My neighbor told me it was our responsibility to pay for and fix the fence becau

Apr 21, 2021
2:04:26pm

Mayor of Cougartown All-American

se he has the lateral support beams on his side. Therefor it is my fence and not his Alright then.. House and fences were built in 1997 and neither of us were original owners.

We don't talk that much anymore.

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Approached the neighbor about splitting the cost of a new fence. He told me they

rivercitycoug

4/21/21 1:46pm

Ugh. I say you work out a deal with the landscaper. Have them "upcharge" just

m0resn0w

4/21/21 1:48pm

Maybe he had that planned and scheduled already

zerigke

4/21/21 1:48pm

No, he did not. When I asked he stated they had no money to address anything

rivercitycoug

4/21/21 1:50pm

Make sure his side of the fence is ugly as heck

VACOUGFAN

4/21/21 1:53pm

Maybe he already had that budgeted in. He probably should have just said

delux_247

4/21/21 1:51pm

He specifically told me they weren’t addressing anything with the yard.

rivercitycoug

4/21/21 1:55pm

We had a perfectly fine, functioning fence on my back property line. New lady

rcbyufan

4/21/21 2:02pm

Great but she wanted an aesthetically pleasing fence and put in vinyl?

Big Daddy D

4/21/21 2:28pm

The other three sides of her fence were white vinyl. This old fence was a

rcbyufan

4/21/21 2:46pm

Old neighbors did that to an elderly lady next door to them.

Fatalplacebo

4/21/21 1:53pm

Had the same thing happen to us. The neighbor said that they couldn’t afford it,

firstclass

4/21/21 1:57pm

Those two things aren't mutually exclusive

Tricky

4/21/21 2:13pm

It is when they installed a fence about 6 months later. Glad they sold and moved

firstclass

4/21/21 2:17pm

Very Christian of you to build a fence for you and your neighbor

Parker Schnabel

4/21/21 1:57pm

I hate that. You should go in budgeting to get a split fence at some point.

Adwight

4/21/21 1:58pm

RE: Approached the neighbor about splitting the cost of a new fence. He told me

Zaphod

4/21/21 1:58pm

Put a doggy door on the fence and train your dog to go poop in their new yard.

Pepe

4/21/21 2:02pm

You did the right thing. My neighbor put 1 in when I wasn't ready financially

semisonic

4/21/21 2:03pm

How could he hold you accountable for a fence?

Powerbait DPM

4/22/21 1:00pm

My neighbor told me it was our responsibility to pay for and fix the fence becau

Mayor of Cougartown

4/21/21 2:04pm

My neighbor wouldn’t cut his trees, so they were pushing the fence over

stoils

4/21/21 2:29pm

I would take a copy of the invoice over to him and them them know what half of

Murray

4/21/21 2:37pm

But don't make him feel obligated, cause he's not. Let him see on his own it's

semisonic

4/21/21 2:45pm

I agree.

Murray

4/21/21 2:51pm

So what if neighbor wants a fence and I don’t? I told them I wasn’t ready and

Bin01015

4/21/21 6:03pm

If my neighbors asked me if I wanted a new fence. I would say “I’d like one, but

Powerbait DPM

4/22/21 1:04pm

When I redid ours I just paid for the fence, but because his gate was attached

Nat Gas Man

4/21/21 2:41pm

Sucks, but I'd just let it go.

BlackBart

4/21/21 2:51pm

Sounds like my neighbor. I approached him about paying half of the fence

Kilgruman

4/21/21 3:00pm

Take the fence down and rate his wife poolside.

Q-grr

4/21/21 9:17pm

I moved into a house back during the housing recession

Pangare

4/21/21 3:13pm

Sorry man. From what you explained, sounds like you handled it in the right way

semisonic

4/21/21 3:18pm

RE: I moved into a house back during the housing recession

WashingtonCoug

4/22/21 1:57am

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