i need advice, i have a neighbour from hell. the latest thing he did was take all the fence boards off his side of the mutual fence and nail on 1x6 and 1x8in cedar planks some 8 feet long and some 6 feet long on a 5ft high fence. the fence is 70ft long. guess what ? the fence fell over durring the big wind storm we had in feb. the fence is laying across my back yard. i have tried to talk to him about replacing the fence(yer i said i would pay half) and he is avoiding the issue i have tried 3 times in the last week but no answer. how can i get this prick to cooperate and get the fence up. this is not the first thing he did to piss me off so we are not on speaking terms(i am but he is not) please help me with this one. i have a dog that wants to go out and run around the yard thanks in advance
neighbour from hell
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If the wood is pretty new, take it and sell it somewhere. It could make you some coin to pay for "your half." Let your dog run around in both yards. It will likely speed things up. (I don't suggest it if he owns a gun though)
red said:
Red nailed it. If you 're not in agreement now you never will be so do it yourself without consulting him whatsoever and once you start construction I bet he will be out like Jack the Rabbit at which point you can inform him that you will be sending him a bill for half.
Start digging new post holes a foot or two further onto his property. If he lets you build then you might as well take some of his property. I'd expect he'd be out shortly for that one or might even call the city to come see it. Once he does, you corner him and have him pay his half for the original fenceline just as you want.
Might as well mess with him while you're at it, I say.
hyperbole
Might as well mess with him while you're at it, I say.
hyperbole
red said:
He is not legally responsible. You would not win a judgement forcing him to pay for a fence that you wanted to put up.
I would put up a fence, just inside my property line and paint the outside an awful colour... legally, he could not paint it a different colour
I believe he is legally responsible to share the cost of a mutual fence and you can go through the city to have the city tax him for your half.
I am not 100% sure of the process but you should check it out.
I am not 100% sure of the process but you should check it out.
doinker said:
There is a lot of info @ this site if you are in Torontohttp://www.toronto.ca/fence/index.htm
pony123 said:
Oops, I skimmed that part fo the original post. If he had his side of the fence up to 8 feet, I would check the by-law for your properties at City Hall. Chances are a fence that high is illegal in the first place and maybe you could then confront moron neighbour with the fact he can pay to replace the fence or have fines being paid to the city. His choice.
hyperbole
Good thing you don't live in brampton .the city would nail you with a noise violation when you're fixing the fence.
thanks for the input i have checked into the fence line act for toronto and it would still cost me &1100.00 up front
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