Footprints stated:
As a rule the arris rails, the triangular horizontal supports between the posts go on the owners side. if you just have paneled fences the same applies the side with the most support bars faces the owners side.
Trouble is most owners want to see the better side and fix them back to front
Then quoted from the Land Registry:
Beliefs about ownership of boundary features
There are lots of different beliefs that the way a wall or fence is constructed can suggest who the owner is, for example:
ownership is always on the right or left when you look from the front of a property
that the posts and arris (horizontal) rails of a fence are on the owner's side.
But there is no legal foundation for such beliefs. Deeds may contain wording were one owner covenants (promises) to maintain a wall or fence but such covenants do not necessarily mean they own the wall or fence.
Where the ownership or responsibility for maintenance of a boundary feature cannot be decided, then it is generally best treated as a party boundary, and any alterations or replacement of a boundary should be done only with the agreement of the adjoining owners.
As a rule the arris rails, the triangular horizontal supports between the posts go on the owners side. if you just have paneled fences the same applies the side with the most support bars faces the owners side.
Trouble is most owners want to see the better side and fix them back to front
Then quoted from the Land Registry:
Beliefs about ownership of boundary features
There are lots of different beliefs that the way a wall or fence is constructed can suggest who the owner is, for example:
ownership is always on the right or left when you look from the front of a property
that the posts and arris (horizontal) rails of a fence are on the owner's side.
But there is no legal foundation for such beliefs. Deeds may contain wording were one owner covenants (promises) to maintain a wall or fence but such covenants do not necessarily mean they own the wall or fence.
Where the ownership or responsibility for maintenance of a boundary feature cannot be decided, then it is generally best treated as a party boundary, and any alterations or replacement of a boundary should be done only with the agreement of the adjoining owners.
