What an A-hole. Guess he can’t afford a saw.

And those damn screws.

  • taiyang@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I imagine that’s still their property, given the fence in the foreground, but those screws sticking out could have been a great slip-and-fall style multi-million dollar lawsuit my just cutting yourself a little with a “rusty” screw. My building HOA got sued for less before I moved in, and insurance just caves without checking if it’s legit since that can just up the premiums.

    • iltoroargento@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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      4 months ago

      Yeah, lemme just make sure nobody shitty moves next to me really quick. I can certainly be afford to be picky about where I live in the current and future housing market, too.

      /s

      • southsamurai@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        4 months ago

        I think you missed the joke.

        See, there’s an old saying “good fences make good neighbors”, meaning that a fence allows neighbors to coexist with less friction since there are less opportunities for seeing and crossing into each other’s lives and yards.

        They flipped the saying around “good neighbors make good fences” because the fence here isn’t that good.

        It’s a nice little play on words and ideas, not then telling OP to get better neighbors

  • False@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Those exposed screws are way worse than the mismatched boards. Safety hazard

  • 3ntranced@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Had similar scenario this summer at new house. Solution? We built a 10 ft fence.

    Just add more wall when needed.

    • Drusas@fedia.io
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      4 months ago

      I don’t know many places that permit 10 ft fences. In more urban areas, you’re limited to six or eight feet.

      • 3ntranced@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        4 months ago

        Texas suburban cul-de-sac, one side is road facing with tree/shrub coverage so it’s not obstrusive from the roadway.

        The yard also sits probably a foot down from the main ground level so it doesn’t look out of place, the alternative would have been a 6/8 ft fence with like 2 ft vine trellace

        • Drusas@fedia.io
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          4 months ago

          the alternative would have been a 6/8 ft fence with like 2 ft vine trellace

          That’s what those of us who want a taller fence without breaking regulations do.

  • eran_morad@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    There’s nothing like arborvitae or boxwoods to create a green wall of serenity that hides an ugly neighboring lot or fence. Takes a few years to establish, but man, it’s well worth it. You never see the neighbor’s bullshit again.

  • ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Cut the screw ends off and toss them back on his side of the fence so he can find them with his bare feet.

  • 11111one11111@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    Its crazy how many peeps here cant see there are two separate fences with a no mans land gap between. It’s really weird because Ive seen this on properties more often then I would’ve expected I would.

    One of the most common scenarios ive seen this is when neighbor A has a pool and put the required perimeter fence for the pool but not at the property line. Also the pool and fence would be installed first. Then neighbor B put up a fence after and told the cobtractor to run their property line. I say contractor because they do as told by person paying, if it was diy fence by owner theu wouldve talked to neighbor and butted the fences back to back w/ no gap. It’d explain the neighbor not caring about the protruding screw out the back because they’ve never seen a single person between the two fences the entire time they put the fences up.

    Other scenarios are quick fix to contain animal till full fence replacing is installed. Or neighbor with bucktooth fence, from the picture angle, looks like they have no sight line to that part of fence from house and said fucked if I care.

  • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    I agree with all the people saying cut the screws flush. Its a safety problem and you’re doing him a favor