Hi all, am new here and this is my first post. I am trying to find some ideas as to how I can best screen the neighbouring single storey house which is built on the boundary and in particular the roof & velux windows (an area 6 - 8 feet above our patio/garden). The wall of the house is mainly covered by my 6 foot fence. I do have a photo but am not sure where this needs to go. Thank you for reading.

Your options may be limited by local planning rules as to the height of fences you can build.

You could put some trellis up on the fence, similar to this which I have between the corner of our house and the "garden side" of our garage, our drive is between this and the low fence between our property and our neighbour's. This brings the height of the fence to eight feet. As it's not on the boundary this is acceptable. If there were legal objections to yours, you might have to take it down.

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You could however, make a similar construction say of all trellis to more or less any height you like, if you set it back from the "party fence" by several feet, as a garden feature.


Or you could plant something like leylandii along the fence, but by the time it reached the height which would achieve what you wanted, you might have forgotten about the problem.

Thank you for your response. I do like your picture and I did think about trellis on top of the fence with climbers but was concerned that the climbers might start climbing up the neighbouring property.

I could install a second fence but my living room window is only about four feet from the boundary fence and I wouldnt want to block out any light. I have also been thinking about a single pergola set in between the boundary and my living room window which mightn't be too bad. The neighbours house is 40 feet long starting at the back of my house and running alongside my patio and garden, so its a big area to screen.

Leylandii are out of the question as the neighbouring house is on the boundary and I would hate the roots to cause a problem.

I will try and learn tomorrow how to post an image!

Thanks again.

If you're worried about them looking out of their windows into your living room window, probably the only effective solution will be net curtains.

But if you're more worried about the view from your living room window, you could consider providing a focal point rather than a complete screen. They idea is to merely break up the view, rather than to screen it out but to draw the eye away from next door and in to something attractive in your own garden.

We have a view of next door's vehicles and wheelie bins. It's not practical to plant a screen of trees (that terrace is virtually the only part of our garden which is not in the shade), so we've extended the stone wall upwards with a row of heavy wooden posts with a rail along the top. At the moment I'm growing ipomoeas and sweet peas while I consider more permanent options. We can still see the vehicles and bins, but we don't notice them because the eye is drawn to the more attractive flowers.

Thanks for those thoughts Kay, I think having a focal point is a great idea, but I am hopeless with designs and cant make a decision as to what would work the best.

I am so annoyed with myself because I cant fathom how to include a sketch for you all to see!

I think I have managed it!

On Feb 1, 10:58*pm, Doghouse Riley Doghouse.Riley.
wrote:
CheshireCouple;949031 Wrote:

Hi all, am new here and this is my first post. *I am trying to find some
ideas as to how I can best screen the neighbouring single storey house
which is built on the boundary and in particular the roof & velux
windows (an area 6 - 8 feet above our patio/garden). *The wall of the
house is mainly covered by my 6 foot fence. *I do have a photo but am
not sure where this needs to go. *Thank you for reading.

Your options may be limited by local planning rules as to the height of
fences you can build.

You could put some trellis up on the fence, similar to this which I have
between the corner of our house and the "garden side" of our garage,
our drive is between this and the low fence between our property *and
our neighbour's. *This brings the height of the fence to eight feet. As
it's not on the boundary this is acceptable. If there were legal
objections to yours, you might have to take it down.

[image:http://img710.imageshack.us/img710/6097/pict0117m.jpg]

You could however, make a similar construction say of all trellis to
more or less any height you like, if you set it back from the "party
fence" by several feet, as a garden feature.

Or you could plant something like leylandii *along the fence, but by the
time it reached the height which would achieve what you wanted, you
might have forgotten about the problem.

--
Doghouse Riley

Yes, and by then they'll have another bigger problem.

Kay's thoughts on breaking up the offending view or making some kind
of distraction like a focal point are more practical and usually less
obvious and more pleasing to the eye.
A solid block is usually too obviously an attempt to hide something
and is often itself not a very pretty sight.


Rod

I agree that a solid block would look like an obvious attempt to hide something, which would defeat the object really.

I think I would like to add some trellis to the top of my fence, and try creating some sort of feature for climbers and I definitely like that Amanogawa, so pretty and its narrow tall shape is good.

I am very grateful for all the ideas people have shared, keep 'em coming!!!

Have just read that the Amanogawa has vigorous roots and shouldn't be planted close to foundations.
Thats such a shame!!!

Out of interest does anyone know how far away from a building the Amanogawa can be planted? Thanks.