Thread: Timber fence on Boundary

Originally Posted by SkyHook

My neighbour and I are amicably building a timber fence along our boundary, and splitting the cost. There is no existing fence. We are in suburbia.

Can anyone help out letting me know where to position the posts, or palings, relative to the boundary line. I know the exact line of the boundary.

Thanks

Mark

Its 50/50 isnt it?
Half on your side half on theirs?

The face of the rails are on the boundary.

Tools

Thanks guys,

Opinions seem to vary a lot, but considering your replies, and after a bit of net surfing, it appears that -

The centre of the posts go along the boundary line.

If anyone knows for sure that this is wrong, please let me know.

Cheers,

Mark

As Al said ech neighbour gets half the fence,
By calculating the volume of timber in the fence it works out that the boundary is, as Tools said.

The face of the rails are on the boundary.

Originally Posted by echnidna

As Al said ech neighbour gets half the fence,
By calculating the volume of timber in the fence it works out that the boundary is.

This might be one for Stirlo or Wongo

I'd got with Face of the Post
or
Face of the Rails

Here, the fences go where they want to once the Ground opens up with all the Dry.
Vertical they are NOT!

I really don't thing it matters, as long as you and your neighbor agree. I think the council accept 50mm either way. ( I think).

I'ts good you both agree and a halving the cost. I'm in a new area and my neighbours want something different. I'm just gunna bite the bullet and build what I want I my land and then have to foot the whole bill.

Out here what seems to be accepted,
is that each pays for half of the Fence which is 'Normal' to that neighbourhood.
You want something better;
then that person pays the difference.
Else you go to Small Claims Court

face of post is face of rails for a normal paling fence

Originally Posted by echnidna

face of post is face of rails for a normal paling fence

Here in NSW the rail is not usually checked into the post. It looks horrible, in my opinion - but that's how they do it.

I am ex-Victorian, and in Vic we used to check the rail in, so the face was flush with the post.

I will build my fence the Victorian way, so the face of the post, and the face of the rail, will go right along the boundary.

Thanks everyone for your help

Cheers

Mark

Thats correct ....face of the post forms the boundary line.....