@KT53, The convention of the 'good' side of a fence facing a neighbour has been around for at least fifty years to my knowledge, if not longer. It presumably arose because if you had a fence erected, the posts should be on your side of the boundary, with the fence therefore being right on the actual boundary and not sticking out over the neighbours land. I agree though I would prefer to have the 'good' side facing me but stuck with the convention when we had new fences installed earlier this year.
I'm so glad we have friendly neighbours. One is preparing the ground for his new fence at the moment. He invited us round to discuss it and explain what he was doing, no problem.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I'm so glad we have friendly neighbours. One is preparing the ground for his new fence at the moment. He invited us round to discuss it and explain what he was doing, no problem.
Oh how I wish for that Busy-Lizzie ... Mine complained that the neighbour on his other side was taking stones from his dry stone wall for a rockery - but didn't see a problem with starting to remove my boundary of 3ft slate slabs because he didn't like them, to replace them with horrible, nasty 5ft of concrete gravel boards one on top of the other - all without talking or asking, whilst I was at work one day. His activities were nipped in the bud and he's not spoken since ...
my garden borders fields and every year the farmer come along , gives each post a bit of a shake, if it's loose, he replaces it, if not he moves onto the next. Perfect
@KT53, The convention of the 'good' side of a fence facing a neighbour has been around for at least fifty years to my knowledge, if not longer. It presumably arose because if you had a fence erected, the posts should be on your side of the boundary, with the fence therefore being right on the actual boundary and not sticking out over the neighbours land. I agree though I would prefer to have the 'good' side facing me but stuck with the convention when we had new fences installed earlier this year.
That was at a time when boundaries were marked with post and wire fencing. Then the posts would be on the owner's property with the wires on the 'outside' of the posts marked the actual boundary. When fence panels are used, which are within the line of the posts, it's a totally different situation.
@chelle72, have you tried asking your neighbour the simple question: "What do you want me to do?" She probably doesn't even know what she wants you to do, she just wants to have a moan and to feel righteous and hard-done-by.
Your neighbour needs to be careful. There was a joint path between properties at my cousin's house and she had a fence erected on her side of the path to keep her dog from wandering. Some years later the neighbours tried to claim that the path was entirely on their property and that my cousin had no right of access along it. It got as far as solicitor involvement, then the solicitor noticed that the boundary line on the deeds didn't match the current boundary. In fact about half of the garden used by the neighbour was actually within the original boundary of my cousin's property. The neighbour quickly backed down, and paid my cousin's solicitor's fees. My cousin didn't want the garden back, luckily for the neighbour.
That's pretty horrific @KT53, but it doesn't really surprise me. Some people are just like that aren't they? I'm wondering if I should now take my fence down at the front - it's a similar situation, although not a joint path. My neighbour is very different though, but the house is up for sale so who know what might happen...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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Mine complained that the neighbour on his other side was taking stones from his dry stone wall for a rockery - but didn't see a problem with starting to remove my boundary of 3ft slate slabs because he didn't like them, to replace them with horrible, nasty 5ft of concrete gravel boards one on top of the other - all without talking or asking, whilst I was at work one day. His activities were nipped in the bud and he's not spoken since ...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I'm wondering if I should now take my fence down at the front - it's a similar situation, although not a joint path.
My neighbour is very different though, but the house is up for sale so who know what might happen...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...