zombie. Should of noticed ..i read two pages...

I give up.

I'd want them to Cuprinol it (or similar). If you're only preserving it on your side, it will rot sooner. Them painting it their side too protects your investment, surely? The odd trellis will do little harm, too. It shows they are spending money on their garden - which is better than someone building a pile of crap right next to your fence, no?

I am a council tenant and got given a lovely, expensive, six foot fence last year to compensate me (or stop me whining) about antisocial neighbours they'd moved in next door to us. I fully intend to be out there with a nicely coloured wood preservative, very soon, painting the whole thing and I am actually going to be careful to drip the paint down the other side, when I paint along the top - as it ay force their hand in painting their side. I want them to, as my fence will last longer.

It's your fence but they might not actually like it and it's their view! I don't agree with the law at all. I think boundaries should always be shared.

Mmm, wonder where Zombie awakener will post next...

I wish the zombie warning was permanent.

Yabu

When do they stop using it then Sparkling?

I think it remains for about 2 or 3 posts following the bump then just disappears. No idea why so short.

YANBU
Coloured fence preservative coming through the slats to the 'other' side looks awful . I hate that orange chestnut colour .If you've painted dark brown for example you don't want green or whatever seeping through.
If they fix trellis on the front or add height and grow ivy up it can pull the fence over with the weight if they don't keep it under control.
If they want to put up trellis or paint the fence they have to put up their own .

I know this is old stuff, but going back to the OP's question, I'd say not unreasonable to be pissed off. It would, however, be unreasonable to act on your irritation, to make a big deal and fall out over it. Quite possibly the neighbour didn't realise they were doing anything wrong.

My mother had a neighbour ask if she (the neighbour) could paint her side of my mother's fence blue, and my mother said she didn't care what colour she painted her side and to go ahead but be careful to avoid runs coming through her side, but she was pleased that the neighbour had asked.

I suppose what you need(ed) was for the neighbour to acknowledge that you own the fence and ask permission (which it would have been churlish to refuse, quite honestly). Then anything your neighbour asks you can consider and say yes or no.

Quite honestly I would be concerned if I though my neighbour intended to hang trellis on my fence and assume my consent - because I don't know that my fence would take the (additional and never designed-for) wind load/weight of climbers, and because I would not want to be left making good every time my fence needed repair, and perhaps end up with the neighbour having a right of support. But, if I gave permission it would be along the lines of granting permission until further notice, thus allowing me to prune plants should I need to carry out repairs or whatever, and without the neighbour gaining any rights over my fence.

By the way, there is no law that says you have to put the 'nice' side of a fence towards your neighbour. Simply, people generally used to do this because the 'nice' side is harder to climb.

My neighbours own one of the fences along one side of my garden. I recently had my garden re-done and had the fences painted as part of that and I checked with my next door neighbour if she would mind me painting my side of her fence a new colour, and she laughed and told me she couldn't see it and to do what I wanted. I would feel the same way. Surely it's part of having a shared boundary?

Urgh didn't realise this was a zombie thread