A-hole neighbor broke my fence and refuses to pay to fix it

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you're in the wrong here. I have read and reread your post a few times to makes sure I understood the facts as you gave them.

You said he did a survey and found out the fence is on his property, not yours. You never disputed this in your post, instead you blamed his supposed "HFA" diagnosis for his a**hole behavior. I guess means you're a psychologist and he is a patient of yours?

Stop calling it "your fence" when it"s actually his.
Stop being an armchair psychologist and diagnosing him with HFA.

You are wrong, he is right. Could he have handled it better? maybe. but you came across quite bad yourself by sending him the bill which you incurred to fix his fence!!

Just about to post the same thing.

You're the crazy neighbor Op and I wouldn't pay you a dime either (and you didn't even get the standard 3 estimates).

[Anonymous]

let it go. this could escalate into something dumb. ignore the person. if he does this again, consider escalating.

[Anonymous]

The right thing to do is to get a new survey and move the fence onto your property.

[Anonymous]

OP It is not your fence.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Small claims court

yes - but the neighbor should take OP to small claims court for putting a fence on his property.

[Anonymous]

You might want to take up meditation or yoga. Or both. Life is too short for this amount of stress over a fence.

[Anonymous]

If he doesn’t pay, kill his new plants. A little roundup spraying should do the trick.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not asking to see his survey. Why should I? I asked him to pay for the damage his workers made to my property. It's my property even if his claim is true, which I doubt. I sent him and his wife a very polite request for repayment, and they both ignored it. They didn't reply that they didn't owe me anything, they simply didn't reply at all. That tells me that very likely, his claim that my fence is on his property is NOT true. Otherwise he would have said so in writing.

If I were right I wouldn’t have engaged you. You sound crazy and I’d ignore everything from you. It’s weird that you draw the conclusion that he doesn’t have evidence of his claim just because he’s ignoring someone who’s harassing him.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP - you're in the wrong here. I have read and reread your post a few times to makes sure I understood the facts as you gave them.

You said he did a survey and found out the fence is on his property, not yours. You never disputed this in your post, instead you blamed his supposed "HFA" diagnosis for his a**hole behavior. I guess means you're a psychologist and he is a patient of yours?

Stop calling it "your fence" when it"s actually his.
Stop being an armchair psychologist and diagnosing him with HFA.

You are wrong, he is right. Could he have handled it better? maybe. but you came across quite bad yourself by sending him the bill which you incurred to fix his fence!!

+1 you need to clearly prove that his survey is wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP - you're in the wrong here. I have read and reread your post a few times to makes sure I understood the facts as you gave them.

You said he did a survey and found out the fence is on his property, not yours. You never disputed this in your post, instead you blamed his supposed "HFA" diagnosis for his a**hole behavior. I guess means you're a psychologist and he is a patient of yours?

Stop calling it "your fence" when it"s actually his.
Stop being an armchair psychologist and diagnosing him with HFA.

You are wrong, he is right. Could he have handled it better? maybe. but you came across quite bad yourself by sending him the bill which you incurred to fix his fence!!

+1 you need to clearly prove that his survey is wrong.

+1

And what’s up with the trees, if a tall fence exists?

[Anonymous]

OMG. DCUM nasties out in force!! Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OMG. DCUM nasties out in force!! Wow.

+1.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have no idea if the fence is technically on his property. He didn't show me any survey.

I gave my survey to the fence installers eight years ago, and they installed it inside the property line.

I'm more upset at his behavior than anything else. Normal people don't behave like this. He has six acres! Even if my fence were an inch or two on his property (an honest mistake in any case) why would that matter to him? If the situation were reversed, it wouldn't matter to me. And he has shown me no proof whatsoever that the fence is on his property. He just claims it is as an excuse to not pay to repair my fence.

I don't get it.

They may not have.

You need to find out.

If that fence is on his property you have zero recourse.

[Anonymous]

A proper survey will include physical markers being placed on the corners of the property. Did your surveyor do that back when you had the fence built? You either need to let it go or have a proper survey done. It will likely cost several hundred dollars but it's worth it to settle a dispute.

I also agree that if the fence post broke, it was probably rotten anyway. You might find that other sections of your fence will start to have problems in the near future. That isn't anyone's fault, it's just the nature of living in a damp area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is exactly how all those Fear Thy Neighbor episodes on Discovery ID begin.

This has me rolling.