We had to double fence our property line, because of the neighbours and their horse husbandry practices. Fortunately it wasn’t a very long fence that we built. They weren’t interested in participating, and didn’t even know it was done until it was finished. It keeps our horses safe, and leaves the bad fencing on THEIR side. We both had horses hurt before we did this. We had previously agreed to NOT put horses out on either side of this fence at the same time, but they “forgot” that I guess. So we fenced our side FURTHER onto our property (the original fence is actually on our side of the property line). And just this winter, they have removed another part of fence on their property, that allows their horses further onto our property in another spot. Finding this, I’ve beefed up our fenceline by piling brush, logs etc on our side, to keep our horses from getting mixed up with this fenceline. What the neighbours gained by doing this was access to a practically vertical hillside, covered with brambles and crap. It never occured to me that they would want their horses to access this area… it had been fenced off for a reason I thought. I’ve reset some posts which were down on this fenceline, I had to clear a “road” into this spot to get my tractor in there to push those posts back into the ground. They had their horses in our field last year, walked over this fence. They retrieved the horse, but never fixed the fence… thus… I had to do the best I could. We are really hoping that these people sell and move away soon. They had the place advertised a few years ago, but it never sold because of the price they were asking. So we are still saddled with this situation. Horrible neighbours are just the WORST. And we have them on THREE sides.
A friend had a shared driveway with the neighbor. There was an easement in place for the shared portion of the driveway. It was approximately 350 ft long, gravel, and a hill. Magically the neighbor never helped with maintaining that portion of the driveway as far as adding gravel, or plowing snow in the winter. Friend’s husband was the one that added a swale so that the driveway would not wash out in heavy rains. This was in PA.
I personally would never buy a house with a shared driveway.
I dont know what state you are in, but Florida is a “fence in” state. You are responsible for keeping your animals on your property. SInce B insists the fence is your problem, I’d just first run my own fence maybe 10’ on my property, then take that wire fence down after suitable notice to B and the renter.
Then, when B and the renter keep grazing on your property, get zoning or law involved.
Yes, its a PIA. But otherwise it will only get worse.
you need a letter from a lawyer. Otherwise, in the future, they will claim that strip of land as theirs.
Can you take the existing fencing that is on your side of the strip of land and move it to the other side of the strip of land? If B is telling you that their fence is not their responsibility, but rather yours, that would kick it to their side of the yard.
After looking at your drawing, how B can claim that the fence is not B’s responsibility when (1) they put it up, (2) it is an extension of the fence on their property and (3) you were not a party to any agreement that was made between A, B, and previous C, is a bit beyond my understanding, but IDK…
As others have said, the cheapest solution would be to run electric on the existing fence. And definitely keep that area mowed. You could even spray a strip of that fence line to eliminate grass altogether (just be prepared to deal with some weeds popping up).
As someone who also recently acquired a slightly run down farm and property, I totally understand the budget struggles (and the never ending project lists). However - in my opinion and experience, having a perimeter property fence is well worth being towards the top of a priority list. My perimeter fence line is shared with the neighboring properties 4 feral broodmares - my horses are in interior pastures as well so no contact, but it is nice having that extra layer of security in case one got out, or if something happened when I was out riding on the property. It is also just nice to have property lines very visually established - it eliminates the potential for a lot of potential conflict, and eliminates the ignorance excuse for trespassing (for example, if my neighbors lease their property out to a hunter, they can’t “accidentally” wander onto mine).
My perimeter fence (came with property, I didn’t buy it) is t-posts and field fencing with two strands of tight barbed wire across the top. While it’s not fencing I would use to contain my horses, it is very effective for its intended purposes and I would imagine pretty economical.
Doesn’t matter. Fence was originally built like that to avoid a very steep hillside. Both properties are large… a few feet one way or the other makes no difference. When someone rational and intelligent (am I asking too much?) buys the neighbour’s farm, they will fence the top side of the drop off.
We. You would be willing to just let neighbor use your land and possibly be able to claim it later?
Not me.
No one can use the land. It’s vertical. AND has water running out of it.
This is where I was with a neighbor. After about the 40th time their cows were on my property (and dogs, horses, alpacas…) I told them to solve it already, at which point they told me I was responsible for fixing half of the fence since it was a shared fence line. Except in this state, shared fence lines have to be used by both parties, and sensing the issue, I had fenced 10’ inside… so I asked which half was mine and I’d just remove it. They got rid of the cows. I have a whoooooole big thread about it that I can drag up and link, it has a lot of fence legalese. Plus some funny neighbor drama and other stuff.
