g'day liz,

difficult in the case of pensioners if they are a limited income like
that and have no resources behind them. maybe at the very least they
could pay a small amount to you each fortnight/month? or just write it
off to being a good neighbour?

with the landlord that could be difficult but hope not.

in fence deals the neighbour need only pay their 1/2 of a standard
sort of fence anything above the norm' is you responsibility eg.,. the
norm' can be determined by the sort of fencing commonly used and
cheapset in your neighbourhood. but at all times keep away from
litigation just keep communication channels open with your neighbours.

of course if worse comes to worse and you want a particular type of
fence and a neighbour says 'no way jose' you can build your fence just
on the inside of that common boundry. but you cannot remove any part
of that old fence.

to pull the old one down by hand is probably going to be panel by
panel and splinters or hire a bobcat and use machine muscle lots
faster might be a bit more dearer, considering you will expend lots
less energy and no need for you to cart it to the dump wherever the
bobcat man can do that. and he can drill you new post holes while he
is there.



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With peace and brightest of blessings,

len

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