My old townhome I shared the cost of one fence and got stuck alone with the other. One neighbour asked me if I wanted to split the cost of the fence, so I said sure as long as it wasnt done half-assed. Fence turned out great and since it was their idea and they hired the guy, I only had to pay for my half of the materials and no labour. Got a legit receipt and everything.
Other side was a different story. I approached my neighbour and told her I was putting a fence up and it would be great if she split the cost of the materials. I was going to have the same guy do it, so I showed her the receipt with what her cost would be (same as my half from the other side). She said "nope, not interested". Fence went up anyway and we just used the cruddy boards on her side.
About a week later she pulls the same thing with her neighbour on the otherside and wouldn't share the cost. She basically got a fully fenced yard for free. Now you can somehow make your neighbours share the cost, but I think its only the cost of a basic chainlink type deal. I couldnt be bothered.
In my new place, my 2 neighbours are both from old school Italian famailies and both have told me their dad/uncle/cousin/brother/etc will help build a fence so it prob wont cost much lol.
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