We built a home last year that sits behind another home. We have a
300 foot driveway between two front houses to get to our house. The
neighbor in front of us is a junk collector of sorts and has piles of
junk behind his garage. These piles are not visible to him but are a
terrible eye sore for us. So we used our tax return to buy a 6'
privacy fence to line the driveway and avoid seeing the junk. We
purchased 25 panels and because we started a little shorter than
originally planned (there was a large tree at the starting point) we
ended up going past the piles of junk. Now the two front neighbors
are angry that we have blocked their view of each other and want us to
remove 4-5 panels of the fence. I do feel bad about this b/c it was
not our intention to cause a problem, but those panels cost $100 each
installed to just throw away 4-5 of them is like throwing away $500.
Plus, we are planning to plant shrubbery and trees there anyway. Do we
have to get clearance from these to neighbors whenever we want to do
something in this area? The other option I thought of was to move the
fence panels to the beginning of the line just start on the other side
of the tree. That sounds good but that will cost money too. Money we
don't have. I've thought about asking them to pay for the panels or
the move, but I'm thinking this is just going to cause more trouble.
Any thoughts or suggestions?