Fencing?

[briggsy's girl]

is it possible he served the fencing order on the vendor anyway, and it's been included in the costs of the block

my understanding is that they can't expect you to pay for something unless you've been served a fencing order BEFORE the fence is erected - you have time to respond with a yes or no answer - if it isn't resolved within a set time frame (i believe a month), it can then be taken to the magistrates court to resolve it. if they build a fence without your go ahead, you're not obliged to pay for it.... and you definitely only have to pay for half of the minimum practical fencing for your area (being a 5foot paling fence if it's a side or rear boundary i think), not half of what they have chosen to erect for themselves.

as was mentioned, you can always dress it up along there for a better look - plants are your friend!

[~Raven~]

IF he asks you to pay, you only have to pay half of what the standard fence in your area would be - so, normally it would be paling fences around your property, five foot (six foot is choice, five foot is pretty standard) - so you could get a quote on the costs of that sort of fence.

Yep and get a few phone quotes to be sure you get a good average estimate.

[~Kim~]

I don't know what state you are in, but in NSW it's exactly what BG said. We had the same issue here. When we bought there were fences on 2 sides. One of the sides, the owner tried to get us to pay half. Like Hell. It was there when my block of land settled. You can print off the legislation and give it to him if he tries it.