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Damaged Fencing
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So my problem is this - I live in a property which, like many others, shares a boundary fence along the property line.
Just recently my neighbour complained that a fence panel was slapping in the wind and asked me to have it replaced. However, upon inspection the damaged panel has been pushed through by incursion of tree branches and plants on her side of the fence.
My fencing contractor pointed out that there are other fence panels just like it, all along the border, with similar damage where her plants have come through, leaving me with a considerable bill to replace them all.
The one that slaps, I replaced only last year at my own expense and that was because a branch had poked through it. I don't want to fall out with my neighbours as we are friendly, but this is is something that is causing me some concern as she keeps pestering me to get it replaced.
I did suggest to the fencing contractor a shared cost, but the neighbours did not want to proceed on that basis as the fence is ours. I don't have any plants along that side of the fence, so it is clearly damage done from her side of the property do I have any rights in this matter?
Thanks for reading.
So my problem is this - I live in a property which, like many others, shares a boundary fence along the property line.
Just recently my neighbour complained that a fence panel was slapping in the wind and asked me to have it replaced. However, upon inspection the damaged panel has been pushed through by incursion of tree branches and plants on her side of the fence.
My fencing contractor pointed out that there are other fence panels just like it, all along the border, with similar damage where her plants have come through, leaving me with a considerable bill to replace them all.
The one that slaps, I replaced only last year at my own expense and that was because a branch had poked through it. I don't want to fall out with my neighbours as we are friendly, but this is is something that is causing me some concern as she keeps pestering me to get it replaced.
I did suggest to the fencing contractor a shared cost, but the neighbours did not want to proceed on that basis as the fence is ours. I don't have any plants along that side of the fence, so it is clearly damage done from her side of the property do I have any rights in this matter?
Thanks for reading.
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