Broken fence - Neighbour's deed doesn't show any 'T' but ours does?

Smeghead · 24 Feb 2017 at 18:44

Damn storm broke one of the fences in our garden. Spoke to the neighbour and they gave us a photocopy of their deed plan which doesn't have any 'T's to show fence responsibility. All the other houses on their plan does, but I don't know if the highlight is too thick obscuring the T or what, but we can't see anything (on this photocopy at least).

So we went and got our plan, and ours does show the T marks. The fence in question is not within our house highlight/boundary but in theirs. They are adamant that because their deed doesn't have anything, it's not their responsibility.

Who is in the right here? We'd rather just prove who should take responsibility without going to legal action.

ahar · 24 Feb 2017 at 19:29

Everywhere I've lived the pattern of fence responsibility is repeated down the line of houses. Mine for example is responsibility for the back fence and the one on the left. Does that not apply?

mickyflinn · 24 Feb 2017 at 20:04

Get a copy of your nieghbours deads from the land regisy not a copy they give you, just to make sure.

Hedge · 24 Feb 2017 at 20:35

I need to double check our fence responsibility. My neighbours on one side say that fence is their responsibility. But they also reckon the opposite side is my other neighbours and I don't have to worry about either.

danlightbulb · 24 Feb 2017 at 20:37

Legal action??? It's just a fence. Either share the cost and stop being babies about it or stump up for a few panels.

LiGhTfasT · 24 Feb 2017 at 21:09

Lifes to short to be messing around at £18 a panel.
http://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/fence-panel-6-x-6-265490

Orionaut · 24 Feb 2017 at 22:30

Whose fence is it?

The tradition was that if the posts were on your side, it is your fence. (You show the smooth side to your neighbours)

robj20 · 25 Feb 2017 at 02:07

All ours are simple, any shared boundaries are shared responsibility, only the front wall is our own that is the road. Makes things simple.

Dalandius · 25 Feb 2017 at 02:48

In a Row of houses the fence on the left is your responsibility.

Conanius · 25 Feb 2017 at 08:03

Orionaut said:
Whose fence is it?

The tradition was that if the posts were on your side, it is your fence. (You show the smooth side to your neighbours)

I've never heard that before, and in fact every house I've lived in with featherboard fencing has been the exact opposite !

chaparral · 25 Feb 2017 at 09:17

Orionaut said:
Whose fence is it?

The tradition was that if the posts were on your side, it is your fence. (You show the smooth side to your neighbours)

How would that work when lots of garden fences are something like this with the posts in between the fence panels

Deep · 25 Feb 2017 at 09:39

Hedge said:
I need to double check our fence responsibility. My neighbours on one side say that fence is their responsibility. But they also reckon the opposite side is my other neighbours and I don't have to worry about either.

That's my scenario
I'm not responsible for either fence and live in a semi detached

Usher · 25 Feb 2017 at 10:01

Should be easy if it's with the usual horizontal then feather edge boards because the owner would show the correct downward lapping of the boards on their side, the view from the other side shows the top of each individual board

darkgen · 25 Feb 2017 at 10:52

There is no legal requirement to erect fences at boundaries (in most cases). It's just the done thing.

robj20 · 25 Feb 2017 at 11:10

Dalandius said:
In a Row of houses the fence on the left is your responsibility.

Not true. It's what ever it says in your deeds.

a1ex2001 · 25 Feb 2017 at 14:33

Check your neighbours deeds on the land registry but remember they have no obligation to erect a fence just to remove the mess if it is there's. If your neighbour really isn't interested by far the easiest option is to just erect a fence and move on any legal debate will cost you thousands.

LeeUK · 25 Feb 2017 at 17:47

Just wait for you neighbour to cave in and install a new fence himself. It's what I did but next door is a dirty rental and the landlord is a tight arse who owns a string of grotty pubs (money laundering) so I have no regrets. Infact it was his builders who ripped the rest of the old fence down when it blew over.

WillyNelson · 25 Feb 2017 at 20:44

Hedge said:
I need to double check our fence responsibility. My neighbours on one side say that fence is their responsibility. But they also reckon the opposite side is my other neighbours and I don't have to worry about either.

I have this too, both neighbours reckon the fence is theirs. Doesn't bother me though as year before last I got two spanking new beautifully built closeboard fences.

SPG · 25 Feb 2017 at 23:03

Looking down the Garden..... Rear and fence to the left is your responsibility, its quite simple.

mickyflinn · 25 Feb 2017 at 23:12

So much miss information its whats in the deeds.