... the left already has a chain length fence around their property. About two weeks after we moved in I told the neighbor we were planning to build a fence (because our dog doesn't like other dogs and is territorial and they have a pit bull, and our son is autistic and needs to be contained in our yard and again.. away from their dog).
She told me she was interested in taking out their fence and replacing it and she was wondering if we could go half and half on the fence between our yards and essentially share the fence. I see the benefit in that.. but I am scared of the dogs only being separated by a few boards and their son also has a habit of coming on my property whenever he wants and even in my house, so I'm worried about him climbing the fence. He is also very rough and climbs his fence regularly , I don't want him to potentially ruin that side of fence. Would it be rude to turn her down and each of us have our own fences? Has anyone else gone the not sharing route?
I recently moved into a new house that does not have a fence but I really need one. My neighbor on?
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We discussed our potential plans, we both agreed that 6 ft was what we would like to go up to, and we would both be in agreement that we would use cedar. To be honest I haven't brought up that I worry about her child compromising the fence because I really didn't know what he was capable of until after we dicussed the fence briefly lol. I thought it might be a little harder for him to scale two fences instead of one haha. He has already ruined a power wheel of ours and he was working on destroying my son's other power wheel until I put my foot down, and i have already had a conversation with him about coming in my house unannounced (he has been caught in my house at least 4 times now), and it remains to be seen whether I got through to him or not. I guess what it comes down to is .. if I am already having issues with their family, is it really a good idea for me to consider working with them financially to share a fence, or just create our own so I don't have to worry about any future issues that we could face down the road.