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Would it be easier to just trim their side of the hedge once in a while?
Yup
The wall
Usually owned by and the responsibility of one side. Should be marked in the deeds.
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the neighbours are claiming it's 100% our responsibility because it's on the left of our property. From what I can find online, this seems to be a bit of an urban myth
Agree that it’s bollock. We have a garden wall doing the same and the agents tried to claim it was the neighbour’s responsibility using the left/right thing.
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What do your /their title deeds say?
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You'll struggle to force them to pay for it, this has a severe falling out on the cards.
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Need some help with boundary hedge (at front) and wall (at rear).
Re hedge - The hedge is planted in our drive so think we own it. However, I assumed that it was a shared responsibility between us and our neighbours to trim each side of the hedge. Our neighbours (who seem like chancers tbh) are claiming that it's our responsibility for trimming the entirety of the hedge. From what I've found Googling, I don't think we have to unless it's actually damaging/dangering their property (it isn't) but I can't find anything really concrete I could send to them to get them to leave us alone. Any ideas?
Would it be easier to just trim their side of the hedge once in a while? Probably yes, but I don't want to set a precedent. Which leads me on to the wall...
The wall, which is between us and the same neighbours behind the property, is quite badly damaged and needs replacing. We would obviously rather not have to pay for this (or 100% of it at least) but again, the neighbours are claiming it's 100% our responsibility because it's on the left of our property. From what I can find online, this seems to be a bit of an urban myth? But again, I can't find anything concrete to say who does actually own the wall. Short of hiring a solicitor, is there any easy way of finding this out? And anyway we could force them to split any costs? Especially as the damage seems to mostly be caused by how overgrown their garden is.