cbill59140
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What is the name of your state?What is the name of your state? florida
The back yard of my home was completely enclosed by an old 4 ft wire and post fence on it when I moved in 15 years ago. That was the only fence between my property and the neighbor's on the east side at the time. Shortly after I moved in a new owner bought the house next door and erected a 5 foot chain link fence running parallel to my fence probably roughly on her property line and almost right up against my wire fence (few inches apart to allow for posts.) When she moved out and started renting the house out I had a 6 ft wood privacy fence erected inside the wire fence and parallel to it, with the finished side facing into my yard. The workman put it up right against my old wire fence without removing it due to the difficulty of removing it and not disturbing the chain link fence (plus I didn't want to pay for the extra labor.) The net result was that there were three fences between the property: my new 6 ft wood fence which was inside my property line by about 8 inches to a foot, the original wire fence on my property line and the neighbor's chain link fence. A new neighbor who purchased the house next door December 2004 has had workman doing renovations prior to moving in. The neighbor on the other side told me two days ago that the workman told her that the new owner told him to take down "the neighbor's fence" but he said he told her he wasn't going to do so. When I heard this I did not immediately look at the fences since he said he was not going to do so. However two days later, today, as the neighbor is moving in I realized her dog was peeking at me through the wood fence and both the chain link fence and my old wire fence are gone. The chain link fence was hers to remove but the wire fence was mine. I walked the alley behind both houses and see the orange survey post is there plain as day marking the property line. Anyone can see that she now has both the use of my wood fence to enclose her yard and the use of an extra 8 inches to a foot of my property. It is not like she did not know the fence was not hers if she told the workmand to "remove the neighbor's fence." She could have walked over and knocked on the door to ask about the situation. Oh, by the way, did mention that I was told by the former owner that this new owner is an attorney, with a mother who is a real estate agent and father who is a local developer? You would think between the three of them they would have acted more prudently. The old wire fence did not have much value and I agree was probably an eyesore for her to look at. I probably would not have objected to its removal. I do not want, however, her to possibly end up with rights to that strip of land which is part of my property if I remain silent. What recourse do I have? Thank you
The back yard of my home was completely enclosed by an old 4 ft wire and post fence on it when I moved in 15 years ago. That was the only fence between my property and the neighbor's on the east side at the time. Shortly after I moved in a new owner bought the house next door and erected a 5 foot chain link fence running parallel to my fence probably roughly on her property line and almost right up against my wire fence (few inches apart to allow for posts.) When she moved out and started renting the house out I had a 6 ft wood privacy fence erected inside the wire fence and parallel to it, with the finished side facing into my yard. The workman put it up right against my old wire fence without removing it due to the difficulty of removing it and not disturbing the chain link fence (plus I didn't want to pay for the extra labor.) The net result was that there were three fences between the property: my new 6 ft wood fence which was inside my property line by about 8 inches to a foot, the original wire fence on my property line and the neighbor's chain link fence. A new neighbor who purchased the house next door December 2004 has had workman doing renovations prior to moving in. The neighbor on the other side told me two days ago that the workman told her that the new owner told him to take down "the neighbor's fence" but he said he told her he wasn't going to do so. When I heard this I did not immediately look at the fences since he said he was not going to do so. However two days later, today, as the neighbor is moving in I realized her dog was peeking at me through the wood fence and both the chain link fence and my old wire fence are gone. The chain link fence was hers to remove but the wire fence was mine. I walked the alley behind both houses and see the orange survey post is there plain as day marking the property line. Anyone can see that she now has both the use of my wood fence to enclose her yard and the use of an extra 8 inches to a foot of my property. It is not like she did not know the fence was not hers if she told the workmand to "remove the neighbor's fence." She could have walked over and knocked on the door to ask about the situation. Oh, by the way, did mention that I was told by the former owner that this new owner is an attorney, with a mother who is a real estate agent and father who is a local developer? You would think between the three of them they would have acted more prudently. The old wire fence did not have much value and I agree was probably an eyesore for her to look at. I probably would not have objected to its removal. I do not want, however, her to possibly end up with rights to that strip of land which is part of my property if I remain silent. What recourse do I have? Thank you
