Soldato
My new neighbours took down the old fence a while back and have now fitted a new one while I've been at work.
The fence is a full height 6ft job along with ballast boards underneath making it about 2 meters high which I understand is the maximum height a garden fence can be. This isn't a problem. They want their privacy and we value ours.
The problem is about half way down the gardens 20m length it slopes downwards making the end of the garden lower than the begining. They have done the entire length of their new fence with a spirit level and have it running straight as a die from begining to end.
As a result by the end of the garden in our BBQ area, the bottom of their new fence is about a foot off the ground leaving a sizeable gap and the top is about a foot higher than the 2m maximum height. Not only will this restrict the light entering the back of the garden in summer, it doesn't look right. You really cannot see over it to other houses.
This is how it looks at the front, i.e. this is fine and I'm happy with this.
This is the problem appearing by the middle.
And this is what it looks like by the end in the BBQ area.
Now before I go and have a word I would like to know I'm right about the height of fencing. It is a maximum of 2m high isn't it? And should the measurement be taken from his side or mine because not only are the gardens sloping down at the ends, they are also staggered by about half a foot in height due to the houses being on a slight hill like this.
The fence is a full height 6ft job along with ballast boards underneath making it about 2 meters high which I understand is the maximum height a garden fence can be. This isn't a problem. They want their privacy and we value ours.
The problem is about half way down the gardens 20m length it slopes downwards making the end of the garden lower than the begining. They have done the entire length of their new fence with a spirit level and have it running straight as a die from begining to end.
As a result by the end of the garden in our BBQ area, the bottom of their new fence is about a foot off the ground leaving a sizeable gap and the top is about a foot higher than the 2m maximum height. Not only will this restrict the light entering the back of the garden in summer, it doesn't look right. You really cannot see over it to other houses.
This is how it looks at the front, i.e. this is fine and I'm happy with this.
This is the problem appearing by the middle.
And this is what it looks like by the end in the BBQ area.
Now before I go and have a word I would like to know I'm right about the height of fencing. It is a maximum of 2m high isn't it? And should the measurement be taken from his side or mine because not only are the gardens sloping down at the ends, they are also staggered by about half a foot in height due to the houses being on a slight hill like this.