Just wondering what your stance is on sharing a fence with a neighbor. Do you split the cost only if both parties are in agreement. Would you pay for half if your neighbor went ahead and built the fence and then tried billing you for half?
At our old place, one of our neighbors approached us on sharing the cost for a fence. He brought me the cost of the materials and he wanted to do it right away so I agreed to pay half the cost of the materials and he did all the labor himself. I had no issue with that, but I'm sure it comes up a lot where some neighbors aren't willing to split the cost.
We are currently building a new house which we take possession of next month. Both houses on each side to us have been completed for about a year and both of them built a fence as well. Our house backs onto the coulees so I won't need to cap it off at the back since the community has a fence in place already.
Having said that, would it be fair to pay half the cost of each fence that was built around my property? Since the work was done before there was a house on either side of my neighbors and I had no say, would it be a dick move to not want to pay half if asked to reimburse them for the fence? Not saying I won't, or that they will even ask but just curious.
Your thoughts?