New fence, Neighbour Problem.......

.Lethal said:
OP hasn't just whacked up a fence, from his first post they have said they've tried to have a conversation with the neighbours which resulted in them telling the OP that they'll destroy it if he puts it up.

I would have no interest in speaking with neighbours like that a second time round when all they had retorted with is threat.

Compromise goes both ways.
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From what he has said he hasn't offered any compromise, all he has done is try to convince them that a 6ft fence is in their best interests, they clearly disagree. That is not compromise, that is enforcement of will.

From what he has said it appears to be his way or nothing, I was only suggesting that a 6ft solid fence is not the only option if it is privacy he requires. There are other options that would give him his privacy without removing he light from the neighbours garden.
 
deus3x said:
I asked the question as you would then surly understand what its like work hard to make your house nice.

The old fence crap, it needs removing and is in bits (complete tat and looks dreadful). They wont pay to change it so why should i pay for another 4ft fence that i dont want.
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A 6ft solid fence is not the only option though and regardless of what you want you have to consider the neighbours as the boundary is also theirs. Who pays for it is immaterial.

deus3x said:
I'm a good neighbor, i am not thinking of myself or id have just put the fence up on their immediate aggressive response. I want them to agree as they are not gaining anything, just a bad bad looking garden and some pride. Also i wont be giving them the nice panel, i am paying for the fence so i get to choose, i was told this by the council who have also told me the light situation will not count for them. I mean all other neighbours have 6ft and are happy, why should it be any different to the people living my side.
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It certainly doesn't sound like you are a good neighbour, you want them to agree, but you will do what you want anyway is what you are stating. A good neighbour would find a compromise that benefits both of you and it really isn't that hard tbh.

deus3x said:
Its hard to get across the entire story and their arrogance. Its only 2ft..... Well its only 2ft higher and its not going to hide any light at all. I have a garage which is about 8ft my side and its not blocking any light.
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It is your arrogance that is coming across tbh. It migh only be 2ft to you, but it may mean a loss of the quality of their garden to them. It may be pertinent to discuss altenatives rather than simply imposing your will.

deus3x said:
To them its no longer about the fence, its about their pride. To me its about the fence. If it means i loose 6" of land to get a better fence then so be it, they can keep it.

IF it means ill have bad neighbors then so be it, ill carry on being polite, help them start their car if needs so. Its their loss not mine.

The idea of this thread was so that i can tread carefully and not have to remove or adjust the fence later on as i am having the garden paved. My house is having complete restore, modern great looking.

Thanks for your reply and input.
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Take it from me, antagonistic and unfriendly neighbours is something you can do without. Try enjoying your new found privacy when the neighbours are playing Jason Donovan all day on their side, or mowing the lawn at 6am and so on.....

You can do what you want, but personally I think you are heading for more problems that you anticipate.

Good luck to you mate.
 
I'm with Castiel on this one, keeping in the good books with the neighbours is paramount to having a nice home imo
 
OP, your comments as to how this will effect the light in their garden keep changing.

Will it effect their garden or not?
 
SB118 said:
OP, your comments as to how this will effect the light in their garden keep changing.

Will it effect their garden or not?
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yea he needs to tell us which way the garden faces for a start a 6ft fence could have massive impact on light levels
 
bledd. said:
I'm with Castiel on this one, keeping in the good books with the neighbours is paramount to having a nice home imo
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I don't see why he should try to keep in this neighbours good books. They have threatened him with criminal damage. They won't replace the old fence neither will they agree to a new fence despite the op paying the full price and all the other neighbours happily having 6ft fences around their gardens. In my eyes, they aren't even willing to meet half way, so i think the op should just go ahead with his plans and stuff the bloody neighbour. They just sound like awkward buggers.

Have these neighbours got a big fence on their other side?

These sort of things with neighbours happen all the time. When someone wants an extension/conservatory etc, you will always get neighbours objecting to it, but that alone never stops things being built does it? Stuff like that is a lot more substantial than a garden fence, but it happens everywhere, every day.
 
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i am in the same boat. the fence which was on this property first was like 40 years old lol. and it's only around 4-5ft, as it being a mid terrace house, it doesnt fit in with the other fences which are 6ft, so it looks Pooh!, so i said to the dude next door that has a rather annoying staffy that is built like arnold back in his day, who keeps ripping the fence up!

now i have spoken to the scum next door and said i will replace it, and they turned around and said No, the fence is fine,as it's on there land.! so i said when your dogs pulls my pooch through the fence, your dog is going to play on the motor way!

but it's also cool, as i know they growing weed, as i am pretty sure the police will be paying them a visit soon :)

Problem SOLVED ! :)
 
Another vote for getting on with neighbours beats being anal about 2ft extra on a fence; unless of course they are constantly hanging over the top and ogling your smalls.
 
How can you find out who owns which fence? Got a feeling the fence in my back garden is a party fence, but we have never paid for any upkeep.
 
On a somewhat related note, does anybody know much about this sort of thing? We'd maybe like to replace our aging back fence (we are responsible for it), but our back garden slopes down away from our house. So the house behind ours is lower than our house, poor side view diagram to follow!

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Our garden-----\  |
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                  \
                   \_____Their garden

The angles are obviously not quite like that, but the current fence is about 5'-5.5'. My question is; if I was to replace this with a 6' fence, would I be exceeding the 'allowed' height given that for them, the fence top would be higher than 6'? May this be the reason why the existing fence is a foot or so lower than 6' - I hope this makes sense!
 
The point at where you put the fence must be no higher than 6'6" so the land could slope away both sides and it will not matter.

The fence could be 6' your side and 10' theirs and that will be okay.
 
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