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row of new ish detached ''executive & a plumbers homes'' homes.. parralell fences on the boundary between each.. last year the fence to our left with the posts in our garden was well gone so i replaced.. this winter the fence to our right posts in nieghbours garden has virtually disappeared..
. whose responsibility is it..
check the deeds
Tradtion has it that you own up to the good face so if the posts are on your side it is your fence. That said fences get rebuilt and moved so it isn't a strict rule. Deeds or plans is a place to start but they are usually vague.
^^ What he said. Although if its a new build the ' feu ' fences are erected on the boundary line
Traditionally who pays the fence gets the posts
The 'good side' is just tradition. The deeds will show who owns which side. (If I'm paying for the fence, I have the good side, but never really could work out the good from the bad side.)
When I looked into this years ago (mid 90's) I was told that as a general rule of thumb, as you look out the back of your house the fence on the left is your responsibility.
on mine all fences are shared .......
The rule is there is no rule
I always thought it was RHS fence, as you look away from the house, was yours. Fences aren't mentioned on my deeds. I replaced all the fences around my garden as they were all knackered and I had a bit of a windfall with share options.
What kind of neighbours do you guys have? I thought mine were bad but we can still agree to share the cost of replacing the fence.
We've done this on all three sides now. We initiated two of the discussions and on the left side the chap suddenly started pulling the fence down so I went out to talk and we agreed we would share the effort in pulling the old one down and the cost of putting a new one up.
With that one me and him both stripped our shirts off when we were smashing up the dodgy concrete footings with a sledge hammer and all the lady neighbours watched.
On one side I have a professional letted student house, so the landlord wouldn't spent 5p if it he wasn't forced to, hence I just replaced it all myself as I wanted a decent fence. The other side is my responsibility. In all 120m of fencing for three sides.
You have bought someone a new fence
Look out the back, fence on your right is yours. +1 skids. I hope you got a nice thank you card.
Look out the back, fence on your right is yours
odd when i looked at our house deeds clearly showed us being responsible for left hand one
the last two places i lived at in the UK the right hand fence (as seen looking into the garden) was our responsibilty. if your property was bounded to the rear the property with the largest section of fence had responsibilty.
Left hand side here looking at the front of the house.
As I understand it the fence is yours if it's on your land. If the deeds don't define the boundary precisely (and mine don't), if I replace a fence and the neighbour doesn't object, it confirms that the land under the fence is mine. Not that it's any use to me.You have bought someone a new fence
I think the left and right convention is when houses are built in an estate, not a general legal rule. For houses built as a one off, you could own all or none of them.
You have bought someone a new fence
Well I've saved them the cost of replacing theirs, but it still belongs to me!
The whole Left-hand / Right-hand urban myth falls down completely when you get to the fence across the bottom of the garden...
With that one me and him both stripped our shirts off when we were smashing up the dodgy concrete footings with a sledge hammer and all the lady neighbours watched.
Pictures, or it didn't happen! 😆
There are 6 gardens that back on to mine so lots of room for arguments. So far one decided the falling down fence was there's so replaced without asking. Next one along has the same fence and it could do with being replaced but it's mostly hidden to me behind various shrubberies.
As I understand it the fence is yours if it's on your land.
In terms of ownership of the item, it makes no difference where it is. If you park your car on your neighbour's drive, do they automatically own it?
Responsibility for maintaining it is somewhat different and will come down to deeds (unlikely its mentioned at all), or local custom / common agreement.
Pictures, or it didn't happen!
Surely this is one of those times that we can just accept it happened, and move on?