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http://www.lawaccess.govt.nz/Chapter/fencing/45-Neighbour-Disputes/1-Fences
How do I get my neighbour to share the cost of a fence?
First talk to your neighbour to see if they will agree to sharing the costs of the work.
If your neighbour doesn’t agree to this, there’s a formal process you can follow, set out in the Fencing Act 1978, to require your neighbour to contribute. You start this process by giving your neighbour a “Fencing Notice”.
What if my neighbour doesn’t reply to my Fencing Notice?If your neighbour doesn’t send you a Cross-Notice within 21 days after getting your Fencing Notice, the law assumes that they agree with the proposals in your Fencing Notice. You can then begin work on the fence and recover the cost from your neighbour, as set out in your Fencing Notice.
When can I start work on the fence?You can start work on the fence:
- 21 days after you gave your neighbour the Fencing Notice, if they haven’t responded with a Cross-Notice by that time, or
- if they’ve given you a Cross-Notice, as soon as the differences are resolved by agreement or by the Dispute Tribunal or the courts.
Your neighbour doesn’t have to contribute to the cost of any work you do before this time.
Sample Fencing NoticeYour Fencing Notice doesn’t have to follow this sample exactly. It is a guide to the type of information that must be included.
To [owner or occupier, of [address]].
Please take notice that I desire that a/the fence be erected/repaired between your property and my adjoining property at [address] in accordance with the following particulars:
- Further description of the boundary to be fenced.
- Type of fence [if desired specify one of the specimen fences in the Second Schedule to the Fencing Act 1978, or specify any other type desired].
- Method of construction [for example, by a contractor, or by one or both neighbours].
- Estimated total cost [to be shared half each, or, if different shares are proposed, specify those shares].
- How the materials are to be bought or supplied, and how they are to be paid for.
- Date when the work is to start.
Within 21 days after the date you receive this notice you may object to any of the above particulars and make your counter-proposals.
Within the same time period, if you claim that you are not liable to pay for fencing, you may notify me accordingly and supply the name and address of the person who is liable for fencing in connection with your property.
If no objection is received I will proceed with the fencing in accordance with this notice, and you will be deemed to have agreed to the proposals set out in this notice, and will be liable to share the cost accordingly.
This notice is given under the Fencing Act 1978.
Dated this ............ day of ............................... 20 .......
Signed .................................................... |
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