just found out youre not allowed to have fencing above 3 foot on your front.
6 ft on back which is ok.
but i needed privacy on my front.
also was told you need permission, so the ones that have higher
front fences than 3 foot are breaching the rules.
and wont ave asked permission.
i always thought you were allowed 5 foot .

any comments

Plant privet.

One of my old neighbours had a privet bush that went upto the bedroom window.

Needless to say the local kids saw it as a ripe opportunity to throw waterbombs to see if they could get the trajectory just right to go over the privet and down again to hit the front window.

Hmmmmm - maybe not such a good idea after all!!!

Anyway fences are ugly on the front, think of the kerbside appeal - go for a natural screen.

You could try willow - looks great in the summer.

i see what you mean but my fence would be more of a necessity
than anything else.
as ive got nfh .
and theres nothing there at all seperating the two houses not even privet.
cant see a screen being usefull for this purpose.
they'd probably knock it down.
might have to settle for a small wooden fence and grow small bushes up against it to make it look less clinical so to speak.

excuse my ignorance - nfh?

Neighbours from Hell?

If you get shrubs, why not get somthing prickly like holley?

Originally posted by Andy
Neighbours from Hell?

If you get shrubs, why not get somthing prickly like holley?

Thunbergii puerperia (IIRC) is like a firethorn type plant...

I reccomend Thunbergii and Pyrocantha (firethorn)

lotsa spikes...?

HTH

PT

i'm pretty sure that you can build a higher fence / wall / whatever, you just need planning permission.


what do you need privacy in your front garden for, may i ask?

I reckon Plain Talker has it spot on. OK you have to wait for it to grow but it's absolutely vicious

Agreed there. Pyrocantha is murder on the little darlings.

I've just taken one out so the dog doesn't hurt herself, unlike me while I was doing it. Even with big thick gloves... OUCH.

Yep firethorn is good stuff.

I'd also try good old hawthorn as that's a fairly spikey fella. Plus you'll get lots of wildlife (although birds will also eat the berries on pyrocantha).

The reasons for Tara wanting a higher fence are immaterial
Freedom of choice is what matters and we don`t seem to have that anymore.

Absolutely!
Hire a hitman - that's what I suggest :)

B4 I'm implicatedt -that was a joke ;)

Originally posted by Mr_E
B4 I'm implicatedt -that was a joke ;)
Too late, MI5 have picked up on your use of the Word "h*tm*n" and are now tracing you.:D

err yes as i was saying (lol)

the family at one side are really wierd.
every time i go to do something in my front garden they all just stare and grin very intimidating.
when i offered to talk when i first moved in the man just grinned and walked off.
ive also got really bad noise goin on all through the night ,of them
arguing and screeching all night till sometimes 4am.
so you can see why i need to be slightly seperated from this family.

those bushes sound ideal but i have 2 cats but once they know the bushes are prickly will it deter them (cats ave a certain sense).

mine dont go out for long theyre always in and out though.

Ber really careful with the cats, but the lower stems get quite thick so you will be able to strip off the thorns so they dont catch themselves. Don't forget to do this though - one of our once cats cut open his side and it could easily have been on thorns or a badly pruned branch.

Don't worry about the pyrocantha, my cats sleeps on top of it but when it's raining or really hot they sleep underneath.

It's also recommended by the police that you grow it under windows as a deterrent to burglars.

Trouble with pyrocantha is that it's no respecter of boundaries it doesn't know about, so unless it is grown against a fence or wall it will inevitably enroach on your neighbour's garden. If any of your neighbours were to 'accidentally' hurt themselves on it you could find yourself in an even worse situation.