Building A Fence

When it comes to living in a tight neighborhood, one great way to keep good relations with a neighbor is to have a fence between your yards. In most cases, this is the truth. However, there are times when building a fence can cause huge problems, and this was something I witnessed first hand. It wasn’t my yard, as I was a renter, but it did affect my life because I lived in the house in question.

My landlord decided that building a fence between his property and the property of the guy who lived next to us was a good idea. Fred was a nice enough guy, but he always seemed to want to complain to our landlord about one thing or another. He was picky about his yard, and we just couldn’t seem to live up to his standards. My landlord thought by building a fence he couldn’t see into the yard all of the time and he would just stop complaining. The fence would have also provided us with some privacy. I had a friend who liked to come use my yard for sunbathing and Fred always seemed to find something pressing to do in his yard when this occurred.

When it came down to it, building a fence became a huge ordeal. Even though Fred never seemed to like what was going on in our yard, he was against the fence. Sadly for Fred, the fence was going up whether he wanted it or not. I didn’t care either way, as I never really spent much time out there. The major problems that Fred seemed to have with us was that we only mowed once a week, and at times we didn’t use a weed-wacker around the edges. Building a fence seemed like a sane idea to everyone but Fred.

My landlord brought in someone to go about building a fence for the property and Fred had a fit. He insisted that the fence would be going onto his property and would be going right through his tree. My landlord got the property records and had the lines between the properties examined to be sure he wasn’t building a fence on Fred’s property. Fred fought every step and managed to delay things for quite some time. I don’t even know what happened because I moved out shortly after and left the area entirely. If it wasn’t such a long trip I would be tempted to go see if the fence ever was erected or if Fred had gotten his way.

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