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I’m hoping that will be the case here too. I’m waiting for him to take up the offer of coming to see it from my property as I’d imagine it doesn’t look as bad from his side. Hoping this doesn’t get dragged out and want it rectified before another wet winter.

Will do. I’m sure deep down he knows he has to do something about it.

What would be a reasonable time? 3 months? 6 months? Don’t really want it going through another wet winter without it being sorted. I don’t want to leave it solely up to him and have him just bodge another fence up without him retaining his land adequately. How would I know what standard the retaining wall would need to be?

Me and the neighbour are on talking terms, generally get on well whenever we do talk. Would writing to him still be the best point of action? Just to get it documented? I have got in touch with my mortgage advisors as they sort my house insurance to see if they can advise me about the insurance side of things without logging with with my insurance at this point as I’m hoping we can come to some sort of agreement. I agree, it’s not a quick fix or an inexpensive fix either. I just don’t want to be footing a bill they should be paying or at least having a joint solution.

Would I have to prove that it’s collapsing ground or inadequately retained? Did you have to get a solicitor involved or was the verbal ‘legal duty of care’ enough to persuade him to change it?

Hi Temp The angle in that photo is probably a bit off to be honest, although the shed is actually on a 4-6” concrete base and the corner towards the bulging fence has got a big crack in it from side to side, as in to break the corner off. I want my garden doing so I don’t mind helping out with the costs of getting it fixed but I don’t believe I should be paying for it all to be done. It’s an obvious safety risk to both our properties. Will he be legally bound to fix it?

Our property was built before his. His property is not on our deeds and our deeds do not mention who is responsible for the boundaries. The fence is on his side as you can see in the pictures that the panels go past my fence posts.

We have removed our rear fence as it was leaning from what I thought was the hedges on top of it. We pulled it down to find our neighbours fence leaning into our garden. Their fence is retaining their land but I feel it’s not up to the job and looks ready to burst any minute. We want our garden landscaping but obviously that needs fixing first. I don’t mind contributing towards it but feel it’s more the elevated neighbour that should be sorting it. Who is responsible for rectifying this? They are a nice family, have kids themselves so I’m sure they’ll want it sorting but it’s just a case of coming to an agreement but want to know where I stand. Our neighbour to the right is a housing association house and in the past they have had the rear wall of the garden retained with steel girders and concrete panels. They didn’t retain the side where we still had land about 2m from there floor it is also about 2m out from the rear wall. It’s currently only being retained by a leaning fence. Should the housing association fix that or is that on me? Pics attached