Reply to: Neighbours and fences

[Clippy]

Can't really add too much to what has already been said regarding the practicalities of replacing your fence but with regards title deeds/land registry confirming who owns the fence, don't bank on it.

Had a dispute with a neighbour (luckily, not my primary residence) regarding fence ownership so when I reverted to the title deeds to clarify, was about as useful as a chocolate teapot. In the end, paid for the fence to be put up myself and £800 sounds about right.

In your scenario, I would still clarify who's responsibility this boundary is and if you have strong proof it's your neighbours, then I'd get them to pay for it - it sounds like they wouldn't issue with this anyway.

These websites may come in handy though:

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/

[EternalOptimist]

They must be reputable dealers of stolen goods. Good fences make good neighbours, apparently.

IGMC

rapier wit there





igmc as well

[NotAllThere]

If it is your fence why should they put up anything? Sounds jolly decent of them to me - you are lucky to have neighbours who are such damn good eggs.

They must be reputable dealers of stolen goods. Good fences make good neighbours, apparently.

IGMC

[kevlong]

As a rule of thumb for fence ownership/responsibility take a look at which side the posts are. If the posts are on the neighbours side and you have the nice bit, then chances are the fence is yours and your responsibility and of course vice versa for the other way around. Typically for gardens that run parallel to one another, the land registry will have each householder responsible for one side as you run up through the street.

Of course for complex plots/layouts this approach may not fully work, but it could give you a good idea.

Kevlong

[EternalOptimist]

Just backing you up...

EO - are you sure you're alright to drive with vision that poor?

bejesus.
I am going straight to the opticians at lunch time. I just hope I dont get lost

[Moscow Mule]

I hear you, not sure what your trying to say but I hear you

Just backing you up...

EO - are you sure you're alright to drive with vision that poor?

[threaded]

Luckily I have a river that separates me from the neighbours in two directions, and I own the fields to just over the horizon in the others.

Which is nice.

[Torran]

http://www.moss.co.uk/pws/hire/prici...#highland_hire

I hear you, not sure what your trying to say but I hear you

[Moscow Mule]

no chance!! £78.50 for a days hire or full outfit bought for £785.

Must have been. They'd be out of business if they were asking £700 nicker for a days hire

http://www.moss.co.uk/pws/hire/prici...#highland_hire

[Torran]

Oops, sp. Lomond

I did notice something that left me gob smacked

Highland outfit for hire (the Saltire) in the high st, for weddings etc
£785 for the day

Blooming heck. You could get a new fence for that

no chance!! £78.50 for a days hire or full outfit bought for £785.

Must have been. They'd be out of business if they were asking £700 nicker for a days hire

[EternalOptimist]

Oops, sp. Lomond

I did notice something that left me gob smacked

Highland outfit for hire (the Saltire) in the high st, for weddings etc
£785 for the day

Blooming heck. You could get a new fence for that

[Torran]

Lomand? Shirley?

was letting that one slide

[Churchill]

Spectacular, Glen Coe was as you described, and I got a perfectly framed shot of loch Lomand, with mountain reflections, and a carpet of bluebells in the forground

Lomand? Shirley?

[rootsnall]

Wise words.

My Mother thought an estimate of £100 too expensive so decided that I could replace two panels for her when I next visited instead. The panels themselves are a doddle to replace, it’s the posts that are a nightmare. Removing about a cubic foot of concrete a foot down isn’t quick or fun. My tip is not to even try to chip away at the concrete unless you have heavy duty power tools – it took me three hours per post. You need to dig around the concrete mass and pull the thing out whole. Putting a new post in is easy though, you can buy a bag of post concrete for that and it sets in minutes.

Top tip ! Move all the fence posts along a foot or so, no need for digging up the old stuff.

[Torran]

Spectacular, Glen Coe was as you described, and I got a perfectly framed shot of loch Lomand, with mountain reflections, and a carpet of bluebells in the forground

got a shiver up my spine (a good one) just reading that.

really really jealous