Boundary Fence

[ianbowie]

Hi,

This is for a friend who does not have internet access.

Before her house was built there was a wooden slotted fence in place.

Her neighbour has replaced this with two concrete posts with a single strand of wire and claims that this is a fence.

She does not dispute that the fence is not hers but her neighbours.

I have suggested that she gets the lone of a pig for a couple of weeks but this seems extreme.

Any suggestions / opinions.

 

[rjm2k]

Ask if they mind her replacing the wire with a proper panel

Put her own fence up next to the wire fence

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I would hazard that technically as long as the posts were joined with at least 1 strand of wire this could be considered a fence. But that aside the neighbour doesn't have to have any kind of physical boundary unless it says so in the deeds.

 

[big-all]

in my deeds it actually specifies 4ft minimum and something like 3 strands off wire sufficient to contain livestock
and i live in a 100 year old mid terraced house that at the time off building had no surrounding farmland

 

[ianbowie]

Thanks for all the replies so far.

I suggested that she put up her own fence - but she is a old age pensioner and I think it is quite expensive for her.

I also suggested that she check her deeds to see if the builder wrote that it was her fence in the deeds.

My deeds state that if you have a red T on your map in the deeds then you need to maintain the fence.

 

[^woody^]

Putting up a piece of wire on posts is maintaining the boundary