Garden fence advice

[ayshigirl]

The fence at the bottom of our tiny garden is showing signs of wear and tear. Behind it is a v small patch of ivy (perhaps 40cm wide) and some dumped bricks and directly behind that is the neighbours extension. Am I right in thinking we can get rid of the fence altogether rather than replace it? Id like to clear up the area and hopefully paint the wall. The neighbour won't even be able to see the fence as there's no window that side of the extension.

Have I missed something, are you saying that you own some 40cm of land on the other side of this fence?
Or perhaps better questions should be are you familiar with either the concept of theft or the term CF?
If I found that a neighbour had ‘accidentally’ annexed a chunk of my garden I would contemplate occupying some 40cm of their house. Which bit of your wall would like demolished in this exchange following what sounds suspiciously like a deliberate and preplanned land grab.

You don;t have to replace the fence but that won't alter the boundary line. You can clear the ground from waste but to be clear this is their waste not yours so offer it back to them and no you cannot paint the wall without permission.
That's the official line anyway... What they don;t know etc

Loofah

Whilst we wait for a reply to confirm if the OP is talking about taking over 40cm of the neighbours land as I asked previously, I have a couple of questions for you based upon the possible theft of land scenario.

Do you mean you want the OP to

1, Remove the fence that separates her garden from the neighbours? If so, whose fence is it? You might be encouraging her to remove neighbours fence on the neighbours land.
2, Steal a section of their land?
3, Trespass on what from the tone of the original message must be the neighbours land then deface their wall? Yes you are blatantly encouraging them.
4, Then to add insult to blatant fucking insult after committing theft and criminal damage you want them to try and dump the ivy and misc bricks back on the owner who presumably had them on their own land in the first place?

It’s no wonder so many people find themselves in deep shit with neighbours. Perhaps the OP should take round all their household bills for the neighbours to pay whilst waiting for these same lucky neighbours to deed their entire property over to the OP?

Howe has the neighbour been allowed to build up to 40cm of their rear boundary? I wouldn't have thought that would pass planning unless it is their side boundary and your rear boundary.

But no - you can't steal their land. You can take your fence down, but cannot step onto their land.

@Grumpyunleashed

Loofah

Whilst we wait for a reply to confirm if the OP is talking about taking over 40cm of the neighbours land as I asked previously, I have a couple of questions for you based upon the possible theft of land scenario.

Do you mean you want the OP to

1, Remove the fence that separates her garden from the neighbours? If so, whose fence is it? You might be encouraging her to remove neighbours fence on the neighbours land.
2, Steal a section of their land?
3, Trespass on what from the tone of the original message must be the neighbours land then deface their wall? Yes you are blatantly encouraging them.
4, Then to add insult to blatant fucking insult after committing theft and criminal damage you want them to try and dump the ivy and misc bricks back on the owner who presumably had them on their own land in the first place?

It’s no wonder so many people find themselves in deep shit with neighbours. Perhaps the OP should take round all their household bills for the neighbours to pay whilst waiting for these same lucky neighbours to deed their entire property over to the OP?

I don't WANT them to do anything, it doesn't bother me in any way :)

I think perhaps you're a keyboard warrior out for kicks today. I've credited the OP with some level of integrity and intelligence and given a restricted response based on very limited info. I did explicitly mention the boundary does not change if that comforts your clearly fragile nature today. Grump by name, grumpy by nature perhaps?

You could remove the fence, tidy up the extra land, look after it, respect the original boundary, be ultra careful with any of the neighbour's buildings and if the neighbour does asks, tell them you were looking after it.

Take before photos.

If you need to sell, put a fence back up.