Soldato
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About a month ago we had a new fence put in front of our semi between our property and the adjoining neighbour - straight down middle of the front gardens / drives (perpendicular to front wall of building).
Previously there was a big hedge of conifers there - a couple of which were dead.
Had green light for hedge removal from neighbour before doing any of this obviously - them mentioning hedge a few times was one of the reasons we did it, main reason being for us to more easily get down the path to our own front door.
When install was done a pipe was found between the properties just on our side of the line the fence would run - fence bloke advise moving posts 1.5" toward neighbour to avoid any issues if poss, spoke to neighbour who agreed after having a look.
Fast forward a few weeks - neighbour wants fence moved as its to far onto their side.
I don't think moving it is an option - as will have to pay to have it removed, sort the pipe situation, and then get the fence put where it was meant to be in first place, plus a bit for materials (though I might be incorrectly assuming a concrete fence post can be smashed out of its concrete base!) - it's just going to cost too much to justify for me.
I don't think I have any choice but to remove it in this scenario if that's what they ask for - so I'm planning on removing the panels and gravel boards before having a crack at digging out the posts - leaving us without anything seperating our front gardens, and hopefully costing me nothing but my time and disposal costs. I've floated this idea to the neighbour and they don't appear to chuffed with this either surprisingly.
So my question! I'm sure they can ask me the remove the fence from their property as we have nothing in writing regarding the move toward their side - fair enough. But - can I be forced to have to move it instead? Without the fence our front gardens are completely open to one another - which makes the walls and gates around their property kind of pointless. I would replant the hedge at some point - but that's going to take a few years to look anything like a proper boundary - so just want to know if I have to provide one if asked in this scenario if poss!
Many thanks!
About a month ago we had a new fence put in front of our semi between our property and the adjoining neighbour - straight down middle of the front gardens / drives (perpendicular to front wall of building).
Previously there was a big hedge of conifers there - a couple of which were dead.
Had green light for hedge removal from neighbour before doing any of this obviously - them mentioning hedge a few times was one of the reasons we did it, main reason being for us to more easily get down the path to our own front door.
When install was done a pipe was found between the properties just on our side of the line the fence would run - fence bloke advise moving posts 1.5" toward neighbour to avoid any issues if poss, spoke to neighbour who agreed after having a look.
Fast forward a few weeks - neighbour wants fence moved as its to far onto their side.
I don't think moving it is an option - as will have to pay to have it removed, sort the pipe situation, and then get the fence put where it was meant to be in first place, plus a bit for materials (though I might be incorrectly assuming a concrete fence post can be smashed out of its concrete base!) - it's just going to cost too much to justify for me.
I don't think I have any choice but to remove it in this scenario if that's what they ask for - so I'm planning on removing the panels and gravel boards before having a crack at digging out the posts - leaving us without anything seperating our front gardens, and hopefully costing me nothing but my time and disposal costs. I've floated this idea to the neighbour and they don't appear to chuffed with this either surprisingly.
So my question! I'm sure they can ask me the remove the fence from their property as we have nothing in writing regarding the move toward their side - fair enough. But - can I be forced to have to move it instead? Without the fence our front gardens are completely open to one another - which makes the walls and gates around their property kind of pointless. I would replant the hedge at some point - but that's going to take a few years to look anything like a proper boundary - so just want to know if I have to provide one if asked in this scenario if poss!
Many thanks!