A harmonious relationship with your neighbors can help make your experience as a homeowner more enjoyable, but in some situations, conflict is inevitable. Take fences, for example. You might not have ...

Lots of ways to get gardeners riled up, mostly over stuff that we all agree to disagree on, including which way a fence is supposed to face. Or if you should have a fence at all. Sure, we often need ...

Summer may be over, but that doesn’t mean your yard maintenance stops. In fact, this is the season where fences and sheds are more prone to the brutal weather conditions, causing damage or general ...

Q: When we bought our home 33 years ago, we installed a privacy fence on the property line of our backyard. About 10 years later, our neighbor attached boards and building materials to our fence posts ...

When one Michigan family’s cherished lake cabin sat above neighbors who refused to respect boundaries, their yard envy slowly ...

Fences are often built right on top of property boundary lines, but this assumption can be dangerously misleading. Consider what happened to a property owner in Sacramento County who bought his dream ...

Generally, from a legal perspective, you don't need a neighbor's permission to install a fence within your own property lines. Don't assume you know where your property line falls! Get a professional ...

We already know putting up fences can be tricky territory for even the most friendly of neighbors. But once the fence is up, you’re by no means in the clear. What happens when you want to stain or ...

For those of us fortunate enough to live and work in Fauquier County, fences are a commonplace of the landscape. And yet, ...