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If you are set on getting your money then your next letter should state that this is the fial notice and if you do not recieve payment by such and such a date than yor next correspondence with them will be through your lawyer.

It is a contract.

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Adrienne & Ryan

Hi!
The exact same thing happened to us last year. We purchased the biggest pie shaped lot on our street and wanted to get a fence. I had to go around and speak to 6 different houses about it. All agreed. A few days before the post hole guys were scheduled to come one of our neighbours left a message saying "sorry, but it wasn't in their budget this year". But a few days before I was in their house and they said that fences make good neighbours and they didn't want to look bad by declining! Then all throughout the summer we watched them install a deck, stamped concrete for their driveway and pathway, install 2 sheds, buy a new truck and buy 2 trees! They even put a gate on part of the fence they got for free on the other side! Can you believe this??

What a nightmare situation, my sympathies go out to anyone who has had to endured that. What is wrong with people that they can live with themselves doing this.
Luckily I had no such issues with my neighbours who are all fantastic. I didn't spearhead the fence movement, a couple of them took charge and I couldn't imagine any circumstance in which I would have left them hanging like that and I was not in a very good financial situation at the time, but I wasn't going to make that their problem.
I wish I could offer advice that would prove helpful, but all I can suggest is sinister ways to get revenge that is probably best left to the imagination. Other than that, I would definitley look at my legal rights. Whether or not it proves to be worth it, I don't know, but I'd look into it all the same.
I can only suggest for others in the future: if you're the one organizing it, take deposits from everyone. If a neighbour is hesitant to give you a deposit, that might be a warning sign. Invite them to be equally involved in the organization of this so that they know you're not trying to rip them off.
Good luck with it!
S.

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just curious as to why one person would have put up the money upfront and didnt get cheques from everyone to the fencing company for their share?

I was actually wondering about this, myself. I am a first time home buyer, I've never done this before and don't know what the protocol is. Who approaches who first, how it all works. Etc.

I assumed the cost would be shared by whomever the fence was shared with, but I guess you have to sort out when everyone has enough $$ to go ahead as well. One person cannot FORCE the other person to pay for a fence they may not be able to afford just at the time, right? Can they? If you are approached, you do have the right to say "now is not a good time" if you cannot afford the cost just then, right?

Or do you have to do whatever your neighbor wants without question?

D.

Thank you. So it seems most expedient if both parties agree in advance, or the party who does not agree ends up having to pay 50% of a fairly nominal amount. Cheers for the link.

D.

Is the fence on your property or is it stradling the property line.

A good neighbour of mine told me a neat trick that the town had told a person who whas having a fencing problem. That was to paint the fence bright flourecent pink on the side that wouldn't pay for the fence, then see how fast they would pay & paint the fence another colour. The only concern would be...what if that person likes bright florecent pink

Tim

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I have heard that if you contact the city they will add the cost of the fence to their property tax believe it or not. Now I'm not 100% sure but I would look into this, then the government pays you.

See the Ministry of municipal affairs.

If a contract was made even verbally you will win a case.

There have been many conversations about putting up a fence.

All of them result in.. Read the by-law. It documents in there who is responsible for what, and what to do when those responsibilities are not met.

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Excellent, good for you!
S.