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Fence etiquette - front or back facing you.

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  • Blue OnionBlue Onion Posts: 2,995
    True.  I'd actually probably go for one of those fence styles that look the same both sides.  I like the kinds that look like they are woven from planks of wood.. and let a bit of a air through to circulate around the garden.  
    Utah, USA.
  • My neighbour erected a fence with the bad side on my side, then planted a leylandii hedge in front of it, so neither of us gets the benefit!
  • WaysideWayside Posts: 845
    edited April 2018
    I'm not really a wooden fence fan, but do quite like the hit and miss, and palisade styles.  Partially as wind can pass through and also because it looks the same on both sides for the hit and miss.

    I've just a small picket fence that I'm hoping to erect in an L shape, in some ways it makes sense to have the inside of the fence on the inside of the L. 

    I'd rather a partition or hedge on the boundary, as the garden is narrow, I knocked a foot off with hedging in another stretch.  If there were room I'd almost like a metre of no mans land between!

    Documentation doesn't specify, but there's something about if someone erects a fence, they have to maintain it.

    Thanks for the suggestions.  I thought I'd heard that it was courteous to have the fence outward facing, but partner doubted that.
  • Might be worth checking the deeds to see the detail.  Land registry might be one source of info for you.

    I like the "hit & miss" too!

  • madpenguinmadpenguin Posts: 2,543
    I have concrete posts and larch lap panels so the 'view' is the same both sides!
    “Every day is ordinary, until it isn't.” - Bernard Cornwell-Death of Kings
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    I've paid for the fence so I'm having the benefit of the 'good looking' side.  No question.  The rear edge of the posts mark the boundary line.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Mine is all facing inward, was like that when I moved in and no one knew who owned it.  I assume it’s mine.
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