Hi everyone. Yes the bad side of the fence is facing my front garden, which the rest of the street can see from our house onwards. Its horrendous from our point of view. Houses on the other side of my neighbour as well as my neighbour, can view the good side of the fence. It's a street of detached houses.
The mud is coming from the builders cars/shoes/trailers etc as they are parking outside my house and walking to the neighbours house. They currently have a skip outside their house.
I will do my best to keep quiet until they sort it out.. although I don't know when that will be. It's very frustrating.
I would simply ask the neighbour to ensure their contractors power wash all their mess and you would be grateful if they could get the fence finished as quickly as possible. Try to be pleasant about it as good neighbours make such a difference.
Further update: My husband approached the builders on Friday and asked when our side of the fence was gpoint to be started, they apologised and started it that afternoon. unfortunately however they did not finish it and left it will half the panels on a horizontal post, the fence not connected to the boundary posts and wobbling. The fence panels are also yet to be trimmed height wise, however our neighbor came to our door and said that they should be back on Saturday or Monday to finish It.
I informed him that the way it was left was a hazard as it was wobbling a lot, and with the bad weather was at risk of falling down, possibly onto our cars below. I said I was not happy with fence so far, they had also made it longer (horizontall) on our side than theirs, going into our hedge. My neighbour said he didn't think it would come down, I insisted that it wasn't safe. Eventually he had a look and started work on it himself, adding the rest of the panels and a further post. He left it, and It still needs to be cut height wise.
He has marked the line on the fence were it is to be cut, which matches the height of their panels, however upon measurInglis this it is 1.26m and after conducting some research with our local planning office, any fence above 1m adjoining a road requires planning permission. Also as it is on a slope, it is already considerably higher than the footpath. The posts of the original fence, were taller than the wire in between which was definirely 1m or less. It's also affecting the visabilty for entering/leaving our driveway, now that's it's a solid panel fence. i don't want to start an argument, should I say to the planning office?
It seems to me that the builders have been taking liberties and should, at the very least, have asked before using your driveway for parking or dumping materials. Maybe a quiet word to that effect and then ask them to clear up their mess and park on your neighbour's side.
I would also have a gentle word with your neighbour about local regulations for fence heights. If the planning office doesn't like what he's done they can make him remove or modify it.
Do try and solve it amicably if you can because neighbour disputes can make life very unpleasant and ca also go on for years if one side decides to be unreasonable or vengeful.
When we bought and sold our 30s house in Harrow it was very clear both in the deeds and from solicitors and estate agents that the "business" side of a fence is on the owners' side so they have access to support posts etc for any repairs needed. The finished side faces the neighbours.
You should seek permission to go on the neighbour's land to do any repairs from their side. Neighbours, in turn, should always seek permission before adding any features such as trellis, support wires and so on for their own plants.
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Hi everyone. Yes the bad side of the fence is facing my front garden, which the rest of the street can see from our house onwards. Its horrendous from our point of view. Houses on the other side of my neighbour as well as my neighbour, can view the good side of the fence. It's a street of detached houses.
The mud is coming from the builders cars/shoes/trailers etc as they are parking outside my house and walking to the neighbours house. They currently have a skip outside their house.
I will do my best to keep quiet until they sort it out.. although I don't know when that will be. It's very frustrating.
I should've also added that they regularly power wash the pavement outside their own house, but leave ours dirty.
I would simply ask the neighbour to ensure their contractors power wash all their mess and you would be grateful if they could get the fence finished as quickly as possible. Try to be pleasant about it as good neighbours make such a difference.
Further update: My husband approached the builders on Friday and asked when our side of the fence was gpoint to be started, they apologised and started it that afternoon. unfortunately however they did not finish it and left it will half the panels on a horizontal post, the fence not connected to the boundary posts and wobbling. The fence panels are also yet to be trimmed height wise, however our neighbor came to our door and said that they should be back on Saturday or Monday to finish It.
I informed him that the way it was left was a hazard as it was wobbling a lot, and with the bad weather was at risk of falling down, possibly onto our cars below. I said I was not happy with fence so far, they had also made it longer (horizontall) on our side than theirs, going into our hedge. My neighbour said he didn't think it would come down, I insisted that it wasn't safe. Eventually he had a look and started work on it himself, adding the rest of the panels and a further post. He left it, and It still needs to be cut height wise.
He has marked the line on the fence were it is to be cut, which matches the height of their panels, however upon measurInglis this it is 1.26m and after conducting some research with our local planning office, any fence above 1m adjoining a road requires planning permission. Also as it is on a slope, it is already considerably higher than the footpath. The posts of the original fence, were taller than the wire in between which was definirely 1m or less. It's also affecting the visabilty for entering/leaving our driveway, now that's it's a solid panel fence. i don't want to start an argument, should I say to the planning office?
Sorry for the long post.
It seems to me that the builders have been taking liberties and should, at the very least, have asked before using your driveway for parking or dumping materials. Maybe a quiet word to that effect and then ask them to clear up their mess and park on your neighbour's side.
I would also have a gentle word with your neighbour about local regulations for fence heights. If the planning office doesn't like what he's done they can make him remove or modify it.
Do try and solve it amicably if you can because neighbour disputes can make life very unpleasant and ca also go on for years if one side decides to be unreasonable or vengeful.
When we bought and sold our 30s house in Harrow it was very clear both in the deeds and from solicitors and estate agents that the "business" side of a fence is on the owners' side so they have access to support posts etc for any repairs needed. The finished side faces the neighbours.
You should seek permission to go on the neighbour's land to do any repairs from their side. Neighbours, in turn, should always seek permission before adding any features such as trellis, support wires and so on for their own plants.