Update: Neighbors feud over 4cm of property: 'I'm going to make him replace his whole fence'

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    Neighbor was petty on property limits... now I'm going to make him replace his whole fence
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    When my contractor installed the fence around my property, he made a mistake and went over the property line by 4cm, along my neighbors' hedge. My neighbor made a fuss of it, and even dragged us to court (we lost, obviously - he was petty, but that's the law).
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    However, we found out today that his dog is amongst the "dangerous breeds", so his fence should be 2m high, with a concrete base, around all of his property. Turns out the current one is 1m40, with no base. Guess what complaint I'm going to file with the police?
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    (I have 3 small kids who like to play in the yard, and he has trained his dog to bark whenever they go outside. He's a heinous guy, for real.)
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    EDIT: I see quite a few people saying I "encroached on his land". To be completely clear, we're talking 4cm in a 10m line, so that's 0.04 0.4 square meters. (bad math) *My contractor told me he wouldn't move it because that's in the margin of error for plans, and it's along a hedge! (edit to the edit, because I just woke up brain no work good)
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    Last Edit before I let this die on its own: I wasn't set on revenge. Like I said, we lost, fair and square, because the law is the law. BUT, since he always yelled about the law and his rights, what a hypocrite to abstain from mentioning he is in violation too. So, since we were both in violation of property limit law, I'm only making sure we all end in compliance.
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    Update: Neighbor was petty on property limits... This is an update to this post. Surveyor came today to install the new boundary markers. And in a very happy (for us) twist, they were actually "stealing" more land from us than we were from them, just on the other stretch of our shared
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    limit. Their fence was off by 2° over 17 mètres, meaning overall they took over our property by 5.1 square meters. And the back of their shed is too close to the line of the new survey according to zoning regulation.
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    We are laughing. It's hysterical for us that they went to all the trouble of making us pay for a survey over 0.4 square meters, but are going to end up losing part of theirs, maybe have to tear their shed (not sure yet if we're going to be magnanimous on this point and not report them on that), and of course, the dog-proof fencing all around their property.
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    So to all the people saying I was "stealing from them", I hope you have enough stones to throw their way too. EDIT: I won't comment on this post or justify myself.
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    smurfgrl417. Report the shed. Report it ALLLLLL. Dude wanted to get legal..... LET'S GET LEGAL!!!!
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    UnlawfulSloth. Jumping on the top comment to say that you should report them, not to be more petty, but because it could affect you selling your home in the future.
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    really4got My mom had neighbors who insisted that my moms fence was over their property line so they hired and paid for a survey that showed the property line was actually around 2 feet into their yard so of course my mom had the old fence torn down and put up a new one smack dab on the line and took away 2 feet of "their" yard
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    4linosa NO MAGNANIMITY. This clown did their best to you over because of 4cm behind a hedge. He should have PRECISELY the same standard applied to him, period. He needs to build his fence properly AND tear down/ move his shed.
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    If you haven't rebuilt your fence I would wait until he builds his so you can save yourself some money. It would be awesome if your fence builder would build the new fence with the same 4cm encroachment into the neighbor's yard.
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    Wieniethepooh. All that for a 4 cm line that was behind his hedge? That's some FAFO right there!
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    Opinionsare. A similar situation happened with a co-worker. His neighbor's property included a right of way onto the farmer's field. Neighbor tried to reset his property by measuring from near side of right away instead of the far side of the right away. Neighbor claimed about 10' of co- worker's yard and built a fence.
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    My co-worker had a survey done and the line was actually about 25' past the fence. Neighbor was forced to move fence, and lost 15' of his yard, because he tried to steal an additional 10'.

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