Uhoh a leasehold post - Fence panels and painting

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So I am trying to make the garden more appealing to guests and I've noticed this season the fence panels are going a bit green in some places and a lot worse in shadier parts. I'm aware I can clean them to get rid of this but I would like to paint them a darker colour as the plain old colour is really boring.

I checked with the freeholders, who live beneath me and who have the garden/fence area alongside my garden but they've said the below.

"With regard to the fence, it does not form part of your demise and is maintained under the service charge when necessary. It is tanalised timber and does not require painting."

I'm pretty sure any fence panel if treated with paint would make it last longer and I just want to not look at algae covered fence panels as it doesn't look good. Where do I stand, can I just send them photos and just say look I am happy to paint my side of the fence and get it done. I don't see the issue here at all. I could be a bad leaseholder but I am not, I want my garden/fencing to look good and last long.


 
You can continue to make your point and hope they agree, but they have answered the question. It's covered as part of the service charge and not really any of your business.

Our neighbours at one point painted their side of the fence and it looked awful, paint ran through the panels to our side, the paint came away quickly and looked patchy and the panels that had been left looked much better and didn't deteriorate as quickly.

Maybe send photos and ask again if you really want to but they are within their right to say no and you should respect this.
 
Just say to them it has gone very green (which it has), and you don't like looking at this, could something be done about it. This would probably just be cleaning it. As it's not your responsibility, then they should clean it, but you could offer to do it for them if you were feeling nice.

You can't paint it because you don't have that legal right as a leaseholder I expect.
 
I cleaned mine+back of shed, with sprayed on vinegar last saturday and am amazed how quickly its acted, without having had too much rain.

One neighbour has battleship grey and another light blue paint .. maybe they are permeable but had wondered if that would promote moisture build-up,
versus a traditional wood treatment, both contrast, for me, not very nicely, with the grass; the millenial has the grey.
 
"With regard to the fence, it does not form part of your demise and is maintained under the service charge when necessary. It is tanalised timber and does not require painting."

Contact the Maintenance company. As its in the service agreement its their choice and responsibility to sort it. Make you offer to do it at your own cost and labour, don't see what they would decline. Even ask them for colour preference.
 
jpaul said:
within - from ingress through the slats top/bottom edge, or, at slat overlap points.
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Ideally the wood of a fence would be treated before installation. Once installed, I wouldn't say there was a huge difference between using a wood preservative or paint, although wood preservative will seep into the wood more, so would be better if the wood had not been treated initially.
 
radderfire said:
I wouldn't say there was a huge difference between using a wood preservative or paint,
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yeh- weathering of paint on a surface that might expand/contract a bit, might cause it to crack/delaminate at which point could be unrecoverable;
my neighbours does look like traditional paint from the strength/coverage of the colour.
 
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