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New Fence starts
Oct. 24th, 2011 10:58 amThe guy came today to lay the framework for the new fence. It was good, but I got a bit of a shock. The first link was a dogleg in what looked like part of my backyard.
As it happened however, that was not the case. You can see in the photo above a white peg which is the surveyor's peg marking where the boundary should be. The previous owner and his son built the existing galvanised fence and it seems they got it wrong.
So in fact the existing fence was wonky, biting into my land at first and then in to next door's. And as it was built to an existing picket fence - that fence line was wrong as well, so for the last 14 years I've been using a small bit of next door's property!
Mind you I was still a bit upset when I first saw it. The real boundary line goes over what was the drain on the side of the nearest lawn, and the old Banana tree would have been right IN the fence. I'm going to have to re-think the drainage there. It wouldn't be product right now to rip up the front part of the fence and realign it, but it does explain a lot.
I was initially shocked because I expected the fence line to go straight to the peg at the back from where the old fence ended, but to do would rob Daryl of some of his land.
I am really looking forward to this being finished tomorrow.
As it happened however, that was not the case. You can see in the photo above a white peg which is the surveyor's peg marking where the boundary should be. The previous owner and his son built the existing galvanised fence and it seems they got it wrong.
So in fact the existing fence was wonky, biting into my land at first and then in to next door's. And as it was built to an existing picket fence - that fence line was wrong as well, so for the last 14 years I've been using a small bit of next door's property!Mind you I was still a bit upset when I first saw it. The real boundary line goes over what was the drain on the side of the nearest lawn, and the old Banana tree would have been right IN the fence. I'm going to have to re-think the drainage there. It wouldn't be product right now to rip up the front part of the fence and realign it, but it does explain a lot.
I was initially shocked because I expected the fence line to go straight to the peg at the back from where the old fence ended, but to do would rob Daryl of some of his land.
I am really looking forward to this being finished tomorrow.
