6 Inches Cost This Woman Over $5,000!

TL;DR

A neighbor dispute over a fence that encroached onto the property line ended up costing one neighbor $5,000.

Transcript

I'm going to tell you a story about how six inches cost someone five thousand dollars and this is about an encroaching fence I'm Tiffany Weber I'm a real estate attorney in Mooresville North Carolina at Thomas and Weber and this story comes from of all places People's Court my husband sent me a tick tock that was showing this a neighbor dispute abo... Read More

Key Insights

• 🇨🇷 Properly conducting a property survey before installing a fence can prevent future neighbor disputes and potential costs.
• 👻 Creating an encroachment agreement between neighbors can help resolve conflicts and allow fences or structures to remain in place despite minor encroachments.
• 🫥 Building structures over property lines without permission can lead to legal complications and financial consequences.
• ⏫ Double standards and retaliatory actions can escalate a simple dispute into a costly legal battle.

Questions & Answers

Q: How did the neighbor dispute over the encroaching fence start?

The dispute began when the first neighbor realized that the second neighbor's fence was over the property line by six inches.

Q: How did the second neighbor respond to the request to move the fence?

The second neighbor agreed to move the fence, acknowledging the encroachment and spending around $2,500 to relocate it entirely onto their own property.

Q: What led to the first neighbor building their pool fence two inches over the property line onto the second neighbor's property?

In response to the second neighbor's fence relocation, the first neighbor built their pool fence two inches onto the second neighbor's property, claiming that the second neighbor made them move their fence.

Q: How did the judge handle the dispute on People's Court?

The judge pointed out the double standard of the first neighbor, who demanded the second neighbor move their fence six inches over the property line, but refused to move their own pool fence only two inches onto the second neighbor's property.

Summary & Key Takeaways

• A neighbor had a pool that needed to be fenced in, while the other neighbor had already put up a fence two years prior.

• The first neighbor discovered that the second neighbor's fence was six inches over the property line and requested it to be moved.

• The second neighbor complied and moved the fence, but in retaliation, the first neighbor built their pool fence two inches over the property line onto the second neighbor's property, resulting in a dispute and $5,000 in costs.