[muawiyah]

The law is well-known in the suburbs too. However, it's not so much anyone wants to strongarm a neighbor into paying half, it's to keep your neighbor out of the decision of what kind of fence, or exactly where it will be placed.

The solution is to place the fence at least 6" inside the property line (which has to do with a law concerning surveying standards).

You will notice as you drive around Virginia that in many urban areas many lots are separated by two different kinds of fencing!

The way these folks should have dealt with this Ames character is to plan for a STRONGER fence, and then stiffed him with half the bill. Or, alternatively, immediately after construction begun "maintenance" on the fence he placed and simply send him bill after bill after bill.

[digger48]

I didn't know it worked that way in the 'burbs too. Never really thought about that. I can picture needing the best available product, if I only had to pay half-price.

Nothing like a little tension between neighbors whose houses and lives are mere feet apart.