Whos in the right ?

Strange reading this as only the other day i asked my neighbour on the right whose fence it was and they said theirs. Now this puzzled me because we have the 'lovely' concrete posts, on the inside, on both sides of the garden.

then it emerged that these neighbours had replaced the original 'chicken wire'(not sure if that's the right term - criss cross stuff that councils use) with stronger 'chicken wire' - guess where he used to work. They obviously replaced it but then put it on their side.

I'm not bothered cos we don't want to put any fencing up at the sides but again, its the principle.

spud - i know how you feel. Keep fighting for her in a subtle way (know it's probably not your style but try) Shame she hasn't got any family to do it upfront so to speak. Let us know what happens.

cheers

 

About 8 years ago I had a problem like this regarding fencing we asked the council to come and advice which they did the fence on the right back to house is my naighbors and on the left is mine the good thing is my naighbours fence was not only the wrongway round ie aris rail my side but when the gentleman from council took measherments it was by time he got to end of it 12 inches over the border line where he was given a deadline to correct it. not a happy chappie was he.

 

well i was back there today i said she should ring the planning people she said she will

got a couple of snaps to


if that guttering was on my house id hacksaw it off

 

Yeah but the prob is his crap attempt of a fence there is actually in her garden so i dont know what can be done about that she did say shed get me to put one up propery but its in the way so i dont know how she stands with that

 

Looks more like the Berlin wall than a conservatory. And I would definitely scupper that drainpipe then they would have to have permission to come onto her property before they could do anything about it.

Why isn't it at the other end, on their property. I would be extremely annoyed. As shiney says, it is far to close to your property, they wouldn't have got planning permission for that I'm sure.

 

I have just read on one site that if a conservatory is more than 4m high (in any place and at any part) then it cannot come within 2m of your boundary - this may differ however in the case of terraced/semi/detached property - this is clearly a matter for the local planning department - they will usually be happy to make a site visit to give advise and support to your customer. How awful - I would not have that drainpipe on my property, aren't neighbours a pain sometimes!

Trouble is we live in a society now that does what it wants when it wants, and has no regards for the rights of others whatsoever. (GC members are obviously not included!!) The installers are so moronic that they just do the job they are paid to do regardless of whether it is permitted! Hope your customer gets some help with this - good luck - really makes my blood boil!

 

Play it down the line contact your planning officer !

Presumably the gutter drains into her garden ?

In most cases (where planning would have been required) I think you need a party wall agreement (I forget the proper label) signed by the affected neighbour to build this close ?

At the very least I bet they recomend altering the gutter to flow the other way and that window be blocked off, top lights be obscured glass etc. Not too clever having a gutter so close to the divide from a damp point of view. Would also be worth checking the gutter meets building regs for depth based in the run/pitch of the roof as very often on conservatories they aren't sufficient. This affects you based on the close proximity of the bulding.:rolleyes:

Wow what an ar5ehole, getting annoyed and its not even my house !!!

 

I agree. Did they even speak to the neighbour before it went up? People are so inconsiderate :(

 

Good on you Spud, lovely to see a vulnerable person having someone who can support and assist them.

I really think your customer should look at putting an 8ft fence up just her side of the boundary alongside the conservatory.

I thought we had bad neighbours, but they just seem slightly inconsiderate in comparisson. We live in a mid-terrace, and for some reason they would do nothing all day and then start renoovating the house at about 4pm and carry on until us or their other neighbour shout at them thorugh the wall.

We have two girls 3 1/2 and 15 months the other neighour has a 7 year-old daughter. They also do nothing in the garden and as there is only a 3ft chain link fence between us, all their weeds come through to our garden.

 

Yep they did and they promised the earth fence up and painted to match hers the lot but they didnt ask about the drainpipe and the one pannel is hardly a fence plus ill give it another week before it blows down :rolleyes:

She allready has some fence at the bottom of the garden put up by her husband that is clearly in the boundary due to the original posts still being there behind it so can anyone tell me how i would stand if i put a fence up in line with hers and took his "effort" down in the process i would obviously not damage it and give it back to him :thumb:

 

Did you not get onto The Garden law site Spudbristol? Loads of info on there..and they will answer your questions and advise you on the legal side of things..Dee..

 

no i didnt ill email them i forgot about it:o