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Old 10th July 2019, 15:43   #7
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Originally Posted by CCFMJL View Post
No she doesn't expect them to "chip in" for the part higher bit, it's the fact that old 4ft bit was getting taken away and new higher 6ft one put in.

It's one of the posts that was dividing their gardens, they have a plant growing against it and he said to the fence guys to leave it, he should have came to her. She is well angry about it.

She's angry that none of them offered to pay for the first one and doesn't see how they think they have the right to say what part of the fence or posts get taken away.
With Neighbour disputes over boundaries there are rarely winners - both sides invariably “lose”

If the neighbour had grown a plant on a post on the boundary then I’m sorry but I think he does have the right to ask for that post to stay put. The only caveat to that would be if the post was well inside “your” border - i.e. on your land and the plant just grew up the post as plants do not recognise demarcation lines.

Even then all you can do is to cut back to the boundary and place what you have cut off over onto your neighbours land. Because he owns the plant material even if it has been growing on your side of the boundary.

And I believe this could be the crunch point here. If your fence guys had destroyed a plant growing “legally” on his side of the border up a fence post that forms a border then I believe that not only would common sense suggest that talking to the neighbour before hand is sensible but I believe that if it came to a formal dispute then any independent third party judging what has gone on would come to the same conclusion.

Best to have a chat and smooth ruffled feathers!
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