Neighbor complaining avout our decking touching her fence??

[Nikki2ol6]

We are building decking in our garden ready for next year. Our decking goes right up the side of our garden and the nosey neighbor has been over demanding We take it down. I told her this was not going to happen and she told us it’s touching her property.... anyone know if this is like illegal or something ? Here is a photo. Bearing in mind this is just the frame of the decking and This is all In our garden and this is the fence at the side of our garden which the neighbor claims is her fence.
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Yep.

I would leave a gap for maintenance as pp have said.

Also, I would use weed proof membrane under that frame or you’ll end up with a forest of weeds coming through and round the sides of your decking!

Good luck with it.

Exactly what Bun said above.

Couldn't agree more with Cloudyapples Lol!

Sorry to interrupt your thread OP! We just wanted to hop on to say that we've tweaked your OP post very slightly - it was reported to us for being ageist, which we don't actually allow.

As you all were

I would move it in a few inches for the reasons other people have given but I would ask her who took the photo, when and why.

Slide a piece of paper in the gap take a photo and tell her see it's not touching

However as pp have said a small gap for maintenance might be a good idea.

That's good to know Sophie mumsnet. Does that mean all casual ageism will be dealt with in the same way? Because there is a heck of a lot of it!

Any joy on the deeds yet? The posts are in your garden so it should be your fence unless they have appropriated your land by putting the posts your side and could then claim it under adverse possession rights causing issues when you come to sell.

With regards to the posts and the decking touching, I personally wouldn't due to repair / rot issues further down the line.

Without looking at the deeds, no one on here can say the fence posts are in the OP's garden. It is entirely possible the fence is completely on the neighbour's land. As others have stated, best to have a gap between the fence posts and the decking.