Advice Please
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| 1 | We built in a new subdivision and have been living here for a year and a half now. Our neighbor's house was built by property developers then sold on. Once our new neighbor's moved in we noticed that their concrete pad was raised so high next to our boundary line that we can see their shoulders above when they walk past and the clothesline is half a meter above our fence height. Edited by loukelly at 2:57 pm, Wed 27 Jan loukelly - 2021-01-27 14:57:00 |
| 2 | The member deleted this message. funkydunky - 2021-01-27 14:59:00 |
| 3 | Brace yourself funkydunky - 2021-01-27 14:59:00 |
| 4 | funkydunky wrote:
For?? loukelly - 2021-01-27 15:03:00 |
| 5 | What about people walking on the footpath next to your front fence? Can they see into your property? trade4us2 - 2021-01-27 15:26:00 |
| 6 | *sidles in, sits down quietly, with popcorn, and waits*........ gregmran - 2021-01-27 15:27:00 |
| 7 | Lift your house half a metre? Problem solved. wachael1 - 2021-01-27 15:32:00 |
| 8 | Well maybe they did not like there driveway condition or compound, or maybe they want to park their truck on it, easier to concrete on top and cheaper msigg - 2021-01-27 15:34:00 |
| 9 | trade4us2 wrote:
no as the footpath is not raised as our neighbours is loukelly - 2021-01-27 15:56:00 |
| 10 | wachael1 wrote:
Perhaps this works in your head, but why waste your time with a response? loukelly - 2021-01-27 15:57:00 |
| 11 | gregmran wrote:
For?? Perhaps you should get a life... loukelly - 2021-01-27 15:58:00 |
| 12 | Dig a hole under the fence and slowly carve our under their slab until it drops again. They'll never notice. And all the soil you pull out? Just dig a hole in the back garden and bury it. sparkychap - 2021-01-27 15:58:00 |
| 13 | msigg wrote:
The neighbours didnt put the concrete down, the devolopers did, its as awkward for them as it is us. loukelly - 2021-01-27 16:00:00 |
| 14 | sparkychap wrote:
what is it in my original post that makes you presume im thick? loukelly - 2021-01-27 16:02:00 |
| 15 | *rocks on chair and munches popcorn quicker*..... gregmran - 2021-01-27 16:10:00 |
| 16 | loukelly wrote:
Well what do you think the solution is? Short of breaking up the concrete pad and digging down and relaying there isn’t one (other than waiting for your plants to grow). Hence the responses..... wachael1 - 2021-01-27 16:13:00 |
| 17 | loukelly wrote: put up a higher fence or plant a hedge that will grow quickly such as pittosporum lemonwood or griselinia. Edited by lakeview3 at 4:19 pm, Wed 27 Jan lakeview3 - 2021-01-27 16:17:00 |
| 18 | wachael1 wrote:
If we had a solution why would we be wanting the expert advise so far given on here. loukelly - 2021-01-27 16:18:00 |
| 19 | gregmran wrote:
you clearly need help loukelly - 2021-01-27 16:19:00 |
| 20 | loukelly wrote: I reckon. How old are some people? lakeview3 - 2021-01-27 16:20:00 |
| 21 | lakeview3 wrote:
Great advise! Ill look into it loukelly - 2021-01-27 16:22:00 |
| 22 | loukelly wrote: I never said presumed you were thick. Also never assumed you didn't have a sense of humour, either. But its quite simple - 1: check your council rules on max fence height and see if you can add a trellis onto the top the existing fence to break up the eye line view. 2: plant quicker growing trees (grissies are fast, but will still take a year or so to do the job quicklly) 3: investigate whether their concrete is too high but that going to be costly to fix and no one is going to want to entertain that idea. Personally I'd go for 1 and ensure you're on good terms with the neighbours. sparkychap - 2021-01-27 16:28:00 |
| 23 | You can buy fully grown trees, we used to do it when I was landscaping. Cost a fair bit but no waiting for them to grow. huggy5 - 2021-01-27 16:37:00 |
| 24 | loukelly wrote: once the plants are nice and settled give them some nitrophoska. Best not to give it to them in the height of summer or in the middle of winter though. We have privacy all the way around as the neighbours are close and one has a deck butted up to the fence. We have mostly pitto, griselinia, pseudopanax is another excellent screening shrub. All of these will handle a harsh chop back if you ever need to. The lemonwood pitto is especially hardy. This pseudopanax is very good for privacy but perhaps slower growing and not really a hedging plant but nice for variety of colour/texture lakeview3 - 2021-01-27 16:38:00 |
| 25 | huggy5 wrote: I have done that also but found the smaller ones actually grew faster than the larger plants. It’s very stressful on a large plant to establish itself and more prone to wind due to relation between foliage and root ball (foliage can be like a sail and rootball a small anchor) you want proportional size foliage/rootball. lakeview3 - 2021-01-27 16:40:00 |
| 26 | Rolleston allows up to 2m without consent on separating fences. Measure the existing fence and whack some of these up if possible: https://www.bunnings.co.nz/williams-trellis-2400-x-300-x-10m sparkychap - 2021-01-27 16:43:00 |
| 27 | I've noticed that the lacebarks I have planted have grown twice as fast as the pittosporums. They are already at 4 meters after a few years. The pittos are bushier though. apollo11 - 2021-01-27 17:05:00 |
| 28 | sparkychap wrote:
Is it from the highest level property, or the lowest on a split level border between two property's? These are just questions we were asking ourselves last week in a similar situation. marte - 2021-01-27 17:40:00 |
| 29 | If you both want it fixed just increase the height of the fence, don't worry about council rules as you both want it done so no one will complain. loud_37 - 2021-01-27 17:53:00 |
| 30 | If the shoulders aren’t particularly attractive, then a well placed statue might be the go. https://nypost.com/2013/11/16/man-erects-giant-middle-finger committed - 2021-01-27 18:03:00 |
| 31 | loud_37 wrote:
???????? lovelurking - 2021-01-27 18:20:00 |
| 32 | marte wrote: Generally the lowest marte wrote: Generally yes. marte wrote: Screw it in properly so it doesn't slope anywhere marte wrote: The use of "generally" means check your local plan and rules for your area. There can be differences. sparkychap - 2021-01-27 18:43:00 |
| 33 | wachael1 wrote: A huge cost to then find out they needed to lower the house half a metre. Be cheaper to get curtains for that side of the house and look out the other windows. Once the winter rain comes hopefully they will not hang there washing on the line. ash4561 - 2021-01-27 19:54:00 |
| 34 | Once our new neighbor's moved in we noticed that their concrete pad was raised so high next to our boundary line that we can see their shoulders above when they walk past Every time I see my neighbor's I rush out to talk to them. Keep them talking for as long as you can and you might find they crouch down when they walk past. ash4561 - 2021-01-27 20:04:00 |
| 35 | Install trellis / brush / bamboo type fencing above the existing fence to a suitable height. pico42 - 2021-01-27 20:11:00 |
