Very long story short, but my new neighbour has ruined our fence (in our deeds) by staining their side without our permission. They lied and told me it was a treatment, when I asked them when it would dry clear (which they also assured me it would do!) As it's a stain, it cannot be jet washed or sanded off. It's affected about 30/40ft of around 120ft of our boundary. We hate the colour so will not be staining ours, plus it would only damage our other fences when it seeps through. I just want to know where I stand. I've reached out, they offered to go halves on the stain (jokers!!... Not happening) in my eyes the only way to rectify this is by replacing the whole thing. I've read that this is criminal damage?
I've reached out and they were semi playing ball, then she deleted Facebook so I posted her a note and have not heard back so will be knocking on her door this week but wanted some further info first. They also have stopped painting the rest of their fences which to me proves guilt!
Excuse the dead winter grass these images were taken last year lol. It's died down a little but the darkness is still there.
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Neighbours have ruined my fence
ElsLouise · 14/03/2023 08:12
Dumpruntime · 14/03/2023 11:29
I love it when someone comes on acting like everyone’s an idiot who doesn’t know how to look at a photo. Listen here folks, this is how to mumsnet 😂
we have looked at the whole photo. It’s nothing a stain won’t fix. Give over
m00rfarm · 14/03/2023 08:55
I would suggest the people saying that it is not that bad should look at the WHOLE photo and not just the bit that shows on the post. My initial reaction was what were you fussing about, until I saw the whole garden. It looks awful - have you invited them over to see it?
ComeTheFckOnBridget · 14/03/2023 13:27
I think they probably thought it wouldn't cause any issues to your side and is a genuine mistake. Replacing the whole fence seems a little excessive, why don't you just request that they provide you with the stain so that you can do your side too?
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HyacinthineMacaw · 14/03/2023 08:40
Mumsnet is the only place I know where people are utterly proprietorial over the colour of fences - out in the real world I’ve never encountered anyone who didn’t think it was okay for next door to paint their side, no matter whose fence it is.
They say good fences make good neighbours. Not sweating this sort of stuff contributes massively.
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