Fence Issues

immy · 4 Apr 2025 at 13:53

Are you allowed to attach things to your fence that take it above the top fence line? I.e bamboo sticks with holograpic ribbons on them?

My neighbour has put these on her side of the fence, and to be honest, it looks horrific. And now we are getting reflections in our upstairs windows and a direct distracting view from our conservatory window as these ribbons flap about in the wind and catch/reflect the light.

Will post up a pic soon but wondering if we are being overly sensitive to the situation.

Planning on speaking to neighbour at the weekend.

Kurgen · 4 Apr 2025 at 14:04

immy said:
Are you allowed to attach things to your fence that take it above the top fence line? I.e bamboo sticks with holograpic ribbons on them?

My neighbour has put these on her side of the fence, and to be honest, it looks horrific. And now we are getting reflections in our upstairs windows and a direct distracting view from our conservatory window as these ribbons flap about in the wind and catch/reflect the light.

Will post up a pic soon but wondering if we are being overly sensitive to the situation.

Planning on speaking to neighbour at the weekend.

They cant actually attach anything to "your" fence in theory. so you can "Demand" she take them down if you doesnt when asked. There are some planning restrictions i believe when fence goes above 6.5ft you cant attach anything, so she might breaching that as well

immy · 4 Apr 2025 at 14:14

Its a shared fence. Fence is 6ft in height. Hopefully they are reasonable to our concerns. But as usual these things sometimes go south if their viewpoints dont align.
Worse case, i guess i could put a trellis on our side to block the ribbons out.

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 4 Apr 2025 at 14:15

God that looks terrible

Assume you don't know what shes trying to achieve.
Try and find out and see if you can come up with a better plan.

Do you have cats by any chance?

immy · 4 Apr 2025 at 15:04

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
God that looks terrible

Assume you don't know what shes trying to achieve.
Try and find out and see if you can come up with a better plan.

Do you have cats by any chance?

No pets......Don't even get birds in the garden if thats what she is trying to achieve....maybe she just trying to annoy me lol

Participant · 4 Apr 2025 at 16:35

That would **** me off LOL

Mark A · 4 Apr 2025 at 16:36

Give it a few months in the sun and rain and they will probably be destroyed and she will take them down herself.

ivrytwr3 · 4 Apr 2025 at 17:01

Who's the creepy guy in the shed looking back at you?

NetMan · 4 Apr 2025 at 17:38

immy said:
reflections in our upstairs windows

Close your curtains?

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior said:
Assume you don't know what shes trying to achieve.

immy said:
maybe she just trying to annoy me

I'm not a gardener but it seems fairly obvious she spent a small fortune on soft fruit plants / vines of some sort and is trying to stop the birds eating them all...

Mark A said:
Give it a few months in the sun and rain and they ~~will probably be destroyed and she will take them down herself.~~ might give you a punnet of fruit, some home made jam or home made wine unless you tell her to take it down and the birds eat all of her fruit.

A lot of the canes look like they are level with the fence but you took the photo upstairs so are looking into their garden; just ask her to tie the higher ribbons a bit lower so they don't hang over the fence.

Join in and grow some on your side? - nom nom

P.S. - That fence is horrid whats the point of a 6 foot fence that you can see through if you plant a hedge you won't have to look at her garden at all.