Garden Law Discussion

Yes thanks Arborlad. Very interesting reading
I hope never to have deal with anything like that but its great to know this is the place to come if you do.

What was the issue? Where the neighbours asking you to cut it down?

It seems your neighbour has indeed been forced to the negotiating table with this initial offer of £2,000. On the surface I would not believe that your house would be devalued at all by the ROW being extended by 15 meters unless that makes it unusable. And it depends on who is assigning the value. I...

If you feel like it do post them here too as it always helps tell your story.
And keep us updated there are many good people here that can help you with any battles you get into.

Welcome back! I have seen many past references to your postings so great to know you are still around and contributing.
It's a great site for many people and it is totally because of the many contributors who all willingly give their time and knowledge

Yeah that view shows a pretty horrid job of the concreting...
Thanks for the updates

If I'm playing devil's advocate then then the fence is only 4ft high? So it would not appear to block light to your windows. It also does not look terrible. The curve at the top is actually quite attractive and if you saw this picture in isolation it would look perfectly normal in my opinion. Some m...

. Under great pressure (my neighbour and two sons) we settled on marking the drive so at least we had a starting point with a verbal agreement that we'd separate and take legal advice. If these are the marks I've already referred to, you MUST ensure they are obliterated. When you learn more about w...

All three experiences had the word dispute regarding where the physical boundary was in relation to the legal boundary but it matters not whether it is a dispute or not. To constantly state that in any dispute (or not) that you are legally restricted into owning only what you saw on buying land is ...

arborlad wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 12, 2018 7:30 am

guitarguy wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 11, 2018 10:26 pm

Hi everyone,

However, they have a gate at the rear of their garden ............ Happy to provide photos,

This usually helps the understanding.

+1

Both! Once the forum can see clearly what you are explaining then you will get solid advice. Take as many pics as you can for your own records and then post the important ones here. There are a number of really good people on here who give great advice when they have all the facts. And a pic of the ...

Any chance of a picture?

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Wed Jun 20, 2018 12:28 pm

Also, they bought what they saw. So if there is a problem it should have been dealt with at the time of the sale so they do not have a leg to stand on.

You can't change the fence without the neighbour's consent. it seems either it's theirs anyway (they paid for it) or it is a jointly owned fence, built astride the boundary. If it's jointly owned you can replace it with an identical fence, but you can't make it bigger or smaller without their conse...

Thanks for the update and do keep us informed of how it goes