Shared fence question

jondubb · **Joined:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:52 pm **Posts:** 100

Regarding a shared fence in my backyard, which sections am I responsible for? The parts with only vertical boards visible or parts with horizontal bracing showing? Thanks for the help.

blackedoutharley · **Posted:** Tue Nov 06, 2012 7:46 pm

Half of the total fence I would think... other person sharing fence (home owner or bank) is responsible for the other half.

awolfgang · **Joined:** Thu Sep 03, 2009 7:51 pm **Posts:** 105

You share the whole fence that is shared with a neighbor. There is no difference between vertical and horizontal slats. If you are unfortunate to share a fence with more than one neighbor than you have to divide that up as well. Before you decide to do any work, you should talk with your neighbor. If the work is not deemed necessary but instead cosmetic, then don't expect the neighbor to chip in, nor for a claims court to side with you.

DaddyGoFast · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 4:35 am

A neighbor does not legally have to share, split, divide, or in any way contribute to the fence repair. speaking from first hand experience with my neighbor, "no, I'm broke and have no interest in fixing the fence. You can fix it and give me the ugly side, I don't care." Who do you think I am, Obama? What a douche! After poking around and asking an attorney, it was confirmed, not legally required to do anything.

daddedeux · **Joined:** Thu Aug 13, 2009 11:11 am **Posts:** 1362

DaddyGoFast wrote:

A neighbor does not legally have to share, split, divide, or in any way contribute to the fence repair. speaking from first hand experience with my neighbor, "no, I'm broke and have no interest in fixing the fence. You can fix it and give me the ugly side, I don't care." Who do you think I am, Obama? What a douche! After poking around and asking an attorney, it was confirmed, not legally required to do anything.

A buddy once told me that he sent a written request to his neighbor to help share the cost of the fence replacement. The owner balked at the request and my buddy said he wrote off half the cost of the fence as a loss on his taxes.

ThatOneDude · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 9:03 am

Our fence blew over last year. I asked the neighbor if they wanted to assist in getting price quotes to fix the fence, their reply "no, I don't have any money to fix the fence". Well after several quotes, I decided to fix it myself. Well, we're out there fixing the fence, and the neighbor comes out yelling at me for digging a hole to remove and replace the post, saying I didn't have their permission to do so. I guess they'd rather the fence continue to lay on the ground...

Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Outdoorsman · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 10:10 am

Did you give 'em the middle finger wave, tell'em to pond sand, and continue?... I would have

jeff · **Joined:** Sun Sep 09, 2007 7:25 am **Posts:** 510

Outdoorsman wrote:

Did you give 'em the middle finger wave, tell'em to pond sand, and continue?... I would have

Yep, me too! And give them the ugly side!

blackedoutharley · **Posted:** Wed Nov 07, 2012 2:01 pm

Outdoorsman wrote:

Did you give 'em the middle finger wave, tell'em to pond sand, and continue?... I would have

I would have done much more than that... it would have been a visual as well as verbal reply.

jondubb · **Joined:** Wed Apr 27, 2011 11:52 pm **Posts:** 100

Thanks. Appreciate the input.

Plumas Lake Forum

Forum rules

Shared fence question

Who is online