cheapest privacy borders?
Tani H-S
6 years ago
Hi all, our new house is a bit overlooked at the back and the main issue is in the far corner (see pic) where a couple of houses are very visible.
We want to add some sort of border all around the fence panels that is cheap (as we have little budget left to do the whole garden up) and will give a good height.
Not sure if there are restrictions but it won't block out the neighbour's light anyway as it's south facing.
Are we best adding say bamboo fencing to raise the height initially, with some evergreen fast growing plants/trees along the fence? What would you suggest?
It's mostly dark up against the fence for most of the day until the sun comes around full west so nothing that needs a lot of sun.
Thank you!
We want to add some sort of border all around the fence panels that is cheap (as we have little budget left to do the whole garden up) and will give a good height.
Not sure if there are restrictions but it won't block out the neighbour's light anyway as it's south facing.
Are we best adding say bamboo fencing to raise the height initially, with some evergreen fast growing plants/trees along the fence? What would you suggest?
It's mostly dark up against the fence for most of the day until the sun comes around full west so nothing that needs a lot of sun.
Thank you!
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