Semi detached cottages garden boundary dispute

[Wildhunny]

A year ago we bought a semi detached cottage. Next door had been sold 5 months earlier, both having been owned previously by the same person and therefore the garden had not been divided at the rear.
The next door neighbours agreed on their contract to erect a boundary between the two properties. We now realised the hedge they planted is not straight down the middle but is 3 to 4 ft in their favor at the end. They say they will not move it and we must have signed to agree to the boundary line when we moved in. We may have signed a standard questionaire from the vendor's solicitors to say the boundary was marked but not that we agreed to it! The land title deeds clearly show the boundary is straight down the middle so there is no dispute over that. Is there anything we can do that won't cost the earth?

[buildersmate]

If the boundary was marked when you viewed the house, then being pragmatic about things, you are probably stuck with it. Before you signed the deal was the time to question this, not after.
The LR use what is called 'General Boundaries' on their little red lines on the title plans. These do not purport to show the exact position of the boundary and you cannot scale off them. You can go through a process called determining the exact boundary with the LR, it will cost many hundreds of pounds and involves a qualified surveyor with a tape-measure.
I could write a whole chapter on this subject, but won't.

[Wildhunny]

Thanks for your answer, the neighbour was actually still in the process of planting hedges when we moved in but I guess we should have checked it sooner!