Sunninghill Fencing Installationsupply & fitting of bespoke timber fences

You cannot do anything with a fence that’s owned by your neighbour. That includes putting a trellis, hanging baskets, painting, staining, or using preservative. Ridiculous as it may sound, anything that you do to your neighbours’ fence, whether it improves it or not, could be construed as criminal damage.

Now there’s a question! The only sure way to know is if ownership is marked on the deeds for the property. Remarkably, the question is rarely asked before purchase and the subject only comes up when action is required to make changes to the fence. When there is no clear answer regarding who owns the fence, then it relies on common sense and communication.

You will rarely need planning permission to erect a fence for a normal family home, but the general rules are as follows:

• The fence is not taller than a total of 2 metres
• If you are replacing an existing fence that is already over 2 metres, the new fence should be no higher
• If the fence is next to a highway or footpath alongside a highway, then the fence should be no higher than 1 metre
• The right to erect a fence hasn’t been removed by another direction or planning condition.

Costs will vary depending on the size of your garden, the type and style of fencing chosen, how accessible your garden is and the length of time it may take. No two garden fencing jobs are the same. Call us and we will be happy to provide a free site survey and a no obligation quote.

You do. It’s your fence and you can do what you like with it. The idea that you have to give your neighbour the best side of the fence is a myth.