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Originally posted by sudesingh

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Originally posted by PakistaniEngineer
Also please advise that is my neighbour supposed to pay 50% expenditure of errecting fence; and if yes then what are my alternatives if he refuses to contribute?

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The neighbour is not obliged to pay 50% of the cost. My neighbour refused, and I had no choice buy to pay 100%

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You can ask but may not be a good time for the neighbor and they may not be in a position to pay.

In any case it does not seem prudent to antagonize the neighbors on moving into the locality.

My cedar fence fell down in a storm last year and the neighbor offered to pay. I refused since the fence was mine anyway. The neighbor(and others from other houses not adjacent to mine) ended up giving me a hand to put the fence up again. Atleast 4-8 hrs of tiring work between them. Its always good to be on friendly terms with neighbors.

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Having worked in a surveying firm in Canada, I may add that most of the properties have corners 'marked' with big iron nails in the ground. We used to find them with some digging. Alternatively we were using magnetic detector to locate these iron pegs; and off course sometime they were simply missing. You may want to give it a try before anything.

Ben

To further add to Ben's posting ( as I am working in an Architectural company and my job is mainly to locate site bundaries):
1. I have never come across any by=laws wrt to fencing on the interior lots. Hence I assume that it is to be done by who ever wants it.
2. On corner lots, the builder is to provide the fence.
2a. There is no Architecture control guidelines regarding any sort of fencing for the interior lots unless they abut areas other than housing lots (like Hydro lands, park etc...)
3. On ravine rear ending lots, the builder is to provide 1.8 m high black vinyl chain link fence
4. The survey plan , Site plan gives the site boundary from the house. As per ben's statement you can locate the corners for double checking.
5. A call to the municipality (either planning dept.or Fencing dept.) can give you some specific info.. As each municipality has diff. rules, it is better to put in a call.
6. I am sure that chain link fence will be cheaper than wooden fence . Of course, Chain link fence will not leave any visual privacy. In India, we used to use chicken mesh fence which is even cheaper.
7. In Malaysia, they use Chain link fence throughout (sides, rear and front) so that you donot visually restrict your boundaries.
Hope this helps.

TK A

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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.

Thanks all for valuable replies.

I have the survey plan (survey done in 2005), however, the problem is still unresolved because I can not find the actual boundary limits on ground.

I called the Kitchener city govt and they say that they are not supposed to come to mark the boundary line for errecting fence; also they say I dont need any permission to errect a fence . In short, city govt says it is not their problem, and I need to resolve with the neighbour. Well the problem is that I have pie-shaped lot so my backyard touches with four differnt neighbours.

Any suggestions now???

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A. Malik

PakEngineer,
Is the house that you bought a new house or a old one? If it is a new house, you can ask the builder to help you in this (of course, they will do nothing for Free but they can point you to the right persons).
If it is a pie shaped lot and you canot manually draw the boundaries, then you need the help of a surveyor to help you to locate the site boundaries. Surveyor's cost a ton of money. they may ask more to survery the boundary of the lot than the cost of the fence itself.
I live in the KW area and if you want I can come to your house and try to locate the site boundary using crude rudimentary techniques (such as the 5-3-2 rule, the technique of drawing a square in the ground and then diagonally connecting the edges to form a 45 degree line). Please note that this is a free service and I should not be held responsible if I do it wrong. I am available only on weekends. Please PM me your contact details.
What I need from you (if you need my help ) is this :
1. Measuring tape (10 or 20 m in length depending on how far your boundaries are)
2. Big nail and hammer to mark the corner of your lots
3. Thread
3.a I have an infra red marker and I shall bring it (I am not sure if it will work for calculating lot boundaries.
4. ALso please visit Canadian tire / Rona and find if they have any special equipment for marking site boundaries.

Also I would recommend that you get in writing from all your neighbours (who are abuting your land) that they have no problem with you erecting a fence.

Hope this helps.

TK A

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I am a Gents and not a Ladies.

I have similar problem where I have new house and last year three sides of fence was erected but fourth side's neighbor refused.
Now it is summer again and we have three sides covered and one side open to this neighbor's backyard, who is not very friendly and avoiding the eye contact. His argument is that he wants to get it done by one contractor who is more expensive than the quote i have.
He is saying about"workmanship"
I am nor sure what to do... As i want my backyard covered asap.
Any suggestions..