Troy Steadman wrote:

"Palindr?me" wrote in message


Who owns the fence? If the posts are his side, which it
sounds like they are - then maintaining it is his problem
and not yours.


Not so.

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The principle that "the tidy side of the fence faces the outside world
whilst the structural or less attractive side faces its owner" cannot be
relied upon to identify the owner. There is no law that I am aware of
that says the structural side of the fence must face the fence's owner.
In fact, for close-boarded fences it is more appropriate for the
supporting rails to face the neighbour. This is because when it comes to
maintenance, the boards will be prised onto the fence owner's land
rather than pushed onto the neighbour's land with implications of
encroachment and issues of safety."

/quote

http://www.boundary-problems.co.uk/


Thanks for that (and to Peter, who pointed this out also).
It is a no-lose situation - if the fence belongs to the
neighbour then it is his problem. If it doesn't then the
neighbour has done criminal damage to the OP's fence by
affixing strapping to it..

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Sue