BLU

iTrader: (27)

My neighbour has just got himself a dog. Hes decided to make an enclosure for it behind his garage. Problem is his garage is directly opposite the front of our house and to put it politely his work is pig ugly

The fence is a party fence and hes had no permission to come onto our land or attach things to our side of the fence.

The issue I have is they are a genuinely nice family and am wondering how to broach it with them without us getting into an argument and falling out......

pic of said monstrosity taken from my living room window.



To add to this our house is up for sale and I really don't want something like this putting potential purchasers off

donny andi

iTrader: (3)

Go set fire to his fence.......

Kids eh , little buggers will light anything up

nik52wrx

I wouldn't worry, one strong gust of wind an the felt will be off!

53

iTrader: (41)

That looks shyte ! neighbours are a PITA

BLU

iTrader: (27)

Its my fence

Hit, nail and head

robby

pull it off and throw it onto their property, doesn't matter if you fall out if you're moving can't be that good neighbours or they would have asked your permission to fix it to your fence

The Zohan

Ask them politely to remove it and if that fails the above advice holds if they have a dog then they should get a proper kennel for the animal!

scatty

iTrader: (1)

late next friday night, i could have sworn i saw pikeys down your road nicking felt????

take owt thats not tied down....

Anger

iTrader: (4)

That will work when the dog barks and the neighbour looks outside to see Blu ripping it down

pacenote

Solution 1: Replacing that piece of lath with a length of treated feather edge board, would look better.

Solution 2: Plant some 2m high conifers then you wont be able to see it

The Rig

iTrader: (13)

All you have to do is ask them to tack the felt/long piece of wood he has used to his side of your fence,you cant stop them putting up what he wants to put up,if he had tacked it to his side of your fence,would you still have an issue ?

RobsyUK

iTrader: (2)

It doesn't looked nailed up.. just push it over

forister

iTrader: (1)

take it off it looks sh.t ... its your property . what the . go ask to remove if not you got a hammer..... good look.x

J4CKO

iTrader: (1)

We came home when I was a kid and the next door neighbour had basically covered his car port and surrounding pretty much everything with crappy wood facing, this involved about twenty holes drilled into our house as he used it to attach all the stuff, my dad went ballistic and started ripping it off, drilling someones house is not on, then his missus ran off so it kind of got a bit forgotten, some of it is still attached 27 or so years later, bits fall off regularly.

I would just politely point it out and offer compromises to make it look better as it is, without doubt crap and shouldn't have been done without asking.

BLU

iTrader: (27)

But that would cost me time and money. Myself and the missus did suggest conifers!.

Probably yes, as it looks like a bodge job. Hes just been out and sealed the joins with white sealant
As its a new build there is something in the covenant about untidy additions, must look into it.

I'm sure, though, if the felt was on his side it would look a bit better.

True enough. I've been down the whole falling out with neighbours route before and would like to try and avoid it if I can, moving or not.

StrikE

iTrader: (3)

Looks gash at best, ask him politely to f**king remove it
I have neighbours i want to kill daily whenever i see them but relent ............ only because of my kids..........

David Lock

Just tell him to take it off as he can't do that on your side of fence.

If that is too much to do then tell him that your selling agents have advised its prompt removal and that they are concerned that it would be noticed by anyone who surveys the property before sale.

If you have his e-mail address just send him some links to proper dog kennels.

dl

Pjamie

Yep, he has no right to fix that to your side of the fence. I appreciate wanting to keep the peace, but he's not given you a single thought about you when doing that - he sounds like another idiot who wants respect without giving any. It's your side and he can't do what he wants without your permission. If a polite word doesn't do it, take it off yourself and put it over his side of the fence.

jods

Reckon he's put the felt over the top to have rainwater drop away from the kennel?

It looks Shoite btw - ask him to remove it whilst you are selling up - if he refuses - Man up and rip that crap right off your property.

scoobeenut

Plant some Leylandi now.

dpb

Nice it what way ?

Somebody has come over your side and whacked in something to keep it up

Slightly more than just thoughtless

or is this just the initial mock-up ....

id go round and tell em

Lisawrx

iTrader: (1)

Agreed. Blu, I can undersatnd you don't want to fall out with neighbours, so as a first and reasonable approach, you just try to talk to them. Explain that you don't want this to be a big issue/falling out, but why it bothers you (understandably). If he can't appreciate that you have acted reasonably, and not just gone complaining, then **** him and take it further. Fall out or not.

We don't know your neighbour, is it possible he just constructed this without thinking? Perhaps he would be quite happy to amend his contraption if it was brought to his attention it was causing a problem.

Good luck with this, but try the talking route first imo.

StickyMicky

I`m with everybody else, if the bloke thinks he can just waltz over onto your land to put his gash creation up, then he is not worth trying to save as a decent neighbour.

I would just remove it and throw it back over the fence.

When he then knocks on your door, then explain to him why, dont go chasing him, let him come to you.

DCI Gene Hunt

1. Walk (using your legs) to their front door
2. Knock on their door
3. [when they answer] Politely explain that their DIY shouldn't be fixed to the party fence like it is
4. Politely tell them that you'll need it sorting out within a week
5. Go home

Simple

Kieran_Burns

iTrader: (1)

QFT

Jamo

iTrader: (23)

if you're moving id not worry what they think, tell them to remove it, if they dont within a sensible amount of time say a week. Remove it for them. Simples..

Pjamie

I wouldn't even give them a week. There's no legal requirement to give them any time whatsoever. He had no right to put it there; it's not his side of the fence. You can ask politely, but if it isn't moved immediately then you are within your rights to remove it and put it back over his side of the fence.

David Lock

Incredible - 250 odd views and 28 posts (including mine!) about someone nailing a bit of plastic on top of a fence.

Good job nothing important is going on in the world

dl

tony de wonderful

You need to have a word. We have rules in this country to stop houses and estate looking like eye-sore 3rd world ones where anyone can erect any half-assed scruffy structure no matter what it looks like.

pacenote

Another viewpoint..

I'm assuming here that the boundary line between the properties is the fence line.

To the op, the fence could be in the ownership of your neighbour ( fenceposts on his land) and therefore maintenance/upkeep of fence is down to him, so in theory he could attach whatever he wanted (within reason ) to the fence. Doesn't excuse coming onto your property, without your permission to make any fixings though.

In your favour would be the fact that the property boundary line should be the face of fenceboards so the batten used to fix roof felt or whatever is on your property.