Hello, I hope someone can advise me.
My next door neighbour wants to put up a new fence dividing the front of our houses (there is no existing fence). The layout is that I have my house, then a gap where I and my neighbour put the bins, then his house. The gap between the houses is slabbed and runs up to the pavement which we use to wheel the bins out.
According to the deeds I own one half the slab area and the neighbour owns the other half, but for the last 10 years it was treated as 'shared' as there is no physical boundary.
I have heard from other people that he wants to put up a fence in the middle of the slab area but there is no clear boundary line. I cannot find out what his plans are as I am not on speaking terms with my neighbour as he had harassed me in the past and is continuing to harass me. This is just another power trip of his as the fence will cause me issues with bin access. I do not want a fence but undoubtedly he would ignore my wishes.
My question is, does my neighbour need to follow a procedure when putting up a new fence? I do not know how he will install the fence without drilling into the slabs plus I am worried his fence would encroach the boundary line. I want to get ahead of the game and when he does put up the fence I can ask if he has followed the correct procedure.
I hope that makes sense. Thank you for reading and any advice would be welcomed.