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

In my experience the fence doesn’t get too hot in the summer or cold in the winter. I have several clematis plants growing on my fence and they are thriving. I’ve also seen this fence a lot in Australia, many with climbers growing on them and it gets pretty hot out there!

Well I think colourfence looks great!

Just thought I should update due to recent posts.

I tried over the summer to grow things in front of the fence to no avail. I was unable to attach anything to it for climbers and anything else I planted just got scorched as it does radiate heat when the sun is on it.

We have now erected our own wooden fence in front of it which looks so much nicer and we have some privacy back as well!

@Happygardener10 yours looks great, we’re saving up to get the fence in green (although I like the cream trellis on top), I like the low maintenance aspect!

Good! That monstrosity would’ve annoyed me on a daily basis.

I’d give yourself time to get used to it. Humans don’t like change much, once you put a few plants in front you’ll probably forget it’s even there.

It's horrible. I think either another fence or a hedge in front to hide it would be fine. Can't believe your neighbour would put that in without talking to you first. Maybe they love it and can't imagine anyone feeling any different.