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Neighbours attaching things to my wall

60 replies

mikeb102102 · 04/08/2013 21:14

Hi,
We have a detached garage at the end of our garden.
Two of its walls cut into our neighbours garden forming part if the boundary to their land.
They have just screwed trellis to the walls of the garage without notifying us.
Are they allowed to do this??

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HoikyPoiky · 05/08/2013 22:22

The GardenLaw website makes Mumsnet look very tame. They are a snippy lot on that website Grin

HoikyPoiky · 05/08/2013 22:23

Sorry, I forgot to add that I would have done the same as the OP. I would have been polite but I would have asked them to remove it.

Coconutty · 05/08/2013 22:27

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Ponders · 05/08/2013 22:36

if they're anything like me, whatever they attempt to grow up the trellis will just die anyway...

HaveToWearHeels · 06/08/2013 16:02

This sound like the same issue we have. The side of next door's garage forms part or our boundry and the bottom of our garden, so the view from my kitchen is a brick wall. It is some 40 feet away but unattractive all the same.
We put up four fence posts set into our garden with 3 trellis panels in front of it. It sits about 3 inches away from the garage wall.
We were unsure what to do when we moved in and as we are in a new build and no one knew each other we played it safe.
Since then we have become good friends with our neighbours but I can imagine if we had just attached trellis to their garage they would have been mightly pissed. However if they had had a problem I would have hoped they could have just knocked the door as a not would have pissed me off even more.
All in all how much damage is the trellis actually doing ?

HoikyPoiky · 06/08/2013 16:12

You sound like a considerate neighbour HaveToWearHeels

EasterHoliday · 06/08/2013 16:15

the only thing that needs discussing is what they plan to grow up the trellis in case it's somethign with sucker roots that might damage the integrity of your brickwork, or if it's something that grows very woody (like clematis) which might damage any guttering.

HaveToWearHeels · 06/08/2013 16:42

Hoikey I treat people as I would wish to be treated. If it were my garage I would be pissed if they had attached something without asking me. We plan to be in this house a long so pissing off the neighbours is not top of my list, I like a quite life too much !

HoikyPoiky · 06/08/2013 17:03

Exactly, its just about being considerate and polite. Its not difficult.

5 out of my 6 (yes 6! Sad ) nieghbours are nice and considerate. One is a bit of a Victor Meldrew but its not too bad as he backs on to the very end of the garden so we can mostly ignore him... Apart from when he spray painted 'his' side of my fence and splattered a lot of dark grey paint on my shed, greenhouse and new sandstone patio. Angry Angry

Still five nice nieghbours out of six isn't bad going Grin

Spearmint1 · 05/08/2014 10:05

Its not the fact that they had applied the trellis that I would be worried about its if they would be causing damage to the brick work and /or mortar of the garage. That obviously you cannot see as ithat part of the garage is in their garden.

Spearmint1 · 05/08/2014 10:07

No I cannot get access to the two walls of the garage which protrudes into their garden.

iamusuallybeingunreasonable · 05/08/2014 11:09

Have you ever thought that your neighbours might not like the hideous mass of bricks that is your garage backing on to their garden - for gods sake man, get a life, they are prettying up what us essentially your eyesore but on their land, give them a break

burnishedsilver · 05/08/2014 15:47

Omg, how do people get through life if a trellis can cause such distress. All the houses and sheds in my street are built on the boundary line. I have no idea if theres a trellis attached to my wall.

Did you get their permission to build your shed on the boundary line?

iamusuallybeingunreasonable · 05/08/2014 22:53

Now if it was a trellis with Japanese knotweed attached I might be concerned...

MillyMollyMama · 05/08/2014 23:56

The wall might need planning permission. It might need building regs approval. This could run and run.

EddieReadersglasses · 06/08/2014 18:17

Jeez there are some pompous tw@ts out there.
Unfortunately we have crap neighbours on both sides to the extent that we are moving to a detached house. I never want a shared wall/boundary tw@ttery issue to deal with again

emilyboo2 · 08/08/2014 19:13

i live in a gable end terrace house which my kitchen wall is facing some one else garden they have put a trailing ivy on it and to day i heard them hammering some thing to it i cannot see my wall unless i ask if i can go in to there garden to see my wall i no that they are renting it i have no details of the owner i heard that they are breaking the law doing this they have all ready damaged my fence that follows from the wall .they have not got a fence near my wall what can i do please help as i do not need any damage to my property.

echt · 08/08/2014 22:16

My gigantic garage runs right up to the boundary and can't be accessed by me (we didn't build it). When I got to know our neighbours I was horrified to see the wall from her side was a nasty mustardy colour. Fancy looking at that every day! I was more than happy to have her paint it any colour she wanted, and to attach light trellis. I drew the line at have a massive screw put in to attach cabled to hold up a tree, though.

JulesyP · 10/06/2018 18:09

I know this is an old post but out of curiosity, how would you feel if your neighbour had attached a satellite dish (and not a trellis) to the side of your garage which happens to be in their garden? I just happened to notice it when closing the garage door. Is it up to him what he attaches to the building as that wall is in his garden? I'm not sure whether to be annoyed or not! Thanks.

wowfudge · 10/06/2018 19:59

Same applies as with the trellis earlier in the thread. If it isn't his wall he has no right to attach anything to it.

By the way, there were some possible asking about maintenance if you need to access via someone else's garden. The answer is that you would hope that relations were good and they'd let you in to carry out the maintenance. If they won't and you need access you can get a court order. I forget the exact legislation, but it's there to cover this kind of thing.

wowfudge · 10/06/2018 20:00

Pps, not possible. Darned autocorrect.

Knittedfairies · 10/06/2018 20:28

I suspect this has all been sorted, given the original thread is almost 5 years old.

wowfudge · 10/06/2018 22:43

Yes Knitted but another poster asked about a similar situation which happened recently.

Audrey555 · 06/10/2019 11:11

On the side wall of my house two outhouses have been built. They are using my house wall as the outhouses second wall. I also have no access to my houses side wall. The pathway to my back wall has been gated at both ends. All other outhouses are at the back of the properties they belong too. The end house outhouse is free standing and the property has access to it. The landlord keeps saying they have been there sixty years. But he cannot find his deeds to show the planning papers for this build. The old laws say any structure must be three feet away fron the boundery line and my house line. The new Law says six to ten feet. He will not offer me access. What are my rights.

wowfudge · 06/10/2019 11:38

Get your title register and plan and those for next door from the gov.uk Land Registry website. It'll cost you £12 for all documents.

How has someone built onto your wall without your knowledge/permission? Did you receive a party wall notice?

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