Neighbour cutting joint boundary hedge

[Henarar]

Put Heras fencing down your side, can be bought cheap enough second hand, it would be a bugger to get out of a hedge trimmer

 

[fieldfarmer]

Put Heras fencing down your side, can be bought cheap enough second hand, it would be a bugger to get out of a hedge trimmer

I picked up some chain link fence once, now that was a git to cut out.

 

[Henarar]

I picked up some chain link fence once, now that was a git to cut out.

That would do

 

[kill]

I picked up some chain link fence once, now that was a git to cut out.

Burnt out bed mattresses . It will break bolt cutters

 

[robs1]

Burnt out bed mattresses . It will break bolt cutters

Been there, stopped the tractor dead, the Joy's of farming near town

 

[crazy_bull]

Kill her

And feed to the pigs

 

[kill]

Been there, stopped the tractor dead, the Joy's of farming near town

Sheep farmer slung it in a gap along the cutting line and it was grown over with brambles and proper ruined 2+ hours of my life at his expense .

 

[betweenthelines]

Isn't it now the responsibility of anyone selling a house to tell prospective buyers of any neighbour disputes? So be careful about escalating this matter.

As has been said, check your deeds.

I came home from work once to find a County Council Heritage Officer (yes, they do exist) telling my OH that the farmer next door had agreed to donate some land (30 metres from our back door) to the County Council who were going to turn it into an "Industrial Heritage Park" (100 year old tin mine) with full public access! Council had signed an agreement with the farmer, had all the plans drawn up and had applied for Grants and planning. He was really enthusiastic, telling us what a great educational resource it would be!

It rather dampened his enthusiasm when I told him the farmer didn't own the land he was "giving away" and he and the Council could "go away" and stick there heritage park elsewhere (or words to that effect)

As I said, don't believe what people tell you, check the facts.

 

[multi power]

I'm wary this may be a petty issue, but it really got me rattled!

We have a boundary hedge with a neighbour that is jointly owned. My husband and I were recently replacing the post and wire fence on our side. We started pushing the posts in with tractor and our neighbour got rather annoyed because we had spooked her horse. This was unintentional and we hadn't realised her horse was in the field. Plus we had told her we were going to be doing the fence. But we had to carry on with it at this point.

We have always kept the hedge tall otherwise we are overlooked. Plus, it was great for wildlife and shade for our pigs. Our neighbour has now had the hedge cut but so low that the new posts have had the tops clipped and quite a few are now cracked all the way down so need replacing. She didn't ask our permission which surely, she should have done because we own half? She did sufficiently spook our pigs, so I guess she got her own back.

I'm not sure what we can do about it but we want it to grow back and be maintained high (at least our side). My husband’s idea is to put up a 2m metal post / barb wire fence slightly off centre on our side and let the hedge grow around it so its uncuttable! Any other ideas would be appreciated!

Are you absolutely sure the hedge is jointly owned ?

 

[HolzKopf]

We have urbo neighbour problems up around our ears. How strange the OP has a hedge managing problem. Our problems are caused by hedge fund managers

I don't think jaw jaw is the answer - give them an inch and they take a mile, and then want some more. Money talks and no (new) neighbour has any respect for agriculture, wildlife or the ingrained traditions of those that live outside of the ring-roads. A jointly owned boundary hedge is a bizarre thing. we have one hawthorn round here, probably six foot thick - half of it manicured and 'black and deckered' week in week out and the other half flailed every two years. Chalk and cheese, a ridiculous sight.

If the OP's problem was mine, I'd sacrifice a few feet and plant new whips and grow them as tall as you like. F**k'em. They don't want to know about tea and biscuits.

HK

 

[johnspeehs]

What you need is one of those scarecrows that looks like a stick man and inflates and deflates, after a few days of it keeping popping up from the back of the hedge every 10 minutes her and her horse will need psychiatric counselling for months

 

[som farmer]

people moving into the country, have no idea, of how things work, they think that they can do, what they like, we are only peasants. Round here, 2/3rds w######ers, 1/3 allright. Our case, if there was a boundary dispute, easy to sort, admitting it's ours, sort of complicates it ! But, they are very friendly, if they want something !

 

[oakleaf]

What you need is one of those scarecrows that looks like a stick man and inflates and deflates, after a few days of it keeping popping up from the back of the hedge every 10 minutes her and her horse will need psychiatric counselling for months

Thanks. You've made me laugh tonight.

 

[Lazy Sod]

The length of this thread just goes to show that the TFF just loves a good boundary dispute.

 

[HolzKopf]

The length of this thread just goes to show that the TFF just loves a good boundary dispute.

We've got one too if you want to borrow it

 

[Nearly]

Off we go again.

The ownership of the hedge isn't marked on the land registry doc map.

Do I need to go back to original deeds, or even the first LR doc map to see the 'T' mark?

Thanks

 

[Exfarmer]

Off we go again.

The ownership of the hedge isn't marked on the land registry doc map.

Do I need to go back to original deeds, or even the first LR doc map to see the 'T' mark?

Thanks

Sadly you need the deeds, if they have not been destroyed

 

[essexpete]

Is there a ditch involved? I can't remember. If the land either side of hedge was once under one ownership you would definitely need deeds. I think the original suggestion of 2m steel posts will be the answer, unfriendly as it may seem.

 

[deere 6600]

Is there a ditch involved? I can't remember. If the land either side of hedge was once under one ownership you would definitely need deeds. I think the original suggestion of 2m steel posts will be the answer, unfriendly as it may seem.

Lawyer forensic search

 

[Anymulewilldo]

You also need to eat the pigs quite soon as the human d n a will stay in the pigs for upto 8 years

I’m starting to get worried about this depth of knowledge now...