"Ed Pawlowski" wrote in
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"Han" wrote
This must be locality-dependent. Around here (NJ), a fence must face
good side out, and be 1 foot or more inside the property line. Of
course, if 2 property owners agree to put up a single fence right on
the property line, you most likely can do that, but I am not sure
what happens when one of the properties changes hands.

Han

When I lived in Philly, fences were on the property line and cost was
often shared. Ownership was transferred with property. Many row
houses had fences in the back yard on the line if shared, inches
inside if not. Since some houses were only 16' wide, it was not
practical to put them a foot inside.

We've lived here now for 14 years (how time flies) http://radburn.org.
Our home is just to the left outside the picture on that home page. As
shown there, we have "park" at the rear of my property, where we removed
the ugly chain link fence. On one side we have 2 neighboring properties,
on the other one. The one neighbor has a fence on the property line,
which is theirs and which they maintain. On the other side, one of the
neighbors owns a path between my and the second neighbor's property, and
my fence there is 1 foot inside my property, away from that path. When
the second neighbor (who lived there before us) started to plant bushes
and other plants on the 1 foot strip between the path and my fence, we
made clear that that was on our property, but that it was OK as long as
the bushes were trimmed, and that we reserved the right to trim them as
we pleased. The bushes provide some figment of privacy. We all are
friendly, respectful of each other, and helpful to each other - which is
nice in this physically close neighborhood.

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Best regards
Han
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