Fence - whose responsibility?

[Lemonsaretheonlyfruit]

Hi
The door that separates my back garden and the other one on the other side has fallen down over night.

I know about the fence to the right of your house being your responsibility, but can't seem to find info on the back fence that separates 2 gardens.

Any idea anyone please? Happy to go round there and suggest we go halves, but I just wanted to see what the official line is before I do. We have a terraced house and small gardens and I'd like to get this sorted pretty quickly,

Thanks!
Sinead

Should be stated on the deeds to your house but a good idea to go 50/50

I can't work out where the gate is, but it would form part of the boundary. The right hand boundary is not always your responsibility. Check your deeds to see if there are any T marks relating to any of your boundaries. If there aren't, then halves would be the way to go.

It’ll be marked on your deeds- the fence on the right is not necessarily your responsibility, depends on what says on your deeds

There is no law saying the fence on your right is your responsibility. My deeds dont specify any so we go 50/50 with our neighbours

The deeds are the only way to find out, if you don't have them to hand you can ask the neighbour. We've had fences blow down in the storm, all sides our responsibility which is a bit of a pain.

No way of knowing other than checking deeds. Same goes for side fences. We know from our solicitor telling us when we bought the house.

Failing that, your neighbours might know. Ask those to either side of you too and see if there is a consensus. If you can't agree, split it.

OP is talking about the BACK fence not the one on right or left. The only solution is to check your deeds OP. If there is just one neighbour's garden behind you then you may be able to share the cost.

When we were in the same situation our back fence was our responsibility as behind it were the gardens belonging to houses on the road to the right of us.

@crotchet is correct. The RHS isn't the default fence you are responsible for. Might be sensible but it isn't and you have to look to the deeds. Ours was defaulted to the right in the deeds but the idiots that bought the house years ago but fences/hedges in the opposite side to what they should have so creates issues

sunshine yes I know. I meant that if her neighbours either side think they aren't responsible for their back fences, chances are OP isn't either. And that would be useful to know if OP's back neighbours say it's her responsibility.

Thanks all. Really useful . Next question is . Where the hell are my deeds?!! I have lived here for 15 years. They must be somewhere.

V good point about asking the neighbours. My next door neighbour has become a very close friend over the years and I didn't even think to ask her.

Very glad I posted thanks for all the helpful advice.

Deeds- they’ll be in a safe place. If you find two diamond rinds and an eternity one they’re mine. I put them in a safe place about 8 years ago.

Ours is our responsibility and we look after our dry stone wall because we have sheep on the other side.

The deeds always used to be with the mortgage lender. They are now electronic and many lenders returned the deeds to the owner despite there being a mortgage. So you may have them or they could still be with the mortgage company if you have one

We are responsible for the back and the right, but not the left. I wouldn’t offer 50:50 until you’ve it figured out. You’ll either come across as cheeky (if it’s yours), or you’ll lose out financially and maybe set a precedent (if it’s not yours).

Deeds likely with your mortgage lender?

You won't have the deeds if you have a mortgage, you need to speak to your lender

Land Registry will have a copy, it’ll cost £3

Go to gov.uk Land Registry and search by your address. You'll need the title register (this describes the property) and the title plan (the map). Total cost £6 for an instant download of both documents. You'll need to create an account but it takes minutes.