That is why I chose a Yardmaster "shed" over a wood shed so I could have it up against my fence.
The fact its usually full of coal and logs appears to have no effect on that 1 metre separation distance from the boundary....
Wonder if the neighbour with a shed would consider a Yardmaster? No painting necessary as its all either galvanised or power coated.
Isn't that sheds >15m2
In message <10p7csd$1ebsm$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, at 22:46:37 on Sun, 15 Mar
2026, SH snipped-for-privacy@spam.com remarked:Only if it's above a certain size.
Which neighbour is this? Person #1 has already ordered a wooden shed (log cabin, actually, although not in Hove), and Person #2 isn't erecting a shed, they want a fence.
Boundary fences, walls and structures do *not* cross boundaries. If the boundary (as defined by the land registry T marks) belongs to house No 1, then provided no part of the above-ground shed crosses the boundary (*including* coping stones or roof overhangs) then No 1 could build his shed right up to the notional boundary and not bother with a fence. House No 2 would have to grant permission for House 1 to carry out any maintenance, which is not guaranteed.
This is what could happen if an extension is built by either party.
Don't forget building regs. If the new shed is over a certain size (area) then it must not be located within a metre of the boundary unless it is constructed of fire-resistant materials.
Someone has quoted the Party Wall Act above. This appears to suggest that if you build an *extension* up to the boundary you have to go through a prescribed procedure (involving surveys for both sides) and one result is that you can insist on a right to maintain your extension from the neighbour's land. But neither constraint applies to an ordinary shed.
In message <10qgml5$3dpqd$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, at 15:44:53 on Tue, 31 Mar
2026, Andrew snipped-for-privacy@btinternet.com remarked:
I've said numerous times this doesn't apply to the shed I'm enquiring about.
Anyway, today's update: the neighbours who are insisting on having a fence, have commissioned a builder who was supposed to have started work yesterday to remove the old, rotten, fence, and replace it with a new one (low profile with slotted concrete posts).
Unless he's got a very big van, will need a skip for the old fence.
Didn't turn up yesterday, nor today (it's mid-afternoon now). And of course Easter rapidly approaching.
Until the fence is done, work can't start on the shed, which can be assembled without access to next door, but need to know exactly where the fence is going to be, to get the position correct.
If money were no object, it sounds like an ideal location for a Shepard's hut. Whenever the side closest to the boundary needs maintenance, pull it out & shove it back when the job is done. Dave Cameron might have a second hand one for sale.
Have you actually read the legislation on building regulations and permitted development or have you just believed what you have been told?
I ask because a garden I can see from my upstairs window built a big shed and their next door neighbour complained to Planning Enforcement that it didn't comply with the Permitted Development constraints. The owner of the shed was instructed to apply for planning permission, which they did retrospectively and it was refused. In the refusal was a description of the maximum size for a large shed in a garden that size. In a nutshell, in order to get planning permission they had to partially dismantle the shed to get it to the size that was eventually permitted.
Apparently the company who sold the shed had insisted it complied with Permitted Development, and it didn't.
In message <10qll3s$392qr$ snipped-for-privacy@dont-email.me, at 12:49:16 on Thu, 2 Apr
2026, Indy Jess John snipped-for-privacy@OMITTHISgooglemail.com remarked:
Of course I have!!!
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