Hi
My next door neighbours are replacing the garden fence. It only needed a repair but they insist on replacing it. In fairness, it is their fence as per the deeds. However, the current fence posts, which secure the panels are mounted on my side of the boundary and my view, is the rear of the fence. My neighbours currently have the good-side on their side of the boundary.
When the company came out to quote, I asked if the fence posts could be mounted on the neighbours side and he said yes. Its a 66 fence and he is charging £2600 which I feel is very expensive but neighbours refused to let me get my own quotes (I fully intended to pay half the costs). The quote states fence to be removed and new fence will be mounted on posts 1.8m apart.
The company has come today, entirely unannounced causing mayhem with my dogs.
I planned to have them stay at a friends house whilst the work was being done.
I enquired about the mounting of the posts and was told that the fence posts will be on my side and that they are leaving the concrete in the ground and just staggering new concrete either side. The new panels are to be mounted on gravel board.
Have I any rights to insist the concrete is removed. I live in the countryside and the hedgehogs are dying because they can't move about whilst looking for food. I am happy to arrange and cover the costs of the labour to remove the concrete.
Can I insist the post are mounted on the neighbours side of the boundary (as they tell me, this is their fence?) and that I view the good side of the fence? If any repairs are needed later down the line, as it is next doors fence, the repair work would then be done from their side.
I wasn't given any notice of today's works and all my plants are being damaged without me given the chance to carefully move them.
I can't seem to find any definite info online but this all seems so unprofessional and damaging for the hedgehogs.
My next door neighbours are replacing the garden fence. It only needed a repair but they insist on replacing it. In fairness, it is their fence as per the deeds. However, the current fence posts, which secure the panels are mounted on my side of the boundary and my view, is the rear of the fence. My neighbours currently have the good-side on their side of the boundary.
When the company came out to quote, I asked if the fence posts could be mounted on the neighbours side and he said yes. Its a 66 fence and he is charging £2600 which I feel is very expensive but neighbours refused to let me get my own quotes (I fully intended to pay half the costs). The quote states fence to be removed and new fence will be mounted on posts 1.8m apart.
The company has come today, entirely unannounced causing mayhem with my dogs.
I planned to have them stay at a friends house whilst the work was being done.
I enquired about the mounting of the posts and was told that the fence posts will be on my side and that they are leaving the concrete in the ground and just staggering new concrete either side. The new panels are to be mounted on gravel board.
Have I any rights to insist the concrete is removed. I live in the countryside and the hedgehogs are dying because they can't move about whilst looking for food. I am happy to arrange and cover the costs of the labour to remove the concrete.
Can I insist the post are mounted on the neighbours side of the boundary (as they tell me, this is their fence?) and that I view the good side of the fence? If any repairs are needed later down the line, as it is next doors fence, the repair work would then be done from their side.
I wasn't given any notice of today's works and all my plants are being damaged without me given the chance to carefully move them.
I can't seem to find any definite info online but this all seems so unprofessional and damaging for the hedgehogs.