Did your neighbour help pay for your fence?

Question

Just wondering what the statistics are like. Nobody helped pay for our fence, and I'm still bitter!

Answer 1

What is to be bitter about? If you want a fence, you should pay for it. From a practical view, the fence is located on your property and you can maintain it as you see fit without having to worry about your neighbors contributions or concerns.

Good luck with your situation.

Answer 2

We had to pay for our own fence. We live in the suburbs and the rule is we each pay for our own fence if it's inside of the property line. The sad part is we HAD to get the fence because the neighbors on either side don't mow their lawns, never rake, leave garbage out for 2-3 weeks before hauling to the street for pick up, haul things like refrigerators and clothes washer out into the back yard and just let it sit.We knew we would never get help with payment or upkeep so decided to put a fence inside the property line. We've called the city but it takes forever to get them to do something and then they let them know who complained. I was HAPPY to pay for it as I don't have to look at this disaster anymore till I come down the street and see it as I pull into my driveway. Otherwise, we live in an established neighborhood which is quite nice.

Answer 3

I live on ravine property. My neighbour to the east had his property fully enclosed with a 5 foot black chain link fence. My neighbour to the west walked 5 dogs two times every day beginning and ending by walking at the back of my property to access the path down into the ravine. He complained bitterly that my yard wasn't fenced and he had trouble keeping the dogs from pissing and defecating on my lawn. I decided that he was right and I needed to enclose my property. I chose a 5 foot black chain link fence to go with the one already pre-existing on the east side. I enclosed the back of my property as well as replaced the falling down fence between my property and my neighbour's to the west. Then I had to listen to b*tching from this idiot for months afterwards about him not having given his "permission" to replace the fence. And he was bitter that I had chopped a few of the branches on his overgrown cedar hedge in order to put in the fence. I told him flat out one day that I COULD tell the municipality that not only isn't he cutting that cedar hedge to the required 6 foot height (it is over 15 feet now), but I could ***** about his oversize shed that he placed only 1 foot away from the property line (the requirement is 3 feet). I haven't heard him ***** since.

Just as an interesting footnote...I never asked him for a dime to help pay for the part of the fence that separates our properties (although that section alone cost $500). When he cut down a tree on his property, and it fell on the fence bending one of the top bars, he asked me what I was going to do about it. I just told him that I expected him to go to Home Depot and buy a replacement, and then get his Dad to help him replace the piece he ruined. He was going to argue with me, until his Dad told him that it was the least he could do.

Answer 4

Maybe it's different where you are, but in my country each house is responsible for the fence on it's right (when looking away from the house) unless otherwise specified in the plans. Pay for your own damn fence.