En Garde!

bdrlds

I just got into a battle royale with my neighbor over a fence. The neighbor has a chainlink fence that was covered in ivy which had grown onto my fence and compromised the wood. We therefore removed the fence and installed a brand new beautiful painted wood fence in place of the old. (The designer even asked the neighbors what color they'd like their side painted!) My neighbor was very upset about the ivy being removed (even though the good majority was on my property) and even more peeved that the "wrong" side of the fence faced out. Her chain link fence obscures the view, so I don't know why it's an issue to begin with. Just to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong, I called the Brooklyn Buildings Department, and there is no law that states on which side the fence should face. It's particularly silly to worry about that in Brooklyn when most of the fences simply face other fences. I tried to do the right thing by letting my neighbors know weeks ahead of time about the work I planned to do, but it simply opened a pandora's box. Good luck to anyone doing work in the future. Oh, and the ironic part.... her fence is also installed "wrong side out".

livetotravel

“As long as our civilization is essentially one of property, of fences, of exclusiveness, it will be mocked by delusions”
Ralph Waldo Emerson