Hi, I wanted to get some advice about a fence which divides mine and my neighbours gardens. The fence is entirely on my side, i.e. on my property, however my neighbours have paid for half of the fence as it was installed 2 years ago when I moved into this property.
I wanted to erect either a trellis or part fence/trellis panel on top of the existing fence up to the legal 2 metres height. The fence is currently 5 foot not including the gravel board.
When the fence was initially installed I told my neighbours about the trellis but as they dealt with the installation in my absence this was not done at the time.
Relations with these neighbours have not been good. They installed the fence entirely on my property (whereas beforehand it wasn't) and covered most of the air vent on my house. They also did not put the fence back straight but put a 15cms deviation/ dog leg at the back end of the fence into my garden which was to avoid the power cable running from their property to the garage at the back of the garden. This only came to light recently when we finally settled the dispute where I compromised on the position of the entire fence as long as the back end was straightened out as per the deed drawings of our buildings and land. Unfortunately since the fence installation they have caused me many problems which resulted in me having to call the police and my neighbour was almost arrested.
I obviously do not wish to see these neighbours on a daily basis and have considered moving but am not in the financial position to do so just yet. They watch my every move and have made my living conditions extremely uncomfortable. Although they have calmed down since the police warning and in my efforts to avoid them further I wanted to make the fence higher hence my request on whether this is legal.