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Neighbours fence panels worn on my side, how to cover?

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CorStrewth · 20/04/2023 15:15

I rent from a social landlord as does my Neighbour. We have no ill feeling but she is elderly and wants a quiet life. We have a fence separating us with the fence posts in my garden, these have recently been replaced as the fence was swinging. Our landlord was reluctant to replace them as my neighbour put higher fence panels onto the fence on their side before I moved in (6 years ago) and the landlord said that it's my responsibility if the panels cause the posts to become loose again due to them being in my garden boundary.

I'd love to put some horizontal slatting fence panels up but this I imagine will weaken the posts further and cause more wind trapping, is there a way around it?

My neighbour enjoys her privacy so I may be able to win her around by fully replacing the fences with my new high panels thus maintaining her privacy l but would like to explore the options and hoping someone can advice best course of action!

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ZeroFuchsGiven · 20/04/2023 15:23

I cant quite picture what you mean. Did your neighbour attach separate, higher panels on her side to the panels already there?

I presume your landlord has now removed them if it has been replaced and was the reason for the damage?

Daisiesandprimroses · 20/04/2023 15:27

I don’t understand do the landlord put new posts in and now you want to add extra panels your side to the same posts? Whars a social landlord, council?

CatOnTheChair · 20/04/2023 15:42

Unless you take an axe to them, it is going to be your landlords responsibility to repair fences.
Not quite sure I understand what your neighbour's has done, but there is no way a renter should be replacing fences at their cost.

ZeroFuchsGiven · 20/04/2023 16:55

Any chance of a diagram? Grin

@CatOnTheChair is right though, its not your responsibility as a tenent to replace fence panels, not unless you deliberately damaged them.

CorStrewth · 22/04/2023 23:23

https://images.app.goo.gl/hqqAhURiRkV3ucox6

Original fence this kind. Large fence panels have been added onto these. Posts are my side so I can see the original fence plus the back of their panels which come up higher and it creates a wind sail.

Social housing.

Thanks!

https://images.app.goo.gl/hqqAhURiRkV3ucox6

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