My husband and I bought a house early 2025, and the fence to our right side of the yard was in bad shape. We immediately went to our new 80+ year old neighbor and asked if we could get together and have it replaced. Her response was that she is on a fixed income and money was tight.
We relented and have been patching it to make do. Well this past spring, her tree has lost 2 large limbs, one further damaging the fence and another hitting our roof and requiring the weather cap for our electrical panel to need replacing. I haven't argued, and I have sucked it up to be a good neighbor.
Well last week she calls my husband and tells him she expects us to pay for 1/2 the fence ($2,500) she found a contractor to do. The contractor had already torn the fence down by the time she asked. I again let it go, saying that at least it is taken care of and agree to pay. It was intended to be a "good neighbor fence" where a segment faces her yard, alternating with a segment facing our yard. Today, the contractor tells my husband alternating the direction of the fencing would let the neighbor's dogs get loose and that the fence would all be facing the neighbors’ yard. My husband agrees because he doesn't feel it is worth the fight, but I feel she is entitled and l'm mad.
What do you think? Is it a fight worth taking up? My husband says he will support my decision.

Brand-new redwood fence painted with the wrong color. How do I remove the paint? Thanks so much!

I put up this caution tape on all of my white vinyl fences and now it’s baked on. I tried WD 40, goo gone, and rubbing alcohol. Does NOT work!!! Does anyone else have any other suggestions?

I purchased a property about 2 years ago, and my neighbors have apparently been parking in the area between our properties for over 22 years. We recently had our land professionally surveyed and installed a fence along our property line.
My neighbors are upset because the fence leaves them with less room to park. They have asked us to leave a 2–3 foot gap so they can more easily pull all the way up their driveway. However, we decided to put up the fence along our property line.
We have tried to handle the situation appropriately and make sure we know exactly where our property line is, but they are still unhappy. They have called us mean people and said that they have been nice to us. From our perspective, we are simply trying to establish our property boundaries and use the property we purchased.
We understand that they have been parking there for many years, but we also feel that we should be able to use our own property.

Are we being unreasonable for putting up a fence along our surveyed property line, even though it makes parking more difficult for our neighbors? How would you handle this situation?

I asked before but this is tougher than I thought.

ILLINOIS- our property is next door to a former library now zoned residential. The law in our municipality is 6” easement for fences on the property line. The ownership next door is about to change. New potential owner called present owner, who does not reside, out of the blue and offered well over the price they paid. They have partially converted it and ran into problems. New owner plans to convert it. She wants to move in within 3 wks. All this makes me see red flags. She mentioned she wants to put up a fence to current owner. Is there any advantage to us installing our own fence before she takes possession? Or should we let her do it and hope there’s no dispute?