What can I put between my house and neighbour

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I live in a semi detached house and I would like to put some barrier between myself and neighbour driveway. Currently there are stones about a foot wide but I would like something higher - maybe 6 foot high . Any suggestions?

A fence?

No one else has a fence at the front, would I be allowed put one up?

Other houses have bushes but they take up so much space and look very overgrown

a string of rhinos?
a line of giraffes?

fun fact; a group of rhinos is known as a 'crash'

Maybe a trellis fence and start growing some climbing plants up it to make it less intrusive if that is your aim

musmusculus a group of penguins on land is called a ‘waddle’

What do your deeds say about putting a fence or hedge up, is it a shared front garden or yours alone. Make sure that side of the garden is yours and not their driveway, I'd put a 60 foot fence up between our n.d.n. If it was allowed

I would be putting it on my property. Not sure what deeds say - how would I find out? The bank have the deeds since there is a mortgage

that would keep the neighbours at bay

that or a conspiracy of lemurs!

Call,the bank and ask to come and see the deeds or look up,the boundaries on Lang registry. Your solicitor may know.

Hire some male models to stand in a line. Topless

If it’s the front of the house check how far from the road you are as some council stipulate 2ft fences only

Planting some Photinia red robin to grow a hedge could work, evergreen and upright but it would require pruning to keep it narrow so you’ll have to be prepared for that, plus you’d possibly have to go on neighbours drive to trim the other side.

Cunt bunting?

Just while the hedge grows of course.

Have a look in the paperwork from when you bought the house, see if you can find any restrictive covenants.

You can download your title register and title plan from the gov.uk Land Registry website. It will cost you £6 for both. You do not need to ring your bank! You will need to read the title register to see if there is anything which states what you can and can't put along the front boundary between your house and your NDN's. The plan will show where the boundary is.

Having a similar set up where we are, some people have used long, and quite tall, rectangular box planters to delineate the boundary. Set in a line, they look lovely planted up to match the season.

There are rules about fence height at the front of properties, i think it is about 1.2m near the road so this may limit your options. There doesn't seem to be any restrictions on trees or shrubs though which is why they are so popular.

@ProudThrilledHappy What are they called when they're in water? (Yeah, I could
Google but...)

Check your deeds and go for a
Fence if they're allowed, OP- be a trendsetter!

SilentBob a ‘raft’ apparently!

We have exactly the same dilemma so watching with interest (for stray giraffes trained to stand like sentries).