Two related questions re fences.<\/p>\n
My Cobble Hill neighbors are adding a large addition to their small row house (one of 4 including ours.)<\/p>\n
1. They claim our fence, which was built along the line of the jury-rigged fence that pre-existed our ownership (I have pics) is inside their property at one end. With their new construction they want to take down the whole fence, see below, and “move our fence” within what they claim is the property line. I was once told that if a fence existed in a certain area for a certain length of time that it was yours, so to speak. We have been in our house nearly 15 years, we put the fence in at least 13 years ago, our neighbors have been in the house far less than that. Can they really move our fence? How can I find out before something happens?<\/p>\n %<\/span><\/span> | %<\/span><\/a> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two related questions re fences. My Cobble Hill neighbors are adding a large addition to their small row house (one of 4 including ours.) 1. They claim our fence, which was built along the line of the jury-rigged fence that pre-existed our ownership (I have pics) is inside their property at one end. With their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":50911,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"schneps_byline":"","schneps_post_style":"","schneps_post_source":"","schneps_syndicated_read_more":"","schneps_post_source_sitename":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_html":"","schneps_syndicated_thumb_src":"","schneps_post_source_shortname":"","schneps_post_source_url":"","schneps_post_source_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[167],"tags":[],"districts":[],"class_list":["post-43954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building_code"],"acf":[],"parsely":{"version":"1.1.0","canonical_url":"https:\/\/brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/05\/moving-fences\/","smart_links":{"inbound":0,"outbound":0},"traffic_boost_suggestions_count":0,"meta":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","headline":"Moving Fences","url":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/05\/moving-fences\/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.brownstoner.com\/forum-archive\/2010\/05\/moving-fences\/"},"thumbnailUrl":"","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":""},"articleSection":"Building Code","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Gardener1"}],"creator":["Gardener1"],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Forum Archive","logo":""},"keywords":[],"dateCreated":"2010-05-07T13:50:36Z","datePublished":"2010-05-07T13:50:36Z","dateModified":"2010-05-10T09:17:13Z"},"rendered":"