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View submission: What’s going on here then?
This is classic British culture - the boundary dispute, reporting people to the council, etc. There was a Spanish writer in the 40s who commented after spending time here that basically all British people are policeman.
I have three brick walls demarcating my property, one was rebuilt by the previous owners under a dispute with the Church of England where my property is responsible for the upkeep. The other side is occupied by a man who has lived on the property since 1950 and when some bricks fell of the wall he said oh just wanted to let you know that some bricks fell of yoooourr wall, just so you know that there is a problem with yooourr wall, and so on. But what he doesn't want to talk about is that he has a derelict conservatory spanning the whole of the wall and I can't repair or reinforce it it because he occupies the wall. On the other side there is a newish wall but if there were anything wrong with it the owners would insist it was my wall. Ultimately responsibility for boundaries often comes down to who has the money or the curtesy to make the relationship work. When you get two miser stubborn assholes living next to each other this is what we get in OP's picture.
Comment by merrycrow at 09/03/2025 at 12:03 UTC
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When we moved into our house the neighbours on the left had recently renovated, and as part of that had evidently built a tall new fence on what I think was probably the boundary we should be responsible for. It's a bit high but the view in that direction isn't interesting, so fine. Now our neighbours on the right have just replaced the other crumbling fence with a sturdy (but not too tall) new one. So both sides are in good nick, and apparently we don't have to pay a penny for any of it.
Comment by DrunkenTypist at 09/03/2025 at 16:34 UTC
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There was a Spanish writer in the 40s who commented after spending time here that basically all British people are policeman