My front gate fence post left orphaned by new development --who's responsible?
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Hopefully the image will explain better than my description. My fence post for the swinging gate to my basement stairs and alley used to abut my neighbor’s stairs. The developer tore down my neighbor’s stairs and set back the new building. This leaves my gate “swinging in the wind” — attached to nothing and serving no purpose. The way it is now invites people to walk down my basement stairs to do their business etc. The gate was covered with scaffolding for most of the construction, which they took down and poured new cement without a warning. They have been generally responsive to my issues, but just wondering if I have a case here for them to move my post over to where my stairs go down to the basement, or if it’s me who is left swinging in the wind…

phoffy
in General Discussion 6 years and 8 months ago
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resident2 | 6 years and 8 months ago
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Put a fence along the property line from your gate post to your building.
A gate right at the top of a set of stairs is always a pain. Plus there is no incentive for your neighbor to do a decent job of moving your gate. They are obviously not very neighborly or they would have spoken to you about how you could work together on it before they did what they wanted for their property.

mozeeatupu | 6 years and 8 months ago
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Your gate, your responsibility.