Hello, we had a wall approx 4 foot high the length of the garden and upto the back of the house. It was in a state of disrepair, weeds and tree roots had grown through from next doors side causing bricks to spall and huge chunks of render to come off. When our Son started walking we broached next door to start an open discussion on how to fix the problem. My partner offered to remove a large part of the render and see if bricks could be replaced and how structurally sound the wall was, this was not possible. It was also causing alot of damage to our property as water was getting behind the wall. So more talks where had, it was hard going nothing suggested was seemingly what next door wanted. We made it clear we would pay the only option was to take the wall down and replace with a fence. it cost us about £2,500. There has been lots of upset and anguish, we have always had good intentions and been open and discussed everything. One episode after alot of conversations i perhaps was a little short with them. I was in the garden and heard next door speaking to there neighbour as they are now erecting a fence a comment was made about us, i thought it was an opportunity to clear the air/apologise if upset has been caused. It well and truly blew up in my face about really minor issues, i don't know how to put this right or if its too far gone. It seems a shame to live side by side with an air of tension its not in my nature to be this way.