Hi,
I am writing on behalf of a friend of mine who has a rear garden boundary issue.
My friend lives in a Victorian terraced house which she has lived in for the past 20 years. There is a terrace of identical houses to the rear of her property and the issue is the position of the rear garden fence.
A new neigbour has moved into the property to the rear and has requested the fence be repositioned to match the alignment of the neighbours fences either side. He is saying that my friends fence encroaches approximately 1.5m onto his land. This is despite an existing fence currently being there for the past 20 years whilst she has been living there, albeit in a poor condition.
My view is that as the fence has been there in its location for the past 20 years with no comment from anybody it should remain there. Unfortunately, the deeds are inconclusive with regard to fence locations. The neighbour obviously purchased his property knowing where the fence was located as did my friend.
My question is, has the neigbour got a case and what should my friend do to protect this strip of land which my friend considers to be part of her garden. Not sure what a surveyor would make of this situation as my friends garden is appx 1.5m longer than that of neighbouring houses.
Any assistance will be much appreciated.
I am writing on behalf of a friend of mine who has a rear garden boundary issue.
My friend lives in a Victorian terraced house which she has lived in for the past 20 years. There is a terrace of identical houses to the rear of her property and the issue is the position of the rear garden fence.
A new neigbour has moved into the property to the rear and has requested the fence be repositioned to match the alignment of the neighbours fences either side. He is saying that my friends fence encroaches approximately 1.5m onto his land. This is despite an existing fence currently being there for the past 20 years whilst she has been living there, albeit in a poor condition.
My view is that as the fence has been there in its location for the past 20 years with no comment from anybody it should remain there. Unfortunately, the deeds are inconclusive with regard to fence locations. The neighbour obviously purchased his property knowing where the fence was located as did my friend.
My question is, has the neigbour got a case and what should my friend do to protect this strip of land which my friend considers to be part of her garden. Not sure what a surveyor would make of this situation as my friends garden is appx 1.5m longer than that of neighbouring houses.
Any assistance will be much appreciated.