re: Fence issue with neighbor

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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.

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How is building 8" from the property line stopping him from utilizing the fence?

My neibor builds a fence then asks me if I'm building my own my answer is....nope, already have one

Put a chain link on the side that faces his. That way the grass grows crazy and he has to maintain it. His is privacy there already. You won't have to see him unless he on a ladder reaching over to cut that gap with something lol

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don't mow the 8" strip but rather complain to the HOA.

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The OP has said a few times that he does not have a HOA. Are you thinking he is wrong?

I like the idea of cantilevering your perpendicular fence to within an inch of the neighbors. Or talking to him and working out some kind of deal with maintaining his small strip of property.

Plant something like this on your property line in front of and behind the 8" gap between the two front fences to fill in the 8" gap.

See, there are laws on property boundaries and the establishment of them. The fact he took it 8 inches back without working together with you first is really stupid. Not knowing exact details, it's likely he truly just shrunk his own property legally. Good for you and dumb of him.

Offer to pay for half of that part of the fence. If that doesn't work proceed to build your fence on your property line and don't worry about his 8 inches.

He can't tie into the fence. Most people build a fence for 3 reasons. Pet containment ,to legally have a pool, and/or security. He now has to pay to have a 4th side instead of just tying in to the neighbors. Under no circumstance can he take advantage of that fence being there.

If the OP was thinking about putting up a fence only for privacy and to serve as a buffer between the 2 properties he would only have been concerned about that one side and what the neighbor did would have been seen as an unsolicited favor. His concern is that he can't tie in which means he wants a fence to serve as more than just a privacy buffer at some point. The money to build an extra side is negligible and not the problem for the OP. I am sure he planned on paying for it anyway. The dilemma he has is that there will be a strip of terrain that is inaccessible to maintain and will become unsightly.

There are a few ways to resolve this but I am not writing another novel on common sense.

Fence should be on property line. Problem will be that tress will grow in between on his property and damage your fence.

Send him certified letter. State you are building fence on property line as it should be; however it is his responsibility to maintain his property.

State you expect him to maintain his property and if it becomes overgrown and damages your fence that he will be responsible for the damage.

Anything on the line you can cut. Anything on his property you cannot legally touch.

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I would build a bigger better fence right on the line and if he sprays the gap and it kills any of my grass I'd make him pay for it to be a dick.

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OP and his neighbor sound like a couple of class A bitches

The neighbor seems to be the issue more so than the op.

It sounds like a new cookie cutter hood. Guy knows someone is moving in, I'd wait a week on construction of a fence and talk to my neighbor and workout some deal on a fence to be on the line.

They could have combined cost and probably got a better fence out of the deal.


Since op has a dog and neighbor does to I don't think the invisible shock fence works. It leaves op dog at a disadvantage because of neighbors dog got out it could attack him.


IMO he should try the nice route but if it doesn't work out then as much as the law allows be a dick to him. You can only work with idiots to a certain point.