Forum Archive

When we bought the house last summer we got the survey that showed our property line which is the row of bushes. Now in front of the row of bushes is a chain link fence then a wood fence. I guess none of the other previous owners could have been bothered with removing the old fences.
Our neighbor, who is old, is NOT SO nice. That description is being generous. She has threatened to sue more than a few of people on the block. She has even called the Buildings Department on her other neighbor. Also called them on the previous owner per the public record. Now many of these complaints were from when she was a bit younger. She is making our life very difficult.
So my questions is how do I go about getting the fence pushed back to the property line. I am told that since the bushes are the line I do need her permission which was made very clear by her screaming and yelling at me and threating to sue me that I can not take them down.

What can I do? The owner has made it very clear that she is not giving us an inch and even feels that our fences infringe on her property line and our survey is “fake”.

From the bushes to the wood fence is 1’7″ basically that is wasted space that no one is using because of the bushes and fence. Also the owner’s yard is a complete disaster. Filled with leaves and debris. She does not use the area and has not had that yard cleaned in who knows how long. All her landscaping or lack of it is all overgrown and out of control.

What can we do???