fencing

[pickledtink]

A quick and cheap remedy to put up your trellis would be to buy a couple of Metposts, put them in just your side of the fence. Drop in a couple of posts to fix to.

About £20 the lot.

Then forget about the dozy neighbours and enjoy life.

If you really wany to tick them off of course, you could always grow something like huneysuckle on a trellis and it will take over the damned fence in short order.

Not allowed to let your honeysuckle grow on or over their fence. Against the law.
The point here is the neighbours are the ones getting arsy not the op.
This is probably only the start so might as well get things straight from the off.

[pickledtink]

We are going through this at the moment as we are a middle house in a group of 3 and when we moved in the boundery fencing was concrete posts and chain link but it was in a bad state.

The two neighbours have bought there houses and we are housing assocaiation and when it came to the point about who owned the fence a answer could not be found so i offered to replace the fence at my cost .

This has worked well because all the stages of the build was talked through with my neighbours and a compromise was always sorted to the satisfaction of both parties.

The biggest problem you have ( and your not going to like this ) is you rent your home and garden so it don't belong to you but the HA and so it's up to them to fight the case if any land has been grabbed , and as i know myself if you want to do work in the garden then you need written permission from your landlord but they don't need it for there back garden.

If the posts are in the same holes then that must have been the boundary long ago so they just replaced old with new , they don't need your permission or even your landlords to put up a fence or a brick wall if it's under 6' and this is not even covered under planning permission.

If you want trellis fencing then put another set of posts on your side and attach it to that and leave the fence alone as going to solisitors or court will just cost you , and just be thankful you have a new fence for nothing.

Regarding the replacement of the fence:
Nope. Anyones fence must be put purely on their side albeit right up to the boundary. If the fence the neighbours removed was originally erected on your side they have no right to touch it and have to prove it's theirs before doing so.
As the op was there first they have a stronger case that the fence was theirs whether erected by them or someone previously.
There is no such thing as a 'boundary fence'. Each side puts up their own IF they want to. It's not compulsory and there doesn't have to be one. You've still got the rights to any fence erected on your side by previous occupants however.

[allotmentlady]

Isnt this stupid though, get a bottle of wine, invite them round and talk about the fence.... see if you can come to an agreement or ask them if they have spare paint so you can do 'your' side.

[Sanjo]

Hi McLaren23, sorry you have probs with your neighbours. Snap! We used to be friendly but the first issue was the fence, we got over that and then she went funny towards me and now doesn't even make eye contact. Took me a long time to stop worrying about it all but really disputes like this can so easily get out of hand. Life is too short and ulcers hurt!! Also I worked for a solicitor for some years and believe me, the only people who come out with a smile are the lawyers (although to be fair mine used to get very exasperated and wanted to knock some sense into our client). Go the met post route. It works effectively and solves your problem.