Dividing Boundry Fence?

The reason that a fence has a inside & an outside (tall & smooth) was to keep out animals and roughens with guns. With the fence rail to the out side, any body can clime or look over the fence.

So don't do it , don't stand on the bottom rail, look over the fence and talk to your neighbor.

After reading your previous question regarding your neighbor, it would appear that you are renting the property that you are concerned with and your land owner either has no problem with the fence location or orientation or the land owner has not been appraised of the situation. If the neighbor has recently purchased the property as you have indicated, there is a more than reasonable chance that he / she knows more about the property line location than you as a renter would know. It could be the previous owner had set the fence inside his property five feet or more intentionally. This is done in the US from time to time to keep the neighbors from using the fence for their activities. Also done frequently in the US is when a fence is set completely on your own property you can face the "good" side of the fence the direction of your choice. Have never heard of any laws in the US that require the good side of fences having to face the neighbor. If the fence is installed on the property line; in the US, as a tradition, the right half of the fence is owned and maintained by each property owner. That being the case each property owner could / would have half good and half bad sides of the fence. Most generally property owners, not renters, are able to decide on location, orientation and style of the fence.

If you would contact the neighbor and determine why he thinks the fence location is correct, you may find he has a basis for his decision. For example in the US when property is purchased a legal survey is performed to confirm the property lines locations.

Although various answers suggest you stir the crap to get the neighbor in trouble, that is not a reasonable way to proceed. The majority of us in the US do not have the need to cause unneeded issues.

I agree 100% with Barbara by the way. Also, by the way, your lol "Additional Details" comment lacked humor. Although you may not agree with her answer that was crude.

The UK laws may very well be why we do not understand your issue in the US. In the US it is not normal that a renter would be responsible for installing a new property line fence. We all seem to accept that as a given. The neighbor, if advised that you were not the property owner on THE FIRST DAY, may have been different in his actions. Sorry you missed having another friend across the fence.

Well technically it's not your property, but they do not have a right to sneak into the backyard. I'm not sure if you have a right to the tree since it's an apartment and maybe common property with the other tenants or it might belong to the landlord. If the tree crosses the property line, the owner can pick the fruit and cut the branches. If you want to do something, ask permission from the landlord. it's polite but not necessary to ask your neighbors. IRV, california law says otherwise. If it crosses someones property, that fruit becomes the property of the owner of that land. The question is what right does the tenant has. What I've seen the courts take into account of expectation of privacy. If there is none it's definetely the property of the owner. If the tenant has lived there and takes care of the backyard, he might have some rights, the operating word is some.

When new the builder calls the fence co. & says go put up a fence.....He hands him a plot plan & if your house was built before his, it is possible that all of the adjoining fence is on your property. If his was first, then the opposite. If it is all on your property, you can have him move it , or remove it yourself, after a few registered letters. The fence usually falls on one side of the line or another, not down the middle.

Is the fence on the property line, or on his property? A fence on the property line must conform to codes and covenants.

If it's a picket fence, you can put rails and pickets (or panels) on your side of the posts too.

If the fence is totally on his property there is nothing you can do. If it is on the line with half the post on your side, he can be forced to take it down and move it or do what you wish.

Several years ago I put up a fence inside my property line with the good panels facing in to my property. I told both neighbors that they were welcome to attach more panels on their side with the good panels facing their property.

Unless you get the panels that alternate every other board, someone is going to have the good panels and the other person has the "bad" side.

The guy paying for the fence has the choice since he paid for it and it is inside his property line. You are rather arrogant to expect him to pay for the fence and switch it around for you! If you don't like the "bad" side showing just ask him if he minds if you nail onto the bad side. You could build your own fence back to back to his inside your property line but that is not an ideal solution.

Maybe if you treated your neighbor like you would want to treated, he wouldn't be the "neighbor from hell"!! If you enjoy "P@@sing him off maybe you should grow up!

In my city, the "good" panels" are to face the owner of the fence's yard, not yours. You can do whatever you wish, but if your town has such an ordinance, I would call the building inspector and let him be the bad guy. After all, he doesn't have to live next door.

Wow! You have received a lot of answers with a lot of opinions. Unfortunately without knowing where you live nobody here can answer this. Check with your local building inspector to learn the true answer.

You are aloud to ask him to switch the panels but he is not obligated too.

I would just paint them since if they are facing your side they are on your property and you can do whatever you like.

If he is s bad neighbor i would find a place where it was on your property even just a little and knock the fence out.