Hello
Can someone please help, not sure if I've posted in the right section but seeing it's in the garden i'm hoping this is ok.
Our neighbour who i believe is 87 years old and a cantankerous / crafty old sod has started to pull down the fence between our two gardens.
On our side is a 3 foot high Picket Fence to which he previously screwed and strengthened on his side some 6 foot high panels attached to the Picket Fence. The fence has been secure for some 10 years and it has worked well. It has however started to show it's age now but still serves as a good barrier between our two gardens, it has a few more years yet.
He has now started to pull down the fence bit by bit, currently 20% done which is all being captured on high quality CCTV on a daily basis. We are convinced he is going to remove the whole lot including the picket fence to force us to put up a new one.
We originally offered to go 50/50 on the cost of a new fence last year when he originally moaned about it's condition but he said NO, you must pay for it!
Here's the question :
If he pulls down the dividing fence entirely leaving NO FENCE between our gardens, what is my legal position?
P.S
Should mention, these are private properties, not council
Many thanks!
Can someone please help, not sure if I've posted in the right section but seeing it's in the garden i'm hoping this is ok.
Our neighbour who i believe is 87 years old and a cantankerous / crafty old sod has started to pull down the fence between our two gardens.
On our side is a 3 foot high Picket Fence to which he previously screwed and strengthened on his side some 6 foot high panels attached to the Picket Fence. The fence has been secure for some 10 years and it has worked well. It has however started to show it's age now but still serves as a good barrier between our two gardens, it has a few more years yet.
He has now started to pull down the fence bit by bit, currently 20% done which is all being captured on high quality CCTV on a daily basis. We are convinced he is going to remove the whole lot including the picket fence to force us to put up a new one.
We originally offered to go 50/50 on the cost of a new fence last year when he originally moaned about it's condition but he said NO, you must pay for it!
Here's the question :
If he pulls down the dividing fence entirely leaving NO FENCE between our gardens, what is my legal position?
P.S
Should mention, these are private properties, not council
Many thanks!