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I arrived here to find new neighbours. They are pleasant enough, but had been
in my garden moving stuff about, which I wasn't too happy about.
They had also cut down a large elderberry bush that was on the border between
the two gardens. Apparently they thought the bush was in their garden. There is
no fence at the top anymore and, because of the history of the properties, the
gardens don't quite line up with the houses. An easy mistake to make I suppose,
though I do think they could have contacted me first, as removing the bush completely
changed the top of my garden.
So, when we first met, we discussed splitting the cost of a new fence to go between
the gardens. However, when I e-mailed them a day or two later to talk about prices,
they told me they had already had a fence made and said if I wanted to put up
my own too, that would be OK. Ermmm!
So, the next time they were here (at weekends only). I tried to discuss with them
where the border actually is. I hadn't bothered suggesting a fence with the previous
neighbour because he was already having a big dispute over the boundary with the
people on the other side of his house!
Fences are something you have to be careful about because once a fence has been
up for a certain number of years (twelve years I think) it establishes a new boundary
at that point. In other words, if a neighbour puts up a fence in the wrong place,
and takes a foot of your garden, after twelve years it becomes his.
My new neighbours said they weren't that bothered about where the fence should
go. That seemed a bit odd, but I decided it would be easiest to wait until they
came to put up their fence and we could work out the fine details on that day.
Not to mention that the ground was rock hard due to the hot summer and I didn't
fancy digging down two feet!
Anyway, that was almost two months ago and there is still no sign of their fence.
Hmmmmmmm...
I'm leaving next week and for some reason I had the feeling that I might return
to an unpleasant surprise in the Spring. Know what I mean? I really didn't want
to come back to find their fence in the wrong place. Imagine the hassle of getting
it moved. So I was faced with putting up something myself -- and quickly.
This was going to have to be a do-it-yourself-job, using some spare timber, paving
stones and wire fencing (army kit optional!). With a budget of zero (actually
I spent £5 on some huge nails).
Did you see that recent episode of 'Property Ladder' where a guy was putting in
a door frame and didn't even have a spirit level? This is me checking...
The ground is very muddy now. So, no major problems digging down (no big rocks
thankfully). Here are the stumps of my poor elderberry bush. And here's how it
looked ten years ago (behind me)...
This is the finished result. I know it won't win any prizes for design, but
should look OK once I have some plants climbing up it.
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