Homeowners locked in disputes with neighbours over misplaced fences are being offered a new solution which could save them hundreds of thousands of pounds in costly court battles, This is Money can reveal.
Property lawyers told of cases where neighbours had spent more than a quarter of a million pounds trying to address boundary issues, as legal fees piled up following months or even years going through the courts.
And they said that this had got worse during lockdown, as people have been confined to their homes and quarrels over things like fence ownership, unkempt hedges, party walls or use of driveways have escalated.