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My wife and I live in a four bedroom property which we bought new two years ago. When having the property built, we were given the option of having a six foot fence placed around our garden (left hand side, and bottom ) at a cost of approx �900. Thinking it would give us some privacy, we paid and had the work done. We now have a neighbour on the other side of the fence, who has constructed decking up against the aforementioned fence, using it as one of the sides of the decking. We are concerned that we can not dismantle and reassemble our fence (with smaller gaps, not the current inch spacing), as his decking totally stops the nails from being removed on the bottom of the fence.
Also, whilst on holiday, he has attached a number of trellises and trailing planst to his side of our fence, which we are not happy about. We have asked him to remove them, but were told to speak to his solicitor.
Are we within our rights to require access to our fence to dismantle and reaffix it?(even though its impossible!) We were not consulted about the proximity of his decking, or the attachment of hacnging baskets and trellises. Any advice would be greatly received..
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's not worth the hassle, geting a solicitor involved. You are required to disclose disputes when you sell your property.
If the neighbours' climbing plants grow over or through your fence, you are entitled to cut them back. You are also required to hand the cuttings back to them! That in itself is rather amusing believe me!
Think carefully before antagonising anyone though. It could go on for years and get rather nasty.