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re: Fence issue with neighbor
Posted on 8/4/17 at 8:57 pm to TowBROater
Posted on 8/4/17 at 8:57 pm to TowBROater
Run your fence right to the property line and cantilever a 7.5" section of fence over to his. 
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Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:20 pm to kywildcatfanone
Some dumb frickers on this board who can't even understand what motivated his neighbor to do what he did. "I mean...that is just dumb." "Why would he do that? It makes no sense."
Let me spell it out for you. The neighbor refuses to allow a anyone to benefit monetarily at his expense. He is not wanting the OP to be able to only pay for 3 sides and free load off of the side that he had to pay for himself. People do that all the time in subdivisions and this particular guy might have had it happen at his previous home. Or he could just be an a-hole who would have a 4 car length gap in slow traffic but speeds up to close it when he sees someone with a blinker trying to get over. Some people just get absurdly offended at the thought of someone benefiting at what they perceive to be their expense
Let me spell it out for you. The neighbor refuses to allow a anyone to benefit monetarily at his expense. He is not wanting the OP to be able to only pay for 3 sides and free load off of the side that he had to pay for himself. People do that all the time in subdivisions and this particular guy might have had it happen at his previous home. Or he could just be an a-hole who would have a 4 car length gap in slow traffic but speeds up to close it when he sees someone with a blinker trying to get over. Some people just get absurdly offended at the thought of someone benefiting at what they perceive to be their expense
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:27 pm to Dick Leverage
quote:
He is not wanting the OP to be able to only pay for 3 sides and free load off of the side that he had to pay for himself. People do that all the time in subdivisions and this particular guy might have had it happen at his previous home.
That's just a total and complete dick mentality.
People are still free to be dicks, though, even if their dicishness doesn't make a lick of sense.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:30 pm to Dick Leverage
So you speculate right along with the crowd yet everyone else is a fukin idiot? Typical I guess.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:32 pm to TowBROater
FWIW, I would certainly have that stretch surveyed before I did anything else...your neighbor does not sound trustworthy to me.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:33 pm to Dick Leverage
That makes no fricking sense. He asked the OP if he was going to build a fence, the OP said yes. Had he asked that question before he built his own retarded fence, he could have simply let the OP build his on the property line and then he would be benefiting at the OP's expense.
I have no idea why the ornery frick did what he did, but if I had to guess, I'd say maybe he was afraid the OP would put up a shitty fence that he would have to look at all the time. He probably built it back expecting the OP would do likewise when he built his fence, leaving a nice gap to aid in privacy. Ornery old frickers get super serious about privacy like that.
I have no idea why the ornery frick did what he did, but if I had to guess, I'd say maybe he was afraid the OP would put up a shitty fence that he would have to look at all the time. He probably built it back expecting the OP would do likewise when he built his fence, leaving a nice gap to aid in privacy. Ornery old frickers get super serious about privacy like that.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:47 pm to TowBROater
quote:Build your fence 8 inches off the property line on that side and tell them you don't want your fences touching. That way you won't feel like you're dealing with this alone.
House on the other side just moved in too they haven't gotten a fence yet
Posted on 8/4/17 at 9:51 pm to G The Tiger Fan
When grass grows up between your fence and his, spray the hell out of it with Roundup or Agent Orange or whatever you can and be sure some of it blows on over on his arse and/or yard.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:11 pm to FreeState
I have 8" between my fence at the back of my yard and don't have a problem with grass or weeds because not a whole lot of sunlight gets through for anything to grow.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:12 pm to White Bear
Adverse possession doesn't apply to this scenario.
The owner of the 8" is clearly staking claim to that strip of his property. The OP can cut that 8" every day for 30 years straight and it wouldn't be his at the end.
The owner of the 8" is clearly staking claim to that strip of his property. The OP can cut that 8" every day for 30 years straight and it wouldn't be his at the end.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:45 pm to duggie
quote:. Yeah, I agree now after considering. The law is one thing, actually proving adverse possession is a whole other issue and difficult process. It isn't automatic.
Adverse possession doesn't apply to this scenario. The owner of the 8" is clearly staking claim to that strip of his property. The OP can cut that 8" every day for 30 years straight and it wouldn't be his at the end.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:55 pm to FreeState
Would grass really grow much at all in this 8 inch space assuming both fences are solid? Seems like it would be a pretty shaded, especially if the fences run in the north-south direction?
The neighbor sounds like a nut job though.
The neighbor sounds like a nut job though.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 10:56 pm to TowBROater
I saw this was 8 pages and read it all to see what crazy thing happened.
I can't believe I just did that.
I can't believe I just did that.
Posted on 8/4/17 at 11:20 pm to OysterPoBoy
quote:
I saw this was 8 pages and read it all to see what crazy thing happened.
I can't believe I just did that.
Was the question ever addressed why one would consider building a parallel fence 8" from an existing fence instead of just sharing and perhaps extending it? Did IQs just drop sharply while I was away?
Posted on 8/4/17 at 11:25 pm to Jackie Chan
quote:
Maybe its only comical to me.
I loved your diagram
humor is freedom from the necessity of any condition.
You are free. OP is not
Posted on 8/4/17 at 11:53 pm to TowBROater
Likely the man just wants to be responsible for his fence and the OP for his own, no future questions about who pays for what, who tore up what, or who is responsible.
No arguments over how and what it is built from
The fact that there are dogs on both sides make this even more important, another layer of separation and longer time for either to dig through.
Likely had the OP been there when the fence was built they could have planned something different, but that ship has sailed.
The only thing lost to the OP is a free fence.
No arguments over how and what it is built from
The fact that there are dogs on both sides make this even more important, another layer of separation and longer time for either to dig through.
Likely had the OP been there when the fence was built they could have planned something different, but that ship has sailed.
The only thing lost to the OP is a free fence.
Posted on 8/5/17 at 12:18 am to cave canem
quote:
Likely the man just wants to be responsible for his fence
I wish it was just this way. I hate the expectation of a neighbor wanting you to pay for a fence. They tend to ask you without much heads up. Not everyone is prepared to just help pay for a fence
Posted on 8/5/17 at 1:16 am to PrivatePublic
Wrong. The common sense reason is that the guy wasn't going to pay for a fence for the OP to get to utilize for free. Dick move for sure but that is just how some people are.
Posted on 8/5/17 at 2:04 am to Dick Leverage
I would leave the gap. Your neighbor screwed you because there's no way thay 8 inches is getting maintained. Definitely get it surveyed. You don't want to be wrong on where your fence is.
Posted on 8/5/17 at 5:10 am to TowBROater
Assuming that you want a 3 sided privacy fence in the back yard with an access gate,this is the only option I see:
Build your own fence on your property line. Nothing is going to grow between there other than at the very ends due to lack of sunlight. Also ask the guy if it would be ok to put one wood panel strip over the gap next to the gate facing the road so that it doesn't look so weird. He likely won't mind since now it's not an issue of you getting a free fence or having to share a fence anymore.
I definitely would not do the option some are suggesting of paying him to connect to his fence. It is just a short term solution to a long term problem. If he sells the house in 3 years, the new neighbor may come in and rightfully say hell no, this property line is off, and make you tear down your corner posts so that he can rebuild his fence and gain back 8 inches of yard. Now you have to rebuild your own corner posts, gate, etc, plus you have lost the money you paid to the original neighbor to let you tie to his.
Just build your own fence 8 inches from his. You were going to do it anyways. Plus, do you really want to have to share a fence with a total nut job of a neighbor and his big dog?
Build your own fence on your property line. Nothing is going to grow between there other than at the very ends due to lack of sunlight. Also ask the guy if it would be ok to put one wood panel strip over the gap next to the gate facing the road so that it doesn't look so weird. He likely won't mind since now it's not an issue of you getting a free fence or having to share a fence anymore.
I definitely would not do the option some are suggesting of paying him to connect to his fence. It is just a short term solution to a long term problem. If he sells the house in 3 years, the new neighbor may come in and rightfully say hell no, this property line is off, and make you tear down your corner posts so that he can rebuild his fence and gain back 8 inches of yard. Now you have to rebuild your own corner posts, gate, etc, plus you have lost the money you paid to the original neighbor to let you tie to his.
Just build your own fence 8 inches from his. You were going to do it anyways. Plus, do you really want to have to share a fence with a total nut job of a neighbor and his big dog?
This post was edited on 8/5/17 at 5:27 am
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