Hi all
Last year we installed fake grass and composite decking, butting up to our neighbour's featherboard fence.
In October, when it was windy, one of their fence posts became loose. It kept banging against one of the stainless steel posts that I had fitted to the edge of the decking, causing it to become wobbly. Fortunately, I had not got around to fitting the glass screens around the raised decking.
The house next door is a rental property. We did ask the tenant to ask the landlord to fix the rotten post. The landlord did nothing and, unsurprisingly, a number of the other wooden posts eventually snapped, leaving the tenant to construct a barricade of garden furniture to separate their dog and our dogs.
The landlord finally got someone in to repair the fence today (9 months later).
The company used concrete posts and wooden arris rails. Unfortunately they reversed the orientation, putting the feather edge on our neighbour's side rather than our side.
We now have between 4 and 6 inch gaps between the new fence our decking and fake grass (previously there was no gap).
Are we unreasonable in expecting them to rectify things? I don't see why we should be out of pocket because they couldn't be bothered to fix their fence when the first post became lose 9 months ago.
Their last fence panel, the one that previously butted up to our decking is on our land, by about 10 inches at the near end. In the event that they are unwilling to cooperate, I am inclined to ask then to take it off the side of our extension and tie it to their own extension (which is set further back).
I am not the kind of person that wants to be confrontational and would therefore appreciate advice.
Thanks.
Oh, and two of the concrete posts that were fitted at least 4 to 8 hours earlier, I can push them buy an inch or two (at the top) using my little finger. I wouldn't be surprised if the new posts are so lose that they will hit my stainless steel posts and result in the toughened glass being damaged once we get stormy weather.
Last year we installed fake grass and composite decking, butting up to our neighbour's featherboard fence.
In October, when it was windy, one of their fence posts became loose. It kept banging against one of the stainless steel posts that I had fitted to the edge of the decking, causing it to become wobbly. Fortunately, I had not got around to fitting the glass screens around the raised decking.
The house next door is a rental property. We did ask the tenant to ask the landlord to fix the rotten post. The landlord did nothing and, unsurprisingly, a number of the other wooden posts eventually snapped, leaving the tenant to construct a barricade of garden furniture to separate their dog and our dogs.
The landlord finally got someone in to repair the fence today (9 months later).
The company used concrete posts and wooden arris rails. Unfortunately they reversed the orientation, putting the feather edge on our neighbour's side rather than our side.
We now have between 4 and 6 inch gaps between the new fence our decking and fake grass (previously there was no gap).
Are we unreasonable in expecting them to rectify things? I don't see why we should be out of pocket because they couldn't be bothered to fix their fence when the first post became lose 9 months ago.
Their last fence panel, the one that previously butted up to our decking is on our land, by about 10 inches at the near end. In the event that they are unwilling to cooperate, I am inclined to ask then to take it off the side of our extension and tie it to their own extension (which is set further back).
I am not the kind of person that wants to be confrontational and would therefore appreciate advice.
Thanks.
Oh, and two of the concrete posts that were fitted at least 4 to 8 hours earlier, I can push them buy an inch or two (at the top) using my little finger. I wouldn't be surprised if the new posts are so lose that they will hit my stainless steel posts and result in the toughened glass being damaged once we get stormy weather.
