Our neighbours are elderly and disabled. They are in a regulated tenancy - from my understanding, this means their house was sold at auction in the 1980s. They can remain tenants at a fair rent that is much lower than market rate and can essentially never be evicted. This means their landlord has no incentive to put any money into this property as he is effectively waiting for them to die so he can sell.
They own this border and the fence that is now in danger of falling onto our property. The picture does not look as bad as reality - I have measured it at leaning 1.5 metres into our property. The landlord has been notified but stated that the tenants needed to first complete garden work before the fence could be replaced. We pushed back on this and threatened going to the council. He then sent someone for a quote which is when we discovered that the tenants have put asbestos roofing tiles as makeshift planters that are also now being pushed into our property by the overgrown plants. The landlord again claimed that the tenants would need to arrange removal before the fence could be replaced. We again threatened the council as the law states asbestos must be removed as soon as a freeholder is aware of it's presence.
Now he has drip fed handymen to come round for quotes and keeps rejecting them one by one. I am also becoming more aware that the quotes seem to be for removal only - I truly expect that he will remove the fence with no plan to have it replaced. It's all been a nightmare and when we are not chasing / threatening council then nothing is happening. What are my options here?