Building a boundary hedge / wall

katie275

Myself and partner have just moved into a house in a mature estate.
The lawns are mostly shared and no-one has a boundary wall. A small few have hedges. From talking to a friend who lives nearby, the done thing is that the neighbours take turns to mow each others lawn.
Our house is on a corner site and the neighbours lawn is extremely overgrown, as is ours. We are planning to tidy the whole area up very soon.
We will likely look into putting up a hedge in the near enough future as we don't want to be in a position where we are looking after their lawn as well as our own.
We haven't met our neighbour, the curtains are always closed, the outside of the house looks a little neglected in general.
We want to make sure we do everything by the book as we don't want to cause any disputes, any advice how to approach? We have a land registry compliant map

Thanks

Lumen

You're obviously entitled to plant a hedge or whatever, but I would start by putting a card through the neighbour's door introducing yourself and leaving a phone number.

They may be unable or unwilling to answer the door.

Don't bring up anything contentious on the first meeting/call.

Depending on their circumstances, you might want to consider mowing their lawn with their permission, because the tiny extra effort means the whole street looks nicer.

mikeymouse

Lumen wrote: »

You're obviously entitled to plant a hedge or whatever, but I would start by putting a card through the neighbour's door introducing yourself and leaving a phone number.

They may be unable or unwilling to answer the door.

Don't bring up anything contentious on the first meeting/call.

Depending on their circumstances, you might want to consider mowing their lawn with their permission, because the tiny extra effort means the whole street looks nicer.

Maybe not, op, check your landregistry deeds,

Lumen

mikeymouse wrote: »

Maybe not, op, check your landregistry deeds,

What sort of conditions would restrict planting?

katie275

Lumen wrote: »

You're obviously entitled to plant a hedge or whatever, but I would start by putting a card through the neighbour's door introducing yourself and leaving a phone number.

They may be unable or unwilling to answer the door.

Don't bring up anything contentious on the first meeting/call.

Depending on their circumstances, you might want to consider mowing their lawn with their permission, because the tiny extra effort means the whole street looks nicer.

Yeah the card through the door is a good idea, we will offer to mow their lawn and take it from there

Calahonda52

Front or back lawn?
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print#part8-chap3

Rows Grower

Calahonda52 wrote: »

Front or back lawn?
http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2009/act/27/enacted/en/print#part8-chap3

I'd say whoever wrote that would be a neighbour from hell.

mikeymouse

Lumen wrote: »

What sort of conditions would restrict planting?

There may be a covenant in the deeds forbidding boundary fences or hedges.
Worth checking first.

katie275

So we discovered from talking to another neighbor that our next door neighbor is a recluse, doesn’t talk to anybody etc, fair enough. My partner spent the last couple of days strimming and mowing the entire front area, but we aren’t prepared to do this every time and it looks ridiculous if it’s half done. We want to put up a boundary of some sort. What steps should we take here, do I need to talk to my solicitor to establish the boundary line? Thanks

Calahonda52

Rows Grower wrote: »

I'd say whoever wrote that would be a neighbour from hell.

Do you understand why this legislation was required?
Clue, how is consent dealt with?