Moderators Kassandra RPM Alaska Posted September 28, 2018 Moderators Share Posted September 28, 2018 Joe Asked - Hello! I'm looking for advice from anyone that's had a fence put up in their rental property. I just bought a house (I will live in it for two years then put it up as a rental) and it has an amazing backyard. I had a survey done and found out that the backyard is even larger than expected. It turns out that I own a portion of a heavily wooded area. I spoke to a fencing company, and they told me that I would need to create a 3-foot wide path for the perimeter where I want to have my fence installed. At first glance, it looks like I'll need to chop down 5-6 large trees to meet this requirement. Another option I have is that I can fence in just the grassy portion of my land (leaving about 150 sqft unfenced), but I'm concerned that if I don't fence in my entire property, I might run into issues with property disputes in the future. Has anyone experienced a scenario similar to mine, that could offer me some advice? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trish Neal Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 You should talk to an attorney about that. It could be that by not including this property within the fenced property that you could be leaving it as "public domain" and the potential of losing that portion of the property. That's based only on what I know about if you allow use of a portion of property by the public it can end up no longer under your control. I would ask for legal advice rather than taking the word of the fence company or anyone else --- even me!! :-) Better to be safe than sorry. I would be glad to chat with you about that. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Matt Miller Posted September 28, 2018 Share Posted September 28, 2018 I would mark the corners and nail up a couple "no trespassing" signs if you don't fence it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Persinger Posted October 13, 2018 Share Posted October 13, 2018 You might just consider doing your fence at the edge of the current yard and run a wire mesh fence around through the trees at the actual edge of the property if you don’t want to cut the trees down 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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