fencing

can anyone tell me if i am within my rights by painting my side of the fence a darker shade than my neighbour,he says he wants to keep his a light shade.but i know the dark shade from our side is going to seep through to his side what should i do !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :confused:

 

If it's your fence do what you want ..but if it's his leave well alone.

 

If its his fence have a chat with him about what you would like to do - but if he says no, then as Pal says leave well alone.

My neighbours did their own thing in both sinking their drive, causing my old decrepit fence to fail, and then painted the fence I put up to replace it. If they had asked I would have agreed, the fact that they as usual did not even show that courtesy - teed me off.

 

the fence belongs to both of us, he paid half ,and my husband erected it

 

As far as I am aware you are not allowed to...

1) paint or stain your neighbours fence

2) grow plants of any description up your neighbours fence

3) attach anything whatever to your neighbours fence

No harm in asking, but ultimately you have no rights.

Edited to say...

If the fence belongs to both of you it is down to the person who owns the boundary rather than the physical fence. If it was joint effort its not really appropriate to talk about 'rights'. I would strongly advise against doing things on the grounds of rights, best ask and be prepared to be told no.

Before I moved into our current house my neighbour put up a new fence on my boundary because the previous owners were too lazy to erect a new one. When I bought the house, I own the boundary and the fence on it, even though they paid for it to be supplied and fitted. When replacing the panels I treated both sides for weathering as ultimately I would buy the next one and want it to last as long as possible.

 

APPARENTLY BOUNDERYS ARE NOW SHARED,THIS IS A NEW HOUSE AND IT WAS POINTED OUT TO US BY OUR SOLICITOR,I WISH I HAD PUT UP A HEDGE NOW!!!!!!!!

 

Shared boundaries, weird. Then go by whats in your deeds, but its always good to be friendly and negotiate.

Try this website, I have consulted it before for other bits and bobs.

http://www.gardenlaw.co.uk/phpBB2/index.php

 

THATS TRUE,THANKS FOR ADVICE

 

IVE JUST HAD A LOOK ON THAT SITE IT LOOKS VERY INTERESTING,ILL HAVE A BETTER LOOK TOMOROW CHEERS!

 

Polly - don't shout, love. Knock your caps lock off!

 

No probs, good fences make good neighbours. :D
Boundaries are a nightmare sometimes.