My garden is slightly higher that my neighbour to the left and the neighbour to the right garden is slightly higher than ours. The neighbour to the right have done a load of work in their garden, got rid of the lawn and tiered the garden into two levels. On the top tier they have installed a big shed/outbuilding which towers over our garden by about 4 feet. It ruins our view inside the house, especially in the kitchen and upstairs and also in the garden.
I have checked out the law on this and they are allowed to have an outbuilding of 2.5 meters, I dont know if theirs is taller but am assuming it isn't as most shed companies do mention this height restriction when selling sheds etc.
My first thought was put up trellis on top of my fence to block out the view of some of the fence but I would need planning permission for this as it would make the fence higher than 6 foot.
Would you?
- Knock next door and say "your new shed is very tall, ruins my view, how tall is it"
- " just to let you know I'm planning on putting up trellis because your shed seems very tall from our house"
Do nothing and suck it up.
We did go to the garden centre the day after it happened and planted 5 tall plants/small trees but these are not really helping the view.
I live in a new build house and my neighbours and I have been here a year, we wave at each other once or twice a week and chat about every six weeks or so.
Thanks for reading, I know this isn't a big problem but seeing this big shed thing was quite a big shock.