Who Owns the Fence? UK Boundary Rules & Title Deed Data Explained

Furniture in Fashion addresses the most persistent misunderstanding about British garden boundaries: there is no legal presumption that the left hand fence belongs to you. Our report explains that responsibility is established by the deeds of the individual property, usually through a covenant in the transfer, and that where the deeds are silent neither owner generally has an obligation to fence at all. We set out the general boundaries rule under the Land Registration Act 2002, under which a HM Land Registry title plan shows the general extent of registered land rather than an exact line, and explain how T marks and H marks operate only where the deeds adopt them. The analysis covers the posts and rails assumption, permitted development height limits in England, wind load on solid panels, and how to handle a boundary conversation with a neighbour....