Our build is about 2 months in now. The other side and rear of our property is fenced. We need to approach our neighbors at some stage after both houses are built to erect the middle fence.

Thanks for the very good advice Beas! I know how important it is to have good neighours. Our current neighbours where we live at the moment are like family and it’s been great to be surrounded by people you can trust. It’s going to be sad to move once our house has been built

This is going back a long time now, so much has happened since I…[Read more]

Family B believed that “sharing all fence costs” was correct and commonly used by property developers and had assumed family A was on the same page from day one. After the disagreement they also spoke with a developer who said they were correct and family A were wrong in thinking otherwise.

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Does anyone else have an opinion or advice on my post?

Didn’t think it was necessary at the time. We had a clear understanding of how it should work and the other family had theirs and unfortunately here we are.

Yes we have all the CGT and GST aspects sorted thanks for asking

An agreement was drafted by the conveyancer stating who owns which side of the property based on the agreement made from the draw. We are in the process of getting the subdivision finalised.

So if you were Family B, would you expect or assume Family A is automatically liable to pay half of your fence?

So if you were Family B, would you expect or assume Family A is automatically liable to half of your fence?