Boundary fences?
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Odd that you are required to replace them as the tennant.
Generally left side is yours. In the past if panels have fallen on the boundary with a property behind we have gone 50/50, having popped round and had a civilized chat about it, perhaps there in lies the answer
Generally left side is yours. In the past if panels have fallen on the boundary with a property behind we have gone 50/50, having popped round and had a civilized chat about it, perhaps there in lies the answer
Have to say (not that I'm disputing it, per se - I haven't truly looked into it) it's the first time I've heard about these rules about left side / right side.Grannygrinder":3qx7h2lk said:Odd that you are required to replace them as the tennant.
Generally left side is yours. In the past if panels have fallen on the boundary with a property behind we have gone 50/50, having popped round and had a civilized chat about it, perhaps there in lies the answer
I always assumed that with fences shared between properties, costs where shared. Possibly a different matter, if a fence has been built entirely within somebody's boundary (as opposed to on it).
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I have seen the left side blah, blah a few times whilst reading up, but still haven't seen anything like a blanket rule. Seems you need to check the deeds.
That should be a job for the landlord.
Some of the estates up here lease houses with full maintenance being the responsibility of the tenant, similar to how a croft or farm rental operates.
These are usually long leases with nominal rents, frequently taken by families of long established estate workers.
I would very much doubt you would be responsible for repairing this fence, unless you had erected it, with permission.
That should be a job for the landlord.
Some of the estates up here lease houses with full maintenance being the responsibility of the tenant, similar to how a croft or farm rental operates.
These are usually long leases with nominal rents, frequently taken by families of long established estate workers.
I would very much doubt you would be responsible for repairing this fence, unless you had erected it, with permission.
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I can categorically state that left side right side is cobblers.
When we moved into our current house with our GSD and dilapidated fences both sides, we went all through this. The only way to know is to check the deeds. We found that due to the layout of the street we are owners of the right side as you look down the garden. We ended up making good both sides for peace of mind only.
In any case, I would still suggest that the landlord is responsible for making good any storm damage to his property or via his buildings insurance.
When we moved into our current house with our GSD and dilapidated fences both sides, we went all through this. The only way to know is to check the deeds. We found that due to the layout of the street we are owners of the right side as you look down the garden. We ended up making good both sides for peace of mind only.
In any case, I would still suggest that the landlord is responsible for making good any storm damage to his property or via his buildings insurance.
Where I am, the right side fence is my responsibility, so obviously this must vary between different parts of the country. Equally obviously though, since I and both my neighbours have responsibility for the right side, it must be the same all around the neighbourhood. i.e., if it varied, some people would be responsible for both fences, others for none, which wouldn't be a very good system.
I've never heard of sharing responsibility, but if that's what the deeds say in some places, I suppose you just have to put up with it - but how do you resolve total disagreements about the nature and cost of the proposed fence?
A tenant's responsibility is by default nil, but I don't see why it can't say otherwise in the tenancy agreement.
I've never heard of sharing responsibility, but if that's what the deeds say in some places, I suppose you just have to put up with it - but how do you resolve total disagreements about the nature and cost of the proposed fence?
A tenant's responsibility is by default nil, but I don't see why it can't say otherwise in the tenancy agreement.
Wouldn't you have to in any other scenario where "your" fence, is in effect, "their" fence, from the other side of it?Anthony":2iubvpev said:
Equally, I've never heard of this left-side / right-side thing. In either houses I've owned, or parents and family, whenever fence panels have needed to be replaced, they've been shared costs between them and their neighbours (at several different properties). I doubt that's something localised to where I live.
The only scenario where - as I understand it - you can pretty much do what you like, so long as it doesn't breach rules on height, is if it's constructed entirely on your side of the boundary, and no other covenants in place.
My parents had their fence between their drive and their neighbours, in the past few years, and wanted to have the posts redone, and stuff replaced - that's what they did - spoke to their neighbours and the costs were shared. I don't believe either party consulted any deeds.
This left-side / right-side business is sounding like an urban myth, unless there's something specific in peoples' property deeds that say otherwise. The only time I can think of remotely hearing about argy-bargy about fences / walls, is when it's involved some total and utter, unreasonable arse.
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Deeds can and do state which fences belong to whom. In our case they do for all three plot boundaries other than the roadside.
The urban myth element is that it's always a particular fence.
The urban myth element is that it's always a particular fence.
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