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Garden offices and sheds often end up close to the fence line, and that junction is where good gardens start to look improvised. Get the gap, the water and the maintenance access right, and the boundary will look designed rather than squeezed in.
New-build gardens can look finished on handover and feel impossible once you try to plant anything. Here’s how to read the covenants, dodge the drainage runs and choose a boundary that suits the house, the wind and the soil you actually inherited.
A sloping boundary doesn't have to look like a fire escape. Whether you step the panels or rake them, the difference between 'deliberate' and 'bodged' comes down to posts, foundations, drainage and a bit of forward planning. Here's what changes when the ground isn't flat.
Fence height rules, boundary ownership and the so-called right to light are surrounded by half-truths online. This practical guide unpicks what actually matters in England, Scotland and Wales, when planning permission comes into play, and how to raise a sensitive boundary conversation before the panels arrive.