23/07/2026
Neighbour dispute… and I genuinely want to know what people think! 🤔
So… I’ve found myself in one of those neighbour situations that you never think will happen to you.
I’ve just paid to have this huge hedge removed because it had become diseased. It’s been there for over 30 years and, as you can see from the photo, the outside edge of it pretty much ran down the middle between both front gardens.
Now that it’s gone, my neighbour wants to put up a 6ft fence… but not where the hedge was.
Instead, they want to build it where the inside edge of the hedge started (shown by the white line in the photo), which would bring the fence much closer to our front garden and living room window😩😩. And I just got rid of the hedge to let light in.
Here’s the bit that’s confusing me…
If the hedge had supposedly always been on their land, why was nothing ever said over the last 30+ years? No one ever claimed ownership of it, asked for it to be moved, or offered to contribute towards maintaining it or removing it. I paid for the removal myself.
They’re now seeking independent professional advice, because the deeds don’t seem nearly as straightforward as first thought. It shows they were responsible for maintaining the shared gate and path and it popped their boundary line to the inside of the shared path on my side.
But putting all the legal stuff aside for a second…
Looking at this photo alone, what would you think was the fairest place to put a replacement fence?
🌿 Where the hedge had always formed the boundary?
Or…
📏 Where they’re now proposing?
I’m genuinely interested in what people think. Maybe I’m missing something, maybe I’m not! Please be kind—it’s stressful enough without the internet doing internet things! 😂
