Boundary dispute - Developers muscle in on couples garden
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I sorta know BS from the pub and he is a proper old school hard man from a family of hardmen /builders
he has probably pulled this stunt in luton many times and just bunged people 5K to eff off
I think he may have dropped a bollock here as both these people are well respected community members head of HSE and charity worker
i had some tablet try it with me a few year ago
i had a plot with a corrugated iron fence and i went past one day and said tablet had removed my fence and put up a new fence 300MM inside my boundary,and block paved 2 parking bays
I rang the estate agent who was selling his house and told him the score,the agent came back with a derisory offer of 50 quid so the fence caught light that night
i went the next day and concreted angle iron in ,which basically fecked him as instead of 2 parking spaces he had 1 and a half
its basic manners ,but in the town of harpenden ,the richest town outside the M25 in the Uk he has his work cut out
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he has probably pulled this stunt in luton many times and just bunged people 5K to eff off
I think he may have dropped a bollock here as both these people are well respected community members head of HSE and charity worker
i had some tablet try it with me a few year ago
i had a plot with a corrugated iron fence and i went past one day and said tablet had removed my fence and put up a new fence 300MM inside my boundary,and block paved 2 parking bays
I rang the estate agent who was selling his house and told him the score,the agent came back with a derisory offer of 50 quid so the fence caught light that night
i went the next day and concreted angle iron in ,which basically fecked him as instead of 2 parking spaces he had 1 and a half
its basic manners ,but in the town of harpenden ,the richest town outside the M25 in the Uk he has his work cut out
LLL
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Been there had similar situations, thing is a pencil line on a deed equates to about a metre in reality and unless it's really obvious it could be either way.
My old house someone had set the fence straight down the middle of the rear gardens but on my plan I had a angle. I replaced fence got about 4m2 back
Put some 2.4 v mesh in a back garden for a paranoid accountant, I set the line as best I could of the old rickety barn wire fence. Next day he wanted it moving so let him mark where he wanted it. Few months later he rings me up next door had finally sold and they weren't happy with the line or 2.4 vmesh could I do something about it. I said I could at his expense he lost interest at that point.
Nothing like a good boundary dispute we chopped a load of 50 foot conifers down that form the edge of our field but the wire for ease was on our side after years of tacking sheep wire on to keep dogs in. So I'm pulling them out with the big machine copper turns up starts asking what we are doing, dad gives him short shrift tells him to f off as he planted the trees 40 years ago when they moved there. One of our lovely neighbours had rung the police about ripping big conifers out lol
They ought to be more careful as well we own the field directly behind their house might see how they like some 50 foot conifers
My old house someone had set the fence straight down the middle of the rear gardens but on my plan I had a angle. I replaced fence got about 4m2 back
Put some 2.4 v mesh in a back garden for a paranoid accountant, I set the line as best I could of the old rickety barn wire fence. Next day he wanted it moving so let him mark where he wanted it. Few months later he rings me up next door had finally sold and they weren't happy with the line or 2.4 vmesh could I do something about it. I said I could at his expense he lost interest at that point.
Nothing like a good boundary dispute we chopped a load of 50 foot conifers down that form the edge of our field but the wire for ease was on our side after years of tacking sheep wire on to keep dogs in. So I'm pulling them out with the big machine copper turns up starts asking what we are doing, dad gives him short shrift tells him to f off as he planted the trees 40 years ago when they moved there. One of our lovely neighbours had rung the police about ripping big conifers out lol
They ought to be more careful as well we own the field directly behind their house might see how they like some 50 foot conifers
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If its 'tenuous' the only people who make on it are the solicitors. This looks pretty cut and dried, pre and post pics, pillars of the community,DM involved, looks like this guy has gone one step too far, he will have his knickers felt by the prosecuting lawyer IMHO.
Nice stories guys, like the conifer one especially, people fail to realise that construction does involve changing the sky line a bit, and a 'view' doesn't imply ownership
Nice stories guys, like the conifer one especially, people fail to realise that construction does involve changing the sky line a bit, and a 'view' doesn't imply ownership
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my solicitor told me that the pen line on the deeds equates to around 300mm in real terms
but its not worth it
bs has dropped a bollock here by doing it while they were away, and the muscle routine wont work with civilised folk like these
regardless of the boundary ,the fact he has done it the way he has they will hang him out to dry
LLL
but its not worth it
bs has dropped a bollock here by doing it while they were away, and the muscle routine wont work with civilised folk like these
regardless of the boundary ,the fact he has done it the way he has they will hang him out to dry
LLL
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Looking at the difference in ground levels on the images, the old wall seems to have been acting as some sort of retaining wall. Considering the HSE connection, I can’t imagine they are going to be happy with a rickety retaining fence shoring up the elevated side. I sense an invasion of high-viz & paperwork on the development.
I keep looking at the gravel / base boards and general lines…wondering if it was a lash up from the start or a result of back filling with all the muck you can see in the other pictures.
In fact, and in order to get the posts in etc, it must have been backfilled with the muck after it was erected.
So it begs the question about safe working practices & shoring up the hard standing (possible drive) whilst doing the fence at the lower level.
# there may be trouble ahead...
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Actually the wonky fence line image up there ^^^
That must be from a different part of the site, as he has even given them the bad side of the fence into their garden…adding insult to injury, giving the back fill the best side.
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I smell a bit of spin, and not that discounts what’s been done:
Why isn’t there an image of what it looks like on their side and from in their garden?
Looking at the gravel / base boards on the raised side, it begs the question what’s beneath that height / line on the garden side?
I keep looking at the gravel / base boards and general lines…wondering if it was a lash up from the start or a result of back filling with all the muck you can see in the other pictures.
In fact, and in order to get the posts in etc, it must have been backfilled with the muck after it was erected.
So it begs the question about safe working practices & shoring up the hard standing (possible drive) whilst doing the fence at the lower level.
# there may be trouble ahead...
Edit:
Actually the wonky fence line image up there ^^^
That must be from a different part of the site, as he has even given them the bad side of the fence into their garden…adding insult to injury, giving the back fill the best side.
Final edit:
I smell a bit of spin, and not that discounts what’s been done:
Why isn’t there an image of what it looks like on their side and from in their garden?
Looking at the gravel / base boards on the raised side, it begs the question what’s beneath that height / line on the garden side?
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i read about this, and the name merthyn taylor cropped up. if its who i think it is, i have had dealing with him and his company through crusher hires and landscaping.
My mate is a site manager for them, so i will ask him what the score is
My mate is a site manager for them, so i will ask him what the score is
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From an aesthetic point of view no one in their right mind would say that the original boundary was well maintained or looked good and the fence is definately an improvement but it shouldn't have been done without consent full stop. It's also unlikely to be over a hundred years old and it's choked with ivy if the garden is sitting just how they want it after years of toil then I'd suggest they are both blind cos it's crap. They've not lost 3 ft either it's 2ft at the most if you use the bench as a scale. I would imagine that what was there before was a party line and sometimes folk think that the out reach of the far side of the foliage is where their property ends.
I always take pictures of boundary lines now I've moved fences by an inch before even though it went in on the old line.
I always take pictures of boundary lines now I've moved fences by an inch before even though it went in on the old line.
Can't see it from my house