"Troy Steadman" wrote in message
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"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/

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First , define the line which is the border between your property and
his.
If the border comes down to the houses then the border is half -way
between the two windows.
That said, don't say that that line goes at right angles to the far end
of the garden. Sometimes it doesn't.
Anyway, take the 'tween- windows as gospel and therefore any structure
you build must not encroach over that line beacause all land just past
tha line is his property.
Now! - on your side of the line - within reason you can do what you like
with a structure no higher than two metres. You can put the posts in
right against the line and board up on your side of it, but it is good
manners and normal convention to have your boarding face facing the
neighbour's property with the supporting posts visible on your side.
What's more that structure looks right and proper because the human mind
imagines that the smooth boarding outside is the barrier and the inside
with supporting posts and an occasional 45degree strut giving a
satisfying sense as though it was a barricade, and you are safe inside.
Doug.

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Doug.


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