Fences dont always make good neighbors... Pics at 11

[Camelot Farms]

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The 1st thing that I did when I ran my little string the day I checked on the property line was to make sure that the drain is on my side. lol

I suppose she could tear out the wall on her side and drain it from her side just to be a witch, but then I would have to

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. And it wouldnt be pretty.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Your pond has a DRAIN?

 

[rancher hicks]

Has anyone suggested that you see a lawyer? It won't hurt and it may help. Not to mention doesn't she have to have a permit to put up a fence. You could protest it to the town. With a lawyer of course. If the first lawyer won't help see another until you find one who knows what they are doing. One qualified in this type of thing.

 

[Camelot Farms]

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Yepper. It is a clay bottom, spring fed pond.

You can see the drain in one of the pics. It looks like a piece of wood sticking out of the pond at the far end. It keeps the pond from over flowing, the entire 'holler' behind us and the natural spring flow into it so it never gets more than an inch or 2 low except during that nasty drought 3 years back.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I think there were a number of posts suggesting an attorney at the beginning of this thread, but it is a good reminder. Fences don't always require permits, and I don't think they are in any sort of town. If she hired a contractor to put up the fence, chances are that everything is correct permit-wise. If not he could lose his license.

 

[chickbird]

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in georgia, most cities have ordinances covering what type of fence can be installed....we have a case now where a man put up a chain link fence and the city made him take it down..in checking he found that it said chain link not permitted but other types permitted and he installed hog wire fence, needless to say the city immediately decided to enact new fence guidelines...this man had also installed cattle gates....along with his hog wire....his neighbors were livid, they had complained about his neat chain link fence and now look what they had caused,,something even worse and it was within city guidelines.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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in georgia, most cities have ordinances covering what type of fence can be installed....we have a case now where a man put up a chain link fence and the city made him take it down..in checking he found that it said chain link not permitted but other types permitted and he installed hog wire fence, needless to say the city immediately decided to enact new fence guidelines...this man had also installed cattle gates....along with his hog wire....his neighbors were livid, they had complained about his neat chain link fence and now look what they had caused,,something even worse and it was within city guidelines.

I personally LIKE chain link.

 

[Mattemma]

That is funny about the hog fence.

When we contacted some companies to install our chainlink most recommended a survey,but told us they would install the fence wherever I told them too.Some companies said they always install a fence 4 inches inside a property as rule of thumb. I got the survey done and got the permit.

I was told by the lady who sends a person to mark for gas/water lines to have the fence company call for that.Reason being that whoever calls will be the one legally responsible for any damages done during digging.

Hoping things get better for you. I can't wait till my bamboo grows in thick and blocks out all my neighbors.They are nice,but living in a fishbowl gets old real fast.

My dh once drove hours to look at a home in Northern Alabama.It was a great house with 5 acres.Unfortunately it was one lot of many neighboring lots that were owned by persons related.I think divorce led to the home we wanted to be listed.We passed on it figuring there would be drama with the remaining relatives living around us.I doubt 5 acres would have been enough to avoid them,and some may have held a grudge over the home being sold to an outsider.

Again wishing you better days ahead.Neighbor disputes to often get very ugly.

 

[I have WHAT in my yard?]

I didn't manage to read through all of this, but a 50 foot ROW through a property that is barely twice that width would not be legal here. Besides, most townships have fence easements that tell the property owner where they can put their fences. We cannot place a fence ON the property line. We can only place a fence ten feet onto our own property. This has caused MANY problems down the road when the person on the other side assumes those ten feet are theirs and begins to landscape. Here, if you allow some one encroachment and they "tend" the land for ten years they can then claim it as theirs unless you state otherwise in writing. So every ten years you need to send a letter to your neighbors reminding them that the land they are on is actually yours. So, every ten years relations between the neighbors can get tense.

Also, most states allow ROW challenges, as in, you do not need that ROW to get to your property any more, so we challenge your need and right to pass through our property.

Good Luck.