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So it's all kicked off here over a fence

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SleepFreeZone · 19/06/2017 14:44

I did start a thread about three weeks ago re. my neighbour at the back lifting her fence panels and helping herself to our garden. Trimming back our trees and shouting and screaming at us while standing in our garden.

We decided we were going to erect a fence in our garden, inside of her open trellis fence as we wanted privacy and to obviously prevent her accessing our land. The fence is half up, contractor gone home for the day, and she has appeared on the doorstep shouting and bawling. She is claiming the fence is on her land and she has the legal right to take it down. We looked at the deeds before the fence was erected and could see that her fence was off the boundary line into our garden. So actually should be about 3 inches more into her garden, so she is clearly not right and DP is going to have to go round there later with the deeds. BUT it has made me 🙄 that this could easily spiral into solicitors and court cases and I'm very keen to not go down that road. I have s feeling she is going to get someone to remove the fence and thus cause us to have to sue her. Whereas I feel calmer if she instructs solicitors to get us to remove the fence as we can then represent ourselves in court and hopefully avoid thousands of pounds of costs.

Grrr I hate this shit and I see it all the time on TV and think these people are idiots.

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StephanieAteMyLunch · 19/06/2017 16:01

Ignore her, ignore any letters she sends it is all about power and she is losing it.

Erect your fence. If she thought her fence was in the wrong place she would have moved it already.

You cannot reason with crazy, do not engage. If your Dh goes round, just stick to facts, deeds show boundary, fence is going up.

Have a look at GardenLaw forum on fences/boundaries and realise that you are not alone.

MiaowTheCat · 19/06/2017 16:15

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badgercat · 19/06/2017 17:34

Stephanieatemylunch put it perfectly - if her fence is in the wrong place why did she put it there ? Put your fence up but take a ton of pictures before you start, during and after

SleepFreeZone · 19/06/2017 17:59

I'm going to take a video once the kids get into bed in case she tries to damage it.

I've just looked at the deeds and the plans that show the boundary. My DP is correct that the line runs off the line of her garage and we are well within our boundary. Unless she has a different piece of paperwork I have no idea why she thinks it's her land. Unless of course she is trying to say she's been maintaining it for years therefore has claimed ownership of it 🤔

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SquinkiesRule · 19/06/2017 18:34

Check your homeowners insurance too, see if you have legal cover included. Maybe that will help with the cost of the solicitor.

wowfudge · 19/06/2017 18:49

She's a delight, isn't she? I know it's not in the spirit of keeping the peace but I would actually tell them that it's for privacy and because she overstepped the mark by coming into your garden to cut your plants rather than just trimming off what was overhanging her fence. You could always top your new fence with an electric one. Wink

monsieurpoirot · 19/06/2017 18:53

Electric fence is a genius idea! Is that legal?! I was trying to think what I would do in this situation and now I know...

Redsippycup · 19/06/2017 19:12

I don't think she would have much luck with claiming ownership! Grin I don't think it counts on private land!

Also, trespassing into someone's garden to vandalise their trees probably wouldn't qualify anyway...

I hope she does go that route OP - purely selfishly - can you imagine scope for fabulously entertaining letters you could write to her?! Grin

SleepFreeZone · 19/06/2017 20:52

Thankfully it seems to have been resolved thanks to my very gorgeous DP. He went over there deeds in hand, she started to try and shout and he refused to discuss it with her as she was being so aggressive 🙊

He could see they had run the line of their fence pretty much bang on the boundary. We have run the fence off the existing fence line and she was quibbling that it was an inch or two over that imagined line. Because DP doesn't want to get into it with surveyors and all those associated costs and because so far they are only four panels up he has agreed to move the fence very slightly in towards us.

It's a compromise that she is still fuming about but that they can't contest. So it's all going up on Friday and we will hopefully never have to see her ugly mug again (although I'm sure I'll still hear her hollering at her family daily).

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SleepFreeZone · 24/06/2017 08:57

Does anyone want an update on this saga? 😲😲

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AlternativeTentacle · 24/06/2017 09:00

Yes! And a diagram obviously. :)

TomaszCanSchafernakerMeAnytime · 24/06/2017 09:01

What's the crazy bint done now??!

vic1981 · 24/06/2017 09:02

Yes please!

TeenagersandFurbabies · 24/06/2017 09:02

Yes please

FastWomanStanding · 24/06/2017 09:02

Yes!

SquinkiesRule · 24/06/2017 09:03

Heck yes. and we want pictures, or a diagram at least.

wowfudge · 24/06/2017 09:03

No teasing OP: what's happened?

Mumofazoo · 24/06/2017 09:04

Yes please @sleepfreezone

TryHarderWillis · 24/06/2017 09:04

Bloody hell go on then

SharkSkinThing · 24/06/2017 09:05

Please!

redexpat · 24/06/2017 09:05

Yes please!

AlternativeTentacle · 24/06/2017 09:06

Hits refresh several times

FoxSticks · 24/06/2017 09:08

I do indeed!

rainbowstardrops · 24/06/2017 09:09

She sounds an absolute peach. What's she done now?

honeysucklejasmine · 24/06/2017 09:09

Don't tease, just say it.