Neighbour's ColourFence

[brokenstone]

Hi there

My neighbour has installed a ColourFence which is not to our taste. It's metal and I dislike the colour so I don't think I can paint it and I doubt they would want me to. Also, it makes an awful noise when anything hits its. I feel like I have a container ship in the garden!

I think I'll probably have to put our own fence in front of it but I was just wondering if they was another way to hide it?

Many thanks

I stand corrected but I'd like to see them do anything about it.jusy paint the damn thing or grow something up it quick.

What damage ? The paint will be on your side of the garden.

The neighbour may see it as damage and the OP will have to stump up the money to repair or replace. Doesn't matter that the neighbour doesn't see it, it is still their property.

If the neighbour doesn't see it,how will they know? 😉

In all the properties I've lived with a garden I have had reason to look over the joined garden fence. This has been with things like drains, guttering, noise nusiance, burrowing animals, etc.

So yes the neighbour will see.

Or alternatively the OP can talk to the neighbour.

That's what various people I know do. It doesn't mean the neighbour will do or allow the OP to do what the OP wants.

I’d go with planting a ‘hedge’, but mixed planting of Laurel, Photinia, Escalonia and a Choisya. They are all evergreen and come in varieties that have flowers and berries. They also grow quite quickly and don’t mind pruning to height and shape.
it’s worth spending a bit to get mature plants.

I would never paint it or attach anything to it. I'm sure it comes with a warranty and wouldn't want to void that or cause any problems.

Thank you for all the suggestions. Im going to plant some runner beans and sweet peas as suggested for a temporary solution and then look at hedging. I would much prefer greenery rather then making my garden even smaller by having to install a fence.

It’s brown like most panel fencing that is common enough, if you really hate it that much I recommend hornbeam hedging but you need to clip it each year.

It looks a lot lighter in a real life and nothing like a wood panel fence, it's clearly metal and resembles a container ship.

Ugly and no alibi

Sorry a shipping container is what i mean.

How about taller thin pots with bamboo in them, perhaps interspersed with pots containing trees that are trained to fan out along a form ( I have no idea what the proper term is but if someone says it, I'll probably go "that's it"! )

That’s horrendous. It looks utterly awful. I’d have to fence in front of it. There is nothing that grows quick enough to cover that. Everything will take years unless you outlay a small fortune on mature plants at the size you wish.

@BiddyPop

Espalier

God, that's ugly. I don't blame you for being upset.

Would they allow you to paint your side sage green or black?

I'd put up a wooden fence that hides it.

You could try painting it with a moss milkshake to encourage moss to grow on it.

Wow. That really is hideous. Nothing says nature and garden like a metal fence 🤔 . You're right, it looks like the side of a shipping container.

I'd trellis all along. Higher than theirs if needs be. Clematis, Jasmine, even honeysuckle - all quick growers. I wouldn't really go for Laurel as you'd be losing quite a bit from your own garden.

Why would anyone put something so ugly in their garden? And someone said they're becoming more popular! Why? Please can someone explain why you might choose something so fugly of your own free will; what's the advantage?

In the meantime get up at 5am and run a big stick along it. Wakey wakey 🤣

https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/star-jasmine-green-screen-trachelospermum-jasminoides-180cm-high-120cm-wide.html?utm_term=&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&gclid=CjwKCAjwjMiiBhA4EiwAZe6jQwh1KTcfayRyZANG3q4WlWqimmslmt3y-UPUjl6zDBE887g5ydB4UhoCgUkQAvD_BwE

I'm guessing their grass is AstroTurf as well.

Shudder.

The metal fence is going to cook in the heat and freeze in the winter so be mindful of any plant you put next to it. I would certainly build a wooden trellis along side it to grow anything along side it.

It is hardly any maintenance. Just needs a wash down to clean it. No painting every x years. They also let the wind through so they don't tend to fall down in storms etc.........

A lot are guaranteed for something like 20 years as well.

They are very popular in Australia.