I agree with those who say let it go as it seems quite a minor issue BUT ( and there's always a but ), it's worth being aware that people who infringe on their neighbour's property do sometimes take the view that they are able to do something else - often more serious - simply because no line has been drawn and their neighbour has obviously accepted the situation. A polite chat, if possible, about the fence to make them aware may be a good idea ?
My neighbours asked before doing something similar to give them more privacy in the lodge which had been constructed at the bottom of their daughter's garden for them to live in.. They didn't actually need to ask because they were attaching it to their own fence.
I tend to think that life is too short. I'd rather have a pleasant relationship with my neighbours that chance an arguement over a piece of wire attatching the bamboo screen. Bet the screen looks better than the chain link too.
Difficult when you're precious about your garden, but I'm thinking the bamboo will quickly grow and hide the wires, and then they can be removed. I'm not overly impressed that my neighbour put a solid back fence up following the slope of his path, rather than straight, but there's not much I can do except wait until my bamboos grow and hide it a bit! I know where you're coming from, but an easy relationship with your neighbours is far more important in this case. 😊
My neighbours directly behind me put up plastic kind of strap fencing on the top of our shared fence. I had paid for the fence and strapping us a horrid neon orange. It must be an attempt to keep out cats or foxes. I was a bit miffed, given that boundary is shared, but more that it’s hideous.
Virginia creeper is now growing over it and the fence looking the best it ever has. But it’s the lack of thought that rankles.
It IS difficult and annoing. As you guys (and gals) know I have an equally annoying neighbour, and I caused amusement in some cirlcles by saying he put a bird box (wooden) on the side of our garage. It was the principal of the thing, how he could possibly think it was OK to drill holes and screw stuff on our garage. These always seem to be the most unreasonable people when the table is turned.I have pretty much always (with the exception of one lovely couple) had irritating, or incredibly selfish neighbours. Someone recently asked what that says about us. Well after the one who put her dog poo from 2 very large dogs on my garden furniture, after we complained (after trying to speak to them nicely) about said dogs barking 20 hours out of 24, we tend to try and let things go.When we moved here, I insisted we were detached ....it hasnt helped. We had to drastically reduce the price of our last house, a semi, because of the massive weeds in the ajoining property garden.
My mum had a neighbour who she fell out with big time. When they moved in they removed the fence along the side of mum's garage and started drilling the wall and fixing things to it. Mum very quickly advised them that they needed to put the fence back up as it was mum's fence, and remove everything from the garage wall. The garage wall wasn't even the boundary line. Prior to that conversation they had barely even acknowledged mum's existence.
Thank you re your replies. It is as @Dovefromabove explained, a bamboo screening that they have attached. I admit I was thinking the same as @philippasmith2 , that if not mentioned at all (even subtly), what is to stop them doing something else at a later stage and also, as others have said, I do often wonder whether they know it is my fence. I can't say it looks great but it will stop the overspill of their compost bin (rotten veg, eggshells etc.) from coming through my fence, which was happening, (every cloud eh).
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A polite chat, if possible, about the fence to make them aware may be a good idea ?
I'm not overly impressed that my neighbour put a solid back fence up following the slope of his path, rather than straight, but there's not much I can do except wait until my bamboos grow and hide it a bit!
I know where you're coming from, but an easy relationship with your neighbours is far more important in this case. 😊
https://www.bmstores.co.uk/products/split-bamboo-screening-180-x-300cm-380031
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.