I’ve been left in tears over my neighbour’s massive fence – it blocks my view, it’s ruined everything
A GRANDMOTHER says she has been left in tears after her next door neighbour built a massive fence blocking her view.
Sharon Boltwood, who lives on the Walpole estate in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, claims she and her husband John have been left “feeling like they live in a prison.”
The 59-year-old says she burst into tears when she first saw the huge fence.
But her neighbours say they put it up so their two-year-old doesn’t run out into the road.
Sharon told Yorkshire Live: “I said to her: ‘Can you do something about the height of it, please? She said: ‘Why?’ I said it is blocking our view.
“I suffer from depression and I have got no friends and rarely go out apart from shopping trips so not being able to see out of our front window as we used to be able to do affects me deeply.”
John, 65, added: “I daren’t speak to her because I worry that I would lose my head.”
“It’s a shame because we used to be good neighbours and we’ve never had any problem with her and her mother before.
“She was very kind and brought us around some chicken that they had cooked, that sort of thing.”
But the 43-year-old neighbour, who does not want to to be named, says she was not aware the fence would be such a problem.
She said: “As far I was concerned everything was OK.
“We are good neighbours to them and the fact that they have complained in this way is really upsetting. We checked with the people who installed it and that it was OK.”
“We had many quotes for the fence, so it wouldn’t have been a shock that a fence was getting put up. Both neighbours were told on each side, and neither asked about the height.”
The neighbour claims she has followed all rules – and that her fence is the correct height.
She explained: “Their fence around the back is higher than ours. No complaint was made by us When we found this person to put the fence, they look to see which height is acceptable for our area less than two metres according to Kirklees’ website, local constraints on the property, planning permission
“So when I said we’ve been good neighbours and never complained despite everything, it is upsetting that a fence has been put up to keep my child safe.”
The Sun has contacted Kirklees Council for comment.
It comes after another homeowner’s neighbour put up a fence on their property – and wanted them to pay £2,000 for it.
Meanwhile, a dad was left fuming after he caught his neighbours wrecking his garden after a row before blocking it off with a fence.