What to do if neighbour does not erect fence?

Not a nice situation but its your right to either ask politely or take matters into your own hands and look into it legally. If you get on with your neighbour ask him to come into your garden and show him the poor quality of the fence erectors work!maybe he will be then understanding and get in tough with the Bodgers. Touch not tough! Dooooh!!

Can a dispute be settled without a notice to fence?

However, if you don’t use a Notice to Fence, it’s harder to prove you and your neighbour had an agreement if something goes wrong. Also, without a Notice to Fence any dispute will be settled under contract law and not the Fences Act. This makes it a lot harder to resolve a dispute. What if my neighbour ignores my Notice to Fence?

Do you have to give your neighbour permission to build a wall?

You shouldn’t make any changes to walls or fences without their permission. Before you can solve the problem, you need to know where the boundary between your homes is. This will help you to understand whose property the wall or fence is on or whether it’s shared between you.

What happens if you disagree with your neighbour about a wall or fence?

HousingProblems where you liveIf you disagree with your neighbour about a wall or fence Coronavirus Coronavirus Eviction laws have changed – your landlord might have to give you more notice. Court actions are also postponed. You can check what to do if you can’t pay your rent because of coronavirus.

How big is my Neighbour’s new fence?

My neighbour has erected a new fence and has moved the fence posts so thay are now around 20-40cm off the boundary and the whole fence is now in my garden. My garden is only 6m wide so it’s a fair chunk of my garden.

Is it legal to remove a fence along the boundary?

Hi, legally you are quite within your right to get the fence removed and replaced and erected correctly along the boundary, tread carefuly tho neighbour disputes are never nice, to play fair i would suggest splitting the cost at least you get to pick the tradesman between you to replace it!

Can you take down a fence erected by a builder?

The fence was erected by a builder – shame on them! Hi, If you can prove they have erected the fence on your land, you can ask them to take it down giving them 30 days notice, if they refuse you can take it down at their expense. Ive done a job like this and its prety straight foward. The neighbour probably wont talk to you afterwards though. Fred.