Garden boundary wall
Comments
-
Urban myth.eaststandmike said:There used to be a general rule stating that if you stood outside the back of a house and looked down the garden the fence/wall on the left was your responsibility.
Just saying0 -
Yeah. I thought that but it turns out not to be true.eaststandmike said:There used to be a general rule stating that if you stood outside the back of a house and looked down the garden the fence/wall on the left was your responsibility.
Just saying0 -
I think someone just said it to get their neighbor to pay for a new wall and it got well out of handseth plum said:
Yeah. I thought that but it turns out not to be true.eaststandmike said:There used to be a general rule stating that if you stood outside the back of a house and looked down the garden the fence/wall on the left was your responsibility.
Just saying2 -
I must have been lucky then, I have only ever owned 4 x houses in my lifetime and in all four of them I owned, and was responsible for the left hand fence as I looked down the garden.1
-
I'm in an end terrace. Right hand going to communal area. Left hand to neighbour. Clearly (to me anyway) left hand is their wall. They offered to help me financially to repair it. I told them it didn't worry me but it was their wall anyway.eaststandmike said:I must have been lucky then, I have only ever owned 4 x houses in my lifetime and in all four of them I owned, and was responsible for the left hand fence as I looked down the garden.
Question re freehold properties - do you have to maintain an existing wall or fence or can you let it go to ruin or just remove it and leave the boundary open?0 -
Double check as my boundary wall is to the left not on the right.
If its yours then do what you want.0 -
Yes - I would guess that is the case. The neighbour can always build a second boundary wall within their property if they wish?robroy said:Double check as my boundary wall is to the left not on the right.
If its yours then do what you want.0 -
I agree. You had better check it's your wall as the left is usually yours, not the right.eaststandmike said:There used to be a general rule stating that if you stood outside the back of a house and looked down the garden the fence/wall on the left was your responsibility.
Just saying0 -
Is this fence 2 metres high? Needs planning permission mate.0
-
Mine are marked in red on the deeds. Left, right and garden end in the back garden are my fences, righthand in the front garden and side which is the end of another property are not mine to maintain but I have.Covered End said:
I agree. You had better check it's your wall as the left is usually yours, not the right.eaststandmike said:There used to be a general rule stating that if you stood outside the back of a house and looked down the garden the fence/wall on the left was your responsibility.
Just saying
I don’t think there is a rule of thumb on this one, this is the third property I’ve owned and the first one with a left hand fence that is all mine.
0 - Sponsored links:
-
Almost certain there is no obligation to have a fence/wall.iainment said:
I'm in an end terrace. Right hand going to communal area. Left hand to neighbour. Clearly (to me anyway) left hand is their wall. They offered to help me financially to repair it. I told them it didn't worry me but it was their wall anyway.eaststandmike said:I must have been lucky then, I have only ever owned 4 x houses in my lifetime and in all four of them I owned, and was responsible for the left hand fence as I looked down the garden.
Question re freehold properties - do you have to maintain an existing wall or fence or can you let it go to ruin or just remove it and leave the boundary open?
0
