I live in a terrace house (let’s say number 11) and the next door neighbor’s fence (#13) blew down nearly a year ago…
Shortly after the fence blew down I was talking to the lady of the house in the back garden(s) and she was saying that they were just deciding whether to use wooden or concrete fence posts, I said I was a fan of the full bore concrete options, as when the panels went, they just slide out, and new ones go in, saving time/hassle/money in the long run, it’s what I put in when our fence blew down the year before.
Subsequently not a lot happened, so I went for a chat about it, and they said, due to problems with their other neighbor (#15) they can’t use the back garden, can’t replace the fence, they would like too, but have other priorities.
Now, they are a bit “odd” but we’ve never really had any major problems with them, but their neighbors on the other side have had a long standing ASB dispute, police involved, keeping diaries etc etc…
I’ve spoken to their other neighbors (#15), who think it’s ridiculous that they are blaming them for not replacing the fence, and have no problem with either themselves or a contractor carrying out the work in the garden. I am inclined to believe them, as we get on very well, they seem really nice people etc etc…
It’s getting a bit daft from my perspective that the fence is still down, but as we don’t have kids/dogs etc it’s not a real problem…
Do I:
1) Bombers/hoof in slats/wee in shoes/no pudding
2) Start to go round asking then demanding they repair the fence running the risk of escalating into a neighbor dispute, where no one will win in the long run
3) Ignore it and hope they will eventually fix the fence on their own.