Fence Damaged by Neighbour Advice

trainconductor

The fence that is in my back garden has been damaged by my neighbour's kids it seems. I used the word seems because I didn't catch them in the act. The reason why I said that they damaged it is because they would play football in their back garden and when the ball ends up in my garden, they would jump the fence to come and pick the ball. The fence is waist height so anyone can jump over. I've seen the youngest of the two lads who is about 8 years jump over the fence and he has to put his hand on the fence to jump over. I honestly didn't mind them coming to pick the ball but considering I just moved to the property some months ago, I was expecting the parents to ask if I was okay with the kids coming to pick the ball in my back garden. The parents didn't say a word since moving in Feb 2025. Would they have had the same attitude if I didn't have a physical disability? Sorry to digress, now back to the fence. To be fair, the fence is old but the fence would have stayed up if the kids where not putting their weight on the fence to jump over. They have 4 balls in my garden currently and I've decided not to go

retrieve the balls. I've in the past threw the balls back to their garden whether they asked me or not but just really annoyed with the damaged fence. I need your advice on how to handle this issue? Does it matter who has responsibility for the fence in this instance. I need to check the documents from the lawyers to see if it is my responsibility. If I repair the fence, there is no guarantee the kids won't damage it again.

OverlyAnxious

Hi,

It looks like you have the 'facing' side of the fence. So this fence should be their responsibility, not yours.

The property deeds will confirm that if you own the home. If you rent then you will need to ask the landlord instead.