Neighbour and the fence

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So last year we did a.single.story extension and.the gutter.sits right on the boundary line betweenus and our our adjoining neighbour
we are in a.semi.and.it has been measured to within millimetres.as he accused us over hanging last year.

Anyway last night our neighbour came round at about 8pm rantng about the fence.
He has been drinking and was really passive aggresive.

He.said we are taking the piss.and that basically now our extension has been built it shows the fence is in the wrong place.

We haven't moved the fence it is the same old fence that was always there. He's lived there 15 years and us 7 years so the fence is older than.15 years. Towards the end of the garden there is an old metal fence post still in the ground on the exact line where the current fence is.

He kept contradicting himself saying he doesnt want us to do anything to.the fence but if we do the fence needs to move by three inches. I said that we can't afford a new fence and.its.probably best if we don't change it and i then got accused of playing game!!!

What on earth do.we.do now? Looking at it the posts are probably 50/50 so that the panels sit on the boundary line if that makes any sense.

Do.we have to get a whole new fence? Can anyone please help.

You've said yourself he was drunk. I'd wager he was aggressive despite you saying he was PA. Just leave it. If he wants a sensible discussion he needs to do it when he's sober.

Make sure you have your title documents showing the boundary line and keep any photos showing the fence line before the extension was built.

Don't feel you have to respond to a drunk rant. Maybe he was just venting, and will have a different attitude this morning.

Leave him be. Let him come back to you with a constructive proposal. He may never do so.
Some people just want to have an argy bargy over 3inches of ground. If you simply ignore, or anyway not argue, they may just drop it.

What if they persist? Well, who owns the fence? This may or may not be visible on your deeds.
The tack I would take is just try to kill the issue. "Hmm, that's interesting" "Do you want my solicitor to contact your solicitor, and see what they can work out?" All said in the mildest possible tone, as though you're talking about something you have no interest in whatsoever. As though you're discussing which brick factory made your house bricks - something neighbour has brought up, but you find deeply uninteresting.

Because if neighbour realises that a) you simply won't argue about it , and b) pursuing it will cost him money, chances are, whole thing gets dropped.