Neighbour kicking off

I note the fence panels are fixed back to front if they are your neighbours, the overlap you see should be on his side not yours, his side will show the top of each slat
 
That's far too close to the fence I hope the guttering doesn't get blocked up. I think whilst legally there is nothing wrong I'd be miffed if I was your neighbour
 
holymonk said:
That's far too close to the fence I hope the guttering doesn't get blocked up. I think whilst legally there is nothing wrong I'd be miffed if I was your neighbour
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Too close to the fence? Nothing is touching the fence, the guttering, the whole structure, is all on my side of the fence. Both houses have guttering and soffits so not much rain would even get through to that area anyway.

Why would you be miffed? The bit closest to the fence is less than an inch higher than the fence post.
 
If the neighbour builds one as well you can change from a detached to a link detached...:p
How are you ever going to maintain the side against the fence?
 
Uther said:
If the neighbour builds one as well you can change from a detached to a link detached...:p
How are you ever going to maintain the side against the fence?
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I've got felted OSB as the side of my structure. He can still slide his fence panel out freely for maintenance as nothing is overhanging etc...
 
Aruffell said:
Too close to the fence? Nothing is touching the fence, the guttering, the whole structure, is all on my side of the fence. Both houses have guttering and soffits so not much rain would even get through to that area anyway.

Why would you be miffed? The bit closest to the fence is less than an inch higher than the fence post.
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To be fair you've jammed something into a space. It looks garrish the gutter is right up against the fence which appears to be leaning from the pictures coming from Chatham I'm suprised he's not gutted you
 
It looks fine. People who get annoyed about this sort of thing are looking to butt heads more than anything else. If you give into what he says, you will hear back from him soon enough with some other demand or grievance.

The wood on the fence looks like it has a bit of a lean but it looks like it could be down to the wooden fence warping as much as anything else. If your neighbour is fussed about the leaning, then inform him that you luckily have a sturdy new structure to fix the fence to.
 
holymonk said:
To be fair you've jammed something into a space. It looks garrish the gutter is right up against the fence which appears to be leaning from the pictures coming from Chatham I'm suprised he's not gutted you
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Jammed something? We built a side panel and a roof with a door on the front. Nothing is jammed in anywhere.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and for me, it's down the side of the property that you can't see and is usable space that means we don't need our "garish" 10x8ft shed.

I don't live in Chatham, but clearly I can spell better than yourself. It's garish, not garrish. ;)
 
Avenged7Fold said:
It looks fine. People who get annoyed about this sort of thing are looking to butt heads more than anything else. If you give into what he says, you will hear back from him soon enough with some other demand or grievance.

The wood on the fence looks like it has a bit of a lean but it looks like it could be down to the wooden fence warping as much as anything else. If your neighbour is fussed about the leaning, then inform him that you luckily have a sturdy new structure to fix the fence to.
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I looked into that more and it seems that the fence post (wood) has twisted and has therefore put strain onto the fence panel. Nothing to do with us and what we've done as there is a gap between.

On another note, I called the council who obviously couldn't confirm anything but sent me this - https://ecab.planningportal.co.uk/uploads/miniguides/outbuildings/Outbuildings.pdf which I was already looking at and have studied.

Looking at all of the points, we don't fall under any so happy days. I've been informed that I'm best off keeping hold of this and waiting for him and his friends to spend their time and money on this wasted venture before hitting them with the facts.
 
It does look a bit stuffed in tbh, but as long as its below the 2.5m(?) limit then he can do one.
The biggest annoyance to me would be the wonky as **** visible fixings, well that and the entire door looks to be slanted :confused:
 
isn't there some sort of maintenance access requirement? like needing to leave about 1m around a property - does that cover fences too? i guess it will never get treated...
 
~Divine~Wind~ said:
It does look a bit stuffed in tbh, but as long as its below the 2.5m(?) limit then he can do one.
The biggest annoyance to me would be the wonky as **** visible fixings, well that and the entire door looks to be slanted :confused:
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It's all straight, I can assure you. It's the fence making it look out, but the fence is actually slanted. It slants inside so that we were away from the fence, but that's why the door was made up in such a way so that it doesn't look slanted from the outside.
 
Just drop that planning portal document through their door, seriously. I have been involved with several boundary disputes over the years and they escalate very very quickly and these days you have to notify potential buyers of your property of any disputes or difficulties, which can effect possible sales.

The best advice I can give you is if you can end it now with him then do so, even if this means going and having a sit down with him because once it starts getting legal there is only one winner and its not you or him.
 
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