Had a note pushed through the letter box today. It was from the neighbour who is having a fence repaired at the rear of his property. The note was to say that he asked the contractor for a quote to repair the fence between our respective properties. He then goes on to say that he believes that the said fence is OURS so he is asking us to pay.
Now, I've checked the plans attached to our deeds and there is no definitive indication as to whose fence it is. I've seen several suggestions(and it's something I've always believed) that where there is no indication on the plans then the ownership of the fence lies with the person on whose side of the fence the support posts are situated. In this case they are definitely on his side.
I think he's being a bit devious and cheeky. I'm going to put it to him that I dispute his claim about the fence ownership but for the purposes of goodwill I'm prepared to go halves.
Calling on the collective wisdom of UKC, what would others do in this situation?
PS We've always been on speaking terms and I'm a bit miffed that he felt unable to discuss this face to face.
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