FI-2026-000169SolvedEveryday

Neighbour disputes the boundary line after twenty years

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FI-2026-000169
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Everyday
Published
Oct 16, 2026
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The problem

They have commissioned a survey claiming my fence sits two feet onto their land. The fence predates both of us.

What we told them

Find out which document governs before you argue about the survey. Registered title plans are indicative, not definitive, and a twenty-year-old fence may have established a boundary regardless of what the paper says. Get your own copy of the title register and any historic conveyance, then take both to a surveyor who does boundary work specifically. Do not move the fence and do not agree to anything in writing until you know which record wins.

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