What is the name of your state? Alabama
Both our neighbour and ourselves bought houses from the same person a year apart. Our neighbour didnt get a survey, she got her survey from the original owner. They put up a fence on what they thought was their property. We bought our house and got a survey only to find that their fence is on our property, starting right on the property line at one corner and going on to our property at the other end by 0.8". We spoke to a lawyer and they said that it wasnt worth upsetting the neighbours over just as soon as we move in, so we left it till Hurricane Ivan came (4 yrs later).
The hurricane blew some of our trees over on to their property crushing the fence and one that was hanging over their property but not endangering their house. The neighbour came over one morning and asked when were we going to have the dangerous tree cut down as they wanted their fence to be put back up and didnt want the tree falling on it. We said we will get it done asap, which we did. After all that was done I put a letter in to their mail box with a copy of our survey showing where their fence was and could they put it back on their property. 2 days later the fence was put back up on our property. A week or so later I got a letter asking where I got the survey from and would I be willing to get a survey done as she didnt believe the copy Id given her. So I went round with another copy of our survey stating that it was on our property and we wanted it moving. Its still there, how long should I give her to move it and should I get a lawyers letter to make it more official.
Is there anything in the laws stating that fences CAN be put on the property line?
Both our neighbour and ourselves bought houses from the same person a year apart. Our neighbour didnt get a survey, she got her survey from the original owner. They put up a fence on what they thought was their property. We bought our house and got a survey only to find that their fence is on our property, starting right on the property line at one corner and going on to our property at the other end by 0.8". We spoke to a lawyer and they said that it wasnt worth upsetting the neighbours over just as soon as we move in, so we left it till Hurricane Ivan came (4 yrs later).
The hurricane blew some of our trees over on to their property crushing the fence and one that was hanging over their property but not endangering their house. The neighbour came over one morning and asked when were we going to have the dangerous tree cut down as they wanted their fence to be put back up and didnt want the tree falling on it. We said we will get it done asap, which we did. After all that was done I put a letter in to their mail box with a copy of our survey showing where their fence was and could they put it back on their property. 2 days later the fence was put back up on our property. A week or so later I got a letter asking where I got the survey from and would I be willing to get a survey done as she didnt believe the copy Id given her. So I went round with another copy of our survey stating that it was on our property and we wanted it moving. Its still there, how long should I give her to move it and should I get a lawyers letter to make it more official.
Is there anything in the laws stating that fences CAN be put on the property line?
