Who gets the bad side of the fence

[simonmorris]

Our not so nice, new neighbours have put up a new fence, giving us the bad side which simply is pain ugly. Shouldn`t they have put the bad side to their side? Anything you can do against this?

[Maud]

It may be of interest to note that where this happens it can be successfully argued that a transfer of land has taken place and that the fence is yours and upon your land. It is only a minor amount of land and the transfer does not have to be in writing. It is a recently decided case = Joyce v Rigoli.

[Drewhound]

It is the convention for the posts to be on the fence owners side but no more. You could do as ansteyg says but you'd need to build a complete new fence, you can't use their posts without their agreement. Joyce v Rigoli was decided on something quite different and means nothing in this case, that information is wrong

[Maud]

Not so, and building a fence up against another on a joint boundary can attract some expensive nasties. However, simonmorris is happpy with your answer and I shall not debate the matter further.

[Drewhound]

Maud, it's obvious the fence should be built to the boundary, not on it. Trespass can produce expensive nasties, we agree on that

[capriow]

Claim the fence is yours, and paint your neighbors side yellow.