To avoid a long post, I will cut to the chase. We surveyed our property to put up new privacy fence on one side. Old chain link was wonKY and rusting plus we wanted to extend fence down driveway to close in new automatic gate. We told neighbor our intentions and did not ask for any money. Talk to fence company and told them we have stakes in place and put posts so there is zero portion of neighbor's yard is on our side.
Side note, AC unit is on side of their house and is just outside of the path of new fence (no fence was previously there). Well new fence is constructed and neighbor claims fence in over the line and too close to AC unit. My survey measurements show in several spots that line is on other side of pickets but posts are on line (not dividing equally). Neighbor wants us to move fence back to give more gap for "fat man" to get around it for service. The other side has a chain link and bushes blocking access on their property. Non issue in my mind to take down fence clean up bushes. We even offered to build a gate for them to seal off back yard from front and clean up bushes and remaining fence. They balked at that and said move the fence.
Neighbor had new survey done to check work and it looks like all the pickets are on our side of the line, so some posts are on line to their side. It sounds like they are not happy about posts sitting some on their property and will ask us to move 100% fence to on our property.
Is it pretty normal for posts to be placed on property line? I feel like since we paid for the fence we got the pretty side and posts are where they are. Would arbitration be over the top to resolve complaint? Anyone else have headaches building a new fence?
Side note, AC unit is on side of their house and is just outside of the path of new fence (no fence was previously there). Well new fence is constructed and neighbor claims fence in over the line and too close to AC unit. My survey measurements show in several spots that line is on other side of pickets but posts are on line (not dividing equally). Neighbor wants us to move fence back to give more gap for "fat man" to get around it for service. The other side has a chain link and bushes blocking access on their property. Non issue in my mind to take down fence clean up bushes. We even offered to build a gate for them to seal off back yard from front and clean up bushes and remaining fence. They balked at that and said move the fence.
Neighbor had new survey done to check work and it looks like all the pickets are on our side of the line, so some posts are on line to their side. It sounds like they are not happy about posts sitting some on their property and will ask us to move 100% fence to on our property.
Is it pretty normal for posts to be placed on property line? I feel like since we paid for the fence we got the pretty side and posts are where they are. Would arbitration be over the top to resolve complaint? Anyone else have headaches building a new fence?