Garden privacy affected by replacement fence

JRJ · 29 Apr 2020 at 10:59

UTT said:
The cream ones are the same ones our house is built from. The lower red ones on right of picture are basic engineering bricks and then the darker red ones are the same as ones used to build house behind us.

Basically the brickies cocked up and thought they were to use the same brick as the house for each section of retaining wall they had. My neighbour on left has a red rough faced brick for the house so they used the same for their bit of retaining wall.

Think it cost the developer a fortune because they were supposed to use the cheapest brick going.

Typical developer :rolleyes:

B&Q are showing bamboo screen for collection or delivery

kinobestew123 · 29 Apr 2020 at 12:48

Semple said:
You can't be nailing in thin bits of wood into the gaps, or painting it exotic colours as some others have suggested.

Why not? Both sound like entirely possible options. You can paint a fence any colour you like. And you can nail thin bits of wood to whatever you like.

Semple · 29 Apr 2020 at 19:25

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kinobestew123 said:
Why not? Both sound like entirely possible options. You can paint a fence any colour you like. And you can nail thin bits of wood to whatever you like.

Not if you don't own it you can't.

chroniclard · 29 Apr 2020 at 19:31

Just do everything in the garden naked. Assume they will fix it pronto.

jcr · 30 Apr 2020 at 10:47

looks like someone has nailed a couple of pallets together.

kinobestew123 · 30 Apr 2020 at 11:57

Semple said:
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Not if you don't own it you can't.

I see what you're saying now. Similarly though you wouldn't be allowed to hang bamboo screening on it either.

OP could speak to the fence owner, explain the issue and his proposed solution to it even if he has to then do it himself.

Doobedoo · 30 Apr 2020 at 12:09

I’m sure attaching a bamboo screen would not be an issue especially if don’t follow the terrible advice, which will likely lead to you appearing on an episode of neighbours from hell.

Just screen it the worst that can happen is your asked to take it down, or attach it via stakes within your boundary.

UTT · 30 Apr 2020 at 14:29

kinobestew123 said:
I see what you're saying now. Similarly though you wouldn't be allowed to hang bamboo screening on it either.

OP could speak to the fence owner, explain the issue and his proposed solution to it even if he has to then do it himself.

Hi and thanks for advice.

Unfortunately fence owner does not live in the property, they let it via manning staunton Estate agents. They've advised us that they would prefer we deal with the estate agent as they are managing the property. We are still waiting a week later for a response from estate agent when we raised the issue.

Nightmare

moon man · 30 Apr 2020 at 15:48

outside my utility is similar so i know where your coming from ,used to be a picket fence and the old neighbours kids were always staring down and ball coming over ,the last neighbour did me a nice solid one and he paid for it

think i would attach some posts to wall and have something like this https://www.sheds.co.uk/hartwood-6-x-6-willow-screen-fence-panel.html
after trying to sort it with the agents that is

LoadsaMoney · 30 Apr 2020 at 16:14

Id just go for the screening too, something easy to take back off, if the estate agents complain, with it being their fence.

Electroshadow · 30 Apr 2020 at 18:55

I would voice that it should be like for like, especially in your instance where there are gaps in the fence and also the kickboard does not meet the fence either.
As it is a safety hazard that things could fall through the gaps or get pushed through (kids playing) onto people below, also being a rented property you never know who is going to move in above.

if it was me I would nail on some feather board in the gaps.

darael · 30 Apr 2020 at 21:04

I was told that the gaps in the fence are to stop strong winds blowing the fence over. Be warned that the rolls of bamboo aren't as good as they're made out to be and a determined nosey neighbour will still be able to see through it.

Electroshadow · 1 May 2020 at 12:57

I can see the agents thinking I would call BS and get them to rectify it or just cover the gaps up yourself and not worry about it.
the wind is going to have a hard job to blow over a correctly installed fence at that location unless the posts snap due to rot where they enter the ground or unless they haven't used any concrete on the installation. (I can see from your photo there looks to be 3 newish posts? likely replaced wit the fence so that isn't gonna happen for 10 years)

wind loading will be low due to surrounding buildings I assume you on an estate. Wouldnt really matter anyway as that brick wall is basically a backstop to stop the postcrete from overturning which is the problem with normal fence installations without a proper lateral footing perpendicular to the fence panel. Again I'm assuming they have used concrete of some type on the installation and the post goes at least 600mm in the ground.

Brookert · 1 May 2020 at 21:53

If the person doing the fence was going for a hit and miss style, they've got it wrong. You're supposed to see the panel on the other side of the fence through the gap.

HungryHippos · 1 May 2020 at 22:47

Ask the estate agents if their fences at home are vertical panels with gaps in

It's at a minimum out of keeping with the rest of that fence line.