Neighbors Shed

[mm]

Except the fence does not belong to the OP either. I don't know why a couple people suggested it did. I don't know what the law is if the fence is exactly on the property line, but even if it is on the property line and even if the law favored the OP, the neighbor will be upset if the OP paints it.

In addition, it's almost impossible to paint one side of any fence, except maybe a stockade fence where it is too high to see the top. Either the original color will show through to the OP in places, or the OP will have to paint part that shows to the neighbor. For one thing, people on both sides of a fence see different parts of it depending on whether they are standing or sitting, or loooking out the window of the split level the neighbors live in. There is NO way to paint one side of the fence.

Most fence builders put the fence an inch or two inside the property line. In my case, my fence is probably a half inch inside. I'm going by the notion that the property line is where the gutters of my townhouse end and the gutter of my neighbor begins. But because my downspout was in the way, the fence company put the first post between his downspout and mine (there was just enough room) and the first section of fence comes back to just inside my property line. AFAIK the owner of my neighbor's house at the time didn't object and afaik it's too late for them to assert dominion over the fence now. At any rate, I'd be very angry if the current neighbor decided to paint even his side of that section of my fence. Even if the law were on his side, it's a declaration of war, when what he shoudl do is discuss it with me. How much more so when the fence is probably within the neighbor's property.

[hallerb]

My old neighbor complained I hdnt cleaned up my yard:( Of course it was still winter and had snowed that weekend.

She pointed out her yard was clean, of course she had hired workers:(

I didnt cut my rear yard till the 4th of july:)

She NEVER complained about anything again.

[Corinne]

A trellis - I love this idea.

Many thanks!

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[Corinne]

This is the kind of advice I like.

Thank you!

Phisherman wrote:

[Corinne]

OK, when I moved here a year ago, there is a three inch gap from the end of the fence to the shed. The wife was working there, and I was on the other side of the fence.

I yelled out, "Hello new neighbor", and we introduced ourselves. We had a very brief conversation, as it is hard to converse through the crack of a fence.

We talked about her being surprised that the owners sold the home as it is quite new.

Anyway, I really don't call that meeting my neighbors, but I have decided to start walking down their block, in hopes of meeting them.

At that point, I will not discuss the condition of the shed.

I am not in a hurry to do this anyway. Just thought I would ask.

I know some of the neighbors on their block, and they are complaining about the fact their driveway was torn up, over a year ago, and redone. But, the sad part is that the old broken up concrete is still on their yard, in the grass.

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[Chris Lewis]

According to mm :

Exactly that happened to the parents of an old friend about 25 years ago. As a result, NEITHER her parents nor their neighbors could get their cars through to their respective garages.

Fence still there (at the time I don't think there was any legal recourse).

And do you want to know what the original disagreement was? When driving into the garage, the corner of the car would momentarily pass over the property line if the driver wasn't very careful.

Really, really dumb. Demonstrates how senseless and stupid neighbor squabbles can be.

In a similar circumstance (over a fence between my dad's house and his neighbor), I went over and asked if I could do some minor repairs (some of which would be easier on their side). For my pains, had a nice visit, drinks and cookies, and they loaned me a ladder.

Or our neighbor. Comes over and asks us if there's going to be any trouble with him cutting down some dead trees just on his side of the property line. He didn't have to, but he did anyway. Nice. Initiated many friendly contacts ever since.

There's nothing to be gained, and much to be potentially lost by painting the shed without asking. And what if they say no? Plant a tree or flowers. Or A fence segment. Get enthusiastic and add a bit of patio, chairs, sun umbrella... Adds a lot more value to the house. Or whatever.

There's simply no advantage to pissing off neighbors for no good reason.

[hallerb]

I would plant a nice row of evergreens or something. Gives you privacy, lessens noise and green is more acctractive then shed fence or other man made junk.

Plus since its in your property you dont have to ask permission or do anything else.

[PRose]

Over 400 years ago, Nostradamus predicted that on Thu, 15 Jun 2006

20:48:56 -0400, in message , mm would say:

Where I've lived, structures and fences had different offsets. So, for a structure to be part of the fence line it would have had to have been old enough to have been grandfathered in, and that usually means that both are right on the property line. When I lived in such a situation (one wall of the detached garage on the property line making up part of the fence), the neighbors involved had an understanding that each person took care of their side of the fence. So, for example, when I painted my garage, I only painted 3 sides of it, and when I painted my fence on the other side, I painted one side of my neighbor's garage, and one side of his shed.

This is the only way I can see that OP has a right to complain. If the their codes don't require different offsets and the shed is part of a fence line that is totally on the neighbor's property, then I suggest that she learn to live with other people who don't have the same priorities that she does.

Anyroad, my original point still stands that if she asks the neighbors for permission to paint the shed wall that she not do it in a manner that highlights how bad she thinks it looks in comparison to her "immaculate" backyard. And, if the shed is on the property line, they might already consider it to be her responsibility -- I never really thought a whole lot about what was going on with the fourth wall of my garage, as far as I was concerned, its outside didn't exist to me.

HTH, PRose