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.
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.
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Yeah. I thought that but it turns out not to be true.
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
Yeah. I thought that but it turns out not to be true.
I think someone just said it to get their neighbor to pay for a new wall and it got well out of hand
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.
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.
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. 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?
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 agree. You had better check it's your wall as the left is usually yours, not the right.
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 agree. You had better check it's your wall as the left is usually yours, not the right.
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. 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.
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.
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. 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?
Almost certain there is no obligation to have a fence/wall.
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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?
If its yours then do what you want.
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.