I’d appreciate some advice please.
6 years ago the very old fence around my garden fell down after being damaged for a long time.
the landlord sent someone to clear up the old fence and eventually he came back to build a new one (it took nearly 4 months)
i was shocked and unhappy when I saw the replacement fence.
It was what I would call a farm style fence, 3 ft high posts with two horizontal planks.
It looked awful and meant i ant I had no privacy or security in my garden (the public footpath/pavement runs along the side of the garden)
what we we had before was a low fence at the back, similar to the farm fence, that isn’t an issue, but we had a full size fence along the left and right sides of the garden.
I was was unhappy with it and complained to the landlord but he said it was all he could do.
so I bought some proper fence panels and had someone put them on the inside of the farm fence, so we were able to have privacy and security.
In the terrible storms last year the fence was starting to fail and a few of the panels had to be taken down for safety, we had them put back up but the man that we got to do it said the who fence was leaning and would need replacing soon.
As as the weather gets worse the fence is starting to go and it’s leaning over considerable in a couple of places.
Both the farm fence and the fencing panels are going to need replacing as they are both damaged.
I contacted the landlord lord and he said had I not attached fence panels to the farm fence the farm fence would be perfectly fine, it’s the fence panels moving in the wind that has damaged the farm fence, so it’s my responsibility to pay to have it replaced.
Is is this right?
i know there is no law that says the Landlord has to put up a fence, I checked when the first incident happened and I know technically the panels have caused the damage to the farm fence, but I still think the landlord should put up a proper secure fence, and had he done that we wouldn’t be here now.
Where do do I stand?
6 years ago the very old fence around my garden fell down after being damaged for a long time.
the landlord sent someone to clear up the old fence and eventually he came back to build a new one (it took nearly 4 months)
i was shocked and unhappy when I saw the replacement fence.
It was what I would call a farm style fence, 3 ft high posts with two horizontal planks.
It looked awful and meant i ant I had no privacy or security in my garden (the public footpath/pavement runs along the side of the garden)
what we we had before was a low fence at the back, similar to the farm fence, that isn’t an issue, but we had a full size fence along the left and right sides of the garden.
I was was unhappy with it and complained to the landlord but he said it was all he could do.
so I bought some proper fence panels and had someone put them on the inside of the farm fence, so we were able to have privacy and security.
In the terrible storms last year the fence was starting to fail and a few of the panels had to be taken down for safety, we had them put back up but the man that we got to do it said the who fence was leaning and would need replacing soon.
As as the weather gets worse the fence is starting to go and it’s leaning over considerable in a couple of places.
Both the farm fence and the fencing panels are going to need replacing as they are both damaged.
I contacted the landlord lord and he said had I not attached fence panels to the farm fence the farm fence would be perfectly fine, it’s the fence panels moving in the wind that has damaged the farm fence, so it’s my responsibility to pay to have it replaced.
Is is this right?
i know there is no law that says the Landlord has to put up a fence, I checked when the first incident happened and I know technically the panels have caused the damage to the farm fence, but I still think the landlord should put up a proper secure fence, and had he done that we wouldn’t be here now.
Where do do I stand?
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