George Clarke
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When you’re moving house and buying a new home probably the last thing you’ll be thinking about is the exact position of your property boundaries and you’ll be thinking even less about who owns boundary walls, hedges and fences and, more importantly, who is responsible for maintaining them. But, I promise you, it will save you a lot of headache and stress to find out all of this information as soon as possible and take steps to ensure that your new neighbours are aware of it too, in the nicest way possible. No-one ever likes to be told that they are legally responsible for doing anything, particularly when it involves costing them money, so try and be as neighbourly and friendly as possible.