I'm hoping for some advice and/or moral support with an issue with my neighbours.
Next door (terraced house) had a new front fence put in a few months ago. They didn't discuss it with me or check the position in advance, they just did it (background: they were new owners doing a full renovation, there was a previous fence which was falling over and they had removed a while before doing the new one). The position of the new fence is very clearly on my side of the boundary. I spoke to the neighbour within a few days (probably should have immediately but I'm nervous about confrontation!) and raised the issue. They acted in a very unpleasant way, but did agree to move the fence.
It's now several months later and they're finally saying they'll get a builder soon (I've reminded them a few times and been brushed off). The issue now is they're arguing about where it should move to. I think we should mark out the boundary and the fence needs to be fully on their side. Neighbour claims the fence should be centred on the boundary, so it's sticking into both our properties. The type of fence is wide (~20 cm) concrete posts with panels slotted between them, so he wants the posts to stick into my land about 10cm. He claims if it's further onto his land then the actual fence isn't on the boundary so he's losing land (said I can buy the sliver if I want that!).
So my question is, legally am I right that it should be fully on his land? And if so, has anyone got a good reference I can use and show him if he continues arguing about it?
I have found dealing with him very difficult, I feel he tries to manipulate and bully me into agreeing with him. Yesterday when we discussed he tried to claim the far post doesn't need moving as his dad oversaw it being put in and says it's in the same place as the previous fence. The far post is actually further onto my side than any as the last panel angles out into my side. When I pointed this out I got 'are you accusing my father of being a liar ' very aggressively. He did eventually agree it needs moving but I doubt he'll accept how much it should move by. For context, I'm a single mum and feel a bit vulnerable when I deal with him, I know for a fact he has been very careful about the position of his fence on the other side, but I think he sees a single woman as someone he can walk all over.
Sorry for such a long post, just trying to give the background! And have a rant really...