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Cat proofing - how does it work with neighbour's fence?

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 17:45

We are moving to a new house shortly and I'd love to let my indoor cats explore the garden, so looking cat proofing options. Does anyone know how this works with neighbour's fences, as obviously although the brackets go on your side of the fence, we share one fence with our neighbours (the other side we don't).

Do I just need to ask permission and hope they give it? I've no idea what they're like yet.

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ThereIsAnEchoInHere · 13/05/2023 17:47

Yes you will have to ask permission if it’s their fence. You can attach what you like to yours. If they refuse you may have to put a full cat fence just inside the act fence so nothing is attached. Then it can just be on poles in the ground.

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 18:00

I don't know how it works - whose fence is whose?!

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WildFlowerBees · 13/05/2023 18:01

We've had this for 5 years. It's been brilliant as no one on the outside can see and it blends in nicely.

If you show your neighbour and that it won't interfere with their views I'm sure they'd be ok. Failing that could you put fencing up in front of theirs on your side and use that?

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GoodVibesHere · 13/05/2023 18:01

The ususal rule is that, as you look out to your garden from the house, the fence on the left is theirs, the fence to the right is yours.

WildFlowerBees · 13/05/2023 18:02

I'm pretty sure your side shows the nice front side of the fence and the neighbours the back side. I might be wrong but that's what ours looked like until we put our own in front.

SpamIAm · 13/05/2023 18:04

The deeds will state which fences are yours.

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 18:05

WildFlowerBees · 13/05/2023 18:01

We've had this for 5 years. It's been brilliant as no one on the outside can see and it blends in nicely.

If you show your neighbour and that it won't interfere with their views I'm sure they'd be ok. Failing that could you put fencing up in front of theirs on your side and use that?

katzecure.com

We were hoping to avoid this one as it is so much more expensive 🤣

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WildFlowerBees · 13/05/2023 18:38

Worth it though op and looks really unobtrusive. We've never had a cat get in and ours are happy inside the garden.

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 18:47

I worry with the rollers that it will trap other cats in our garden

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KnickerlessParsons · 13/05/2023 18:55

Is there a reason why you don't want your cats to leave your garden? Cats always find their way home.

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 18:56

KnickerlessParsons · 13/05/2023 18:55

Is there a reason why you don't want your cats to leave your garden? Cats always find their way home.

Yes, one is FIV+ and one is blind.

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WildFlowerBees · 13/05/2023 18:57

ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 18:47

I worry with the rollers that it will trap other cats in our garden

No doesn't happen cats can't get on them as they roll plus the gap between them isn't big enough for a paw.

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 18:57

And in any case I don't believe cats should be free to roam, I come from Australia where they aren't allowed to do this and although I live in the UK now I believe it is much safer for birds and other wildlife, and for cats themselves, if they aren't permitted to free roam.

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BarryShitpea · 13/05/2023 19:50

GoodVibesHere · 13/05/2023 18:01

The ususal rule is that, as you look out to your garden from the house, the fence on the left is theirs, the fence to the right is yours.

This is rubbish, there's no usual rule, it depends upon what's shown on the deeds.

It's also a myth about which side of a fence should be given to you/neighbours

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 13/05/2023 21:17

We’ve always been told it’s the fence to your left that is yours 🤷🏻‍♀️ but the deeds will tell you.

Just ask them, you’d have to be pretty heartless to make a blind cat stay in. If they do say no it won’t be the first time the cat proofing companies have heard of it and they will have a solution.

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ClingingOnNow · 13/05/2023 21:21

The blind one is actually OK being in, she's a massive homebody. I think the FIV+ one would enjoy exploring a garden more.

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FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 13/05/2023 21:30

Not everyone’s heard of fiv, go with blind. Everyone’s knows what that means.

AppleDumplingWithCustard · 13/05/2023 21:57

You could sell it to your neighbour by telling them that your cats won’t be able to go into their garden.

ThereIsAnEchoInHere · 13/05/2023 22:57

How about a catio?

dementedpixie · 13/05/2023 23:13

GoodVibesHere · 13/05/2023 18:01

The ususal rule is that, as you look out to your garden from the house, the fence on the left is theirs, the fence to the right is yours.

This is not true in a lot of cases

dementedpixie · 13/05/2023 23:13

WildFlowerBees · 13/05/2023 18:02

I'm pretty sure your side shows the nice front side of the fence and the neighbours the back side. I might be wrong but that's what ours looked like until we put our own in front.

I have 2 good sides so this isn't necessarily true either

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ClingingOnNow · 14/05/2023 09:38

I've checked the deeds and actually it looks like we own all our fences, so no problems.

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AppleDumplingWithCustard · 31/01/2025 02:36

KnickerlessParsons · 13/05/2023 18:55

Is there a reason why you don't want your cats to leave your garden? Cats always find their way home.

Not if they get run over they don’t.

FormerlyPathologicallyHappy · 31/01/2025 11:48

Can confirm the night the bengal got run over I had to carry him in dead. He didn't find his way home.

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