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Thread ID: 134577	2013-07-16 03:58:00	Boundary hedge	rny (6943)	PC World Chat

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1348984	2013-07-16 05:18:00	Sade, you are putting the ball in the friend's court !. As the other person commented, ring the City Council. Lurking. Unfortunately yes. The fence needs to be adequate and the hedge obviously is not. I don't think she can fight this completely. The only argument I see is the definition of a "basic fence" and if his coloursteel option falls within that legally speaking. Just cause he might be a dodgy bastard, doesn't make him wrong.	DeSade (984)
1348985	2013-07-16 05:22:00	Interesting, I always worked on the assumption both parties would have to agree before work could commence. My back fence is a bit rickety and poorly built and I'd kinda like to fix it but the neighbour doesn't want to spend any money on it so we agreed to leave it as is - that's how reasonable neighbours do it. Also I don't have dogs any more :( but when I did I accepted that fencing them in was my resposibilty. As much as I like dogs I'm turning into a grumpy old man about their owners. I've decided large dogs have no place inside city limits and owners need licensing, not their dogs. Just my opinion. Sounds like she's on the right track, legal advice is the way to go. Also it'd be quite reasonable to dispute the costs and come up with a cheaper option. Many contractors have a standard price/M for common types of fencing and would be happy to provide a quote to counter his.	dugimodo (138)
1348986	2013-07-16 06:16:00	Go halves on a BASIC FENCE. Get a quote for a BASIC FENCE (30cm is high enough to keep daschund out) and if you're prepared to go halves on that, write to the neighbour with YOUR proposal. It's not your problem if he likes Great Danes! (Not yet, anyway)	coldot (6847)
1348987	2013-07-16 06:29:00	Thanks for all your input folks, I will be eagerly awaiting developments on this one, hard to make a call, suffice to say if the neighbour wants a better fence for his mutt, then why should he be entitled to expect his neighbour/s to contribute. I will endeavour to update as this progresses. Rny.	rny (6943)
1348988	2013-07-16 08:48:00	Run a piece of string along the hedge with poisoned meat hanging off it at 400mm intervals. Tell him it is now adequately dog proof on your side. ;) Near enough for a land agent.	R2x1 (4628)
1348989	2013-07-16 10:05:00	Lol Rny.	rny (6943)
1348990	2013-07-16 10:48:00	That is a lot of money to replace something that your neighbour is perfectly happy with. Have a look at these two pages to see if they may be of any help: www.consumer.org.nz www.consumer.org.nz	FoxyMX (5)
1348991	2013-07-17 09:32:00	Sheesh! I reroofed a large house in Coloursteel for that sort of money... and this is just one stinking boundary fence on one side of the property? 1) If it's because of the dogs, it's the problem of the dick with the dogs. 2) If he's a real estate agent and doing this for a sale, then the dogs will be going with him. Therefore no fence needed 3) Sure, the fence might add value. On the other hand, the presence of neighbouring dogs (plural) LOWERS the values, so maybe he should be compensating her! I've been considering the complete opposite, replacing a fence with a hedge. Hedges need trimming, but will otherwise retain good looks, and maintain themselves, and be 'self repairing'. Fences, esp coloursteel are open to dents, graffiti, rust, , lichen, moulds, and once 'soiled' will never look as good ever again. Try having a neighbouring kid knocking a cricket ball into the fence and see how long it looks good. Coloursteel fences are just plain NASTY in the longer term beyond 10 years (and nasty beyond 2 months if there's kids with balls). This swine neighbour needs to have the wind taken out of his sails.	Paul.Cov (425)
1348992	2013-07-18 01:41:00	Posts & 7 wires are legal in our area and appears to be the definition of a "standard" fence, or am I wrong?	Arnie (6624)
1348993	2013-07-19 09:51:00	Posts & 7 wires are legal in our area and appears to be the definition of a "standard" fence, or am I wrong? Your actually correct. Recently gone through a boundary dispute situation with a neighbour basically they have to get a survey done if no existing boundary marks in place to establish where the fence has to go. You may have to foot half the cost of a basic fence as described! However if the neighbour wants a better fence or you take it to court. They can build what ever they like (within reason eg council bylaws) at their own cost on their side of the boundary. You are not obligated to pay! End of the day it comes down to attitude of your neighbour and friendly negotiation. They get arrogant let the court decide but go seek legal advice CAB and Community Law you best option for any advice. Like I said they want the fence they can build it on their side the boundary and ironcially you can build one on your side as well, to cover up ther ugly fence they build...lol	coldfront (15814)
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