Fencelines

[Oxankle]

I have three or four acres of land across a creek from the house that I have never used because the creak meanders across it in two places. Recently the corners were surveyed for a new house next door and I found I had more land than expected.

\When I proposed to fence and use the land the neighbor objected because there is a small hill that obscures the view from one corner to the next. I offered to pay for half the survey (A quarter mile, for heaven's sake!!) but this was refused. No amount of explaining that stakes driven in line on both sides of the hill must make a straight line if they sight the corners in each direction would satisfy. Now the neighbor has the FFA instructor coming out with a transit. Good enough for me.

It appears that we involve the whole neighborhood in a simple boundary line. And in my computer screen I seen the reflection of a big cock pheasant walking past my patio door.
Ox

[gone-a-milkin]

Good luck with getting your fenceline figured out. Neighbors can get pretty silly when it comes to surveys.


Is it a tame pheasant, or wild? I wish I had a new pheasant feather to go in my new hatband.

[Levonsa]

I would see if I could get the same crew that marked the corners to come back and place a marker on top of the hill to mark where the line is.

[francismilker]

Ox,
I ran into this a few years ago when I bought 80 acres that had been considered "no-man's land public domain" for years by all the locals for hunting, fishing, wood-cutting and whatever else they wanted to do. I only have one neighbor that actually lives on any of the property that borders me to the East. There's a live creek that runs across my entire east side that cuts about five acres off from easy access. I decided at first to just fence on my side of the creek so I didn't have to worry about keeping a fence across the creek maintained during heavy spring rains. My dad mentioned the ol' saying to me, "you know, good fences make good neighbors" and I kind of ignored him. A few years later I decided to go ahead and have that 5 acres cleared and fence it only to hear from my neighbor, "I thought you were'nt going to use that. If you have it cleared, it'll expose me to the West, setting sun everyday." My immediate thoughts were "well, you shouldn't have built your house 10 feet from your property line if you were worried about it." (literally 10 feet).
If I would've taken care of it originally when the surveyor's flags were still streaming off of newly driven stakes, It wouldn't be an issue now. While this isn't something that's going to cause me a Hatfield and McCoy fenceline feud, I should've taken care of it when it was fresh on everyone's mind. The way I figure it, if I don't take care of it today, my kid's will be left to take care of it another day. Good luck with your neighbor relations........