Storm damage

Charlie5

Hi just a query please.In Friday when we had the really string winds my neighbours plastic shed blew away with the wind and doing so broke the boundary fence between properties. Its housing association BTW,.I phoned housing association up and told them what had happened..They informed me its not there responsibility to fix it if it is storm related and as my neighbour obviously did not have his shed secured properly it would be down to him to have the fence repaired etc.I have not told him yet I reported the fence and what they informed me.But today my other neighbour the other side, whom is not a nice person rated at me that I should call h.a up and not the neighbour whose shed broke it and we were both responsible for the fence.Again I did not inform him I had already spoke to h.a on Friday.

The way I see it is I don't feel I should pay to have the fence fixed as it was not my fault the shed broke the fence,if I had been outside at the time it happened I would not be writing this now I feel my horrible neighbour the other side will make my life he'll if he knows I have not offered to pay for fixing the fence as he is that sort of man,very rude,sexiest, and arrogant.i know storms etc are as they say acts of gods,and if the fault was on me I would of never of asked anyone to accept to pay for costs etc so is there anyone that can give some advice as it's making me anxious between who is responsible for repair cost etc and the horrible neighbour who already comes out with hurtful remarks towards me.Thankyou.Sorry for long post

Ranald

If the fence is part of the housing association property, how can it be your responsibility to pay for repairs? I suppose it would be different if the fence is a tenant addition.

Hopeless

I live in a council house and the fences are our responsibility. We’re told that if the fence is between 2 council house tenants we’re supposed to share the cost of the repair

Charlie5

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/973807#Comment_973807

Thankyou for your message but if the damage was not my fault I don't agree that I should jointly share the price of foxing the fence.zThe lady at the housing association stated it was the neighbours responsibility to ensure the shed was secure.other neighbours have sheds and there sheds did not blow away and some of there's was plastic too.

Charlie5

Thankyou for your message.I have not lived here very long,but the housing association informed me after the last big storm they had(I forget the name of it)They no longer do repairs on fencing caused by storm damage.

Hopeless

It’s difficult when neighbours don’t know each other (or get along) to sort something like this. I have lovely neighbours either side where we could quite happily sort a fence repair out between us but not so for my neighbours at the back. They would just do nothing.

Can you talk to the neighbour? You never know, they might already have contacted someone to get it repaired (I expect fence people are quite busy at the moment). Or they might be wanting to repair it but can’t afford to at the moment or can’t cope with phoning up for a repair. Yes, it is their fault but if I had a neighbour who was really struggling I would try to help. What I’m saying is don’t go in all guns blazing but have a friendly conversation and find out what the situation is first. If they can afford to pay and can sort a repair but just won’t then you’d need to ask the housing association to intervene.

It’s nothing to do with your other neighbour and if they are abusive I would report them to the housing association.

Charlie5

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/973993#Comment_973993

Thankyou so much for your message very kind of you.Dont get me wrong but the guy whose fence broke is a lovely guy and I have not got nothing against him.i talked to him yesterday and advised him to call the housing association as his bins are broken too due to the storm.I just feel more upset by the other neighbour getting involved he is no strinking violet.says his mind no matter what.I shall see what the housing association says to the other neighbour tomorrow.I have not got much spare money either for the fence but we shall see what tomorrow and forward days bring and hopefully it will all work its self out.

Thankyou once again for your message.

Hopeless

Well done for talking to your neighbour - I know it’s not always easy. Hopefully he’ll contact the housing association and they’ll point him in the right direction.

Try to stay away from your other, more problematic neighbour if possible and let the housing association deal with it. I understand how stressful having a neighbour like this is (I’ve been there!)

Charlie5

https://forum.scope.org.uk/discussion/comment/974013#Comment_974013

Thankyou for your message very kind of you.i just took my dog out and the horrible neighbour blanked me as he normally says hello,doesn't really bother me anyway,at least I won't have sexiest rude remarks said to me by him as he has done it many times before.My other neighbour I will help as much as I possibly can.All my other neighbours are lovely and polite ,so I guess he is just a bad apple,so forward and onwards and see what devolpes next week.Thankyou again.