Fencing

Fencing once shared with neighbour dispute

Anonymous user 03/03/2024 - 3.47 PM

My neighbour & I live in Semi Detached houses. At the rear there was a shared fence with closeboard panels fixed to wooden posts. When there were strong winds the fence often tilted & swayed. After a spell of strong winds & frequent straightening of the fence. I decided it would be better to install a new fence with concrete posts & gravel boards. I suggested to my neighbour that if they were willing to share the cost of the new fence that backed onto their garden, I would ask the contractors to replace the whole fence at the same time. The offer was declined. I went ahead & had the new fence installed along the part that backed onto my garden. My end concrete post is stood next to their end wooden post, but not attached to it, effectively becoming two fences independent of each other. I also had a shed put into the corner which i hoped gives added protection to the new fence from the winds. This was three years ago & no more was said about it. Following recent strong winds their fence wilted quite badly & needed straightening. They've complained to me that it wouldn't have happened had the fencing contractors done their job properly & fixed their fence panel into my concrete post. They've asked me to get it sorted. Are they correct, is it my responsibility ? Edit: Our gardens are both East facing. The single file fence goes along the bottom of both our gardens (left to right). Where the new fencing ends the concrete post stands next to their old wooden post where their old fence begins. So effectively there's two fences next to each other single file. They're now saying the contractors should've replaced their end wooden post with my concrete post & fixed their end panel into it. This wasn't agreed or mentioned at the time. It doesn't sit right with me