Right, but then I'm stuck with a foot of grass in-between. No sweat off of his back, since he won't be able to see it, due to the privacy fence, but I'll have an extra 200 ft of weed wacking if I want it to look nice on my side.
Would mulch, landscaping, small bushes, etc work in the space between?
Maybe. We have some super invasive weeds that grow onto mulch and make a mulch area tough to maintain as well.
Yeah, it's this unfortunately. You'll get to see your nice fence with open space behind it until he puts up the solid one, and then your side looks worse. I'd just put something temporary up if you need the fence, and then take it down when his goes up.
I'm paying. I get that it's tough right now due to Covid to have the extra cash, but he didn't even hint to paying for part of it if I went with privacy. I have the time now to do it and don't want to wait until he gets around to it.
Did you ask him if he would be willing to contribute a portion if you would agree to a privacy fence?
I'd like to think that it wouldn't, but I'd hate to be wrong and have a permanent chore of keeping down any overgrowth. I've been spending a lot of time clearing old overgrown weed trees.
i think the only issue I can remember my dad mentioned is that a possum got stuck in there lol but I guess it could also depend on a lot of different factors (region, climate, soil) so I can understand the concern. It would definitely be a pain in the ass if it were something that required regular maintenance.
Ask them if they are willing to split the cost of the privacy fence.
I mentioned that it would be an extra $1000 for a privacy fence that I don't even want, and that's when he said "I don't wanna think about this anymore today".
I thought there would be more examples searching this online, but I only see this one lol:
Just put up what you want then. If you're paying, he doesn't really care and you don't want to wait for him to put his fence up, stick yours up. Enjoy it for however long, then he puts his privacy fence up adjacent and then you take yours down. Free fence and maybe even a bit more land....
BAD NEIGHBOUR ALERT. Sounds like a damned if you do/don't scenario.
That's exactly what I'm thinking will happen. All of that shit in between will be mine to clean up, or look at. God, I'm not looking forward to that.I thought there would be more examples searching this online, but I only see this one lol:
It looks like the neighbor outside the privacy fence usually puts in landscaping. Instead of just mulch, maybe raised planter boxes? No idea on property size, climate, desire to even do this (lol), etc so may not be an option.
OMG, I hate bamboo. My neighbor on the other side planted bamboo 30 years ago. This house was my grandfather's, and he just let it go on our side. The neighbor killed all of his right quick when he realized it was a bad idea, but I ended up having to clear a 100' x 30' section. It still comes up around the trees and whatnot, where the mower doesn't get every week.
Put concrete in the gap between or at the very least a thick sheet of plastic with gravel
Yes, you are screwed. We are in the exact the same situation. Although a bit different, we wanted privacy fence, because it was directly in our back yard, our neighbor this section of his yard was not visible from his house, so he was fine with just horse fencing.
Don't use plastic, especially if you have trees anywhere nearby. The material needs to be permeable.
As a surveyor in Australia this photo is deeply upsetting to me hahaha.I thought there would be more examples searching this online, but I only see this one lol:
It looks like the neighbor outside the privacy fence usually puts in landscaping. Instead of just mulch, maybe raised planter boxes? No idea on property size, climate, desire to even do this (lol), etc so may not be an option.
When I look at this, my feet and ankles think "fire ant infestation".I thought there would be more examples searching this online, but I only see this one lol:
It looks like the neighbor outside the privacy fence usually puts in landscaping. Instead of just mulch, maybe raised planter boxes? No idea on property size, climate, desire to even do this (lol), etc so may not be an option.
Seems weird, either he splits the cost of a privacy fence now, or pays the full cost later. He could just have had a bad day and didn't feel like making or approaching a $1000 decision. I would definitely talk to him again.
This is what I do not get...why are the fences not built on the property line?
This is my takeaway. OP, you do you. If there's a problem a few years down the line when the neighbor does whatever he's doing, you can find a solution then. Trying to plan around the various things he could in theory do seems unproductive.
The property line itself is shared, so if we agreed on the style of fencing, I'd just put it on the line. But since he wants a privacy fence, but doesn't want to chip in at this moment in time, me putting the fence on the line would infringe on his ability to put what he wants on the line. So I'll have to set mine back a few inches, and he'll eventually do the same. Leaving a runway in-between.
Just curious--why wouldn't you want a privacy fence between the two of you? You could still do rails on the adjacent side.
It's a big yard, and I don't want a 200 foot long monster wall. That, and it would cost an extra $1000 on top of the $3500 I'm already spending...just in materials. I really have no need for "privacy" since all they can really see from their yard is our kids playing football.
Probably will end up putting in gravel. It's just frustrating that at some point, the fence I put up will become useless, and I'll have to spend more effort and money to fix it. 5 yards of stone is a lot to spread.
