V. Martinez
New Member
- Jurisdiction
- New York
Hello,
So I live in Glendale, Queens (NY) in a 2 family house. This year, we began making renovations, including our garage, our fence, new windows, new AC units, etc. My neighbor is a homophobe, anytime we do anything, we randomly get 311 notices. Nothing we have done is illegal. All done properly and spoken with lawyers.
Here's the situation; so we have a communal driveway, THAT IS NOT BEING USED BY EITHER SIDE HOUSES. So when we first moved inn, our neighbor closed off his backyard with a fence. His fence cuts off a quarter of his garage, way far from the property line. As far as I had looked up and asked the fence company employee, as long as it isn't on the property line, its fine, correct? So, the fence was just put up last week, beautifully done. The door is placed 2-4 inches AWAY from our property line, it does NOT extend down the driveway, just my fence door is there but it opens into our yard and it does not extend down the driveway. So I'm preparing for a bbq tomorrow and my neighbor comes out and tells us we have to take down our fence because its done incorrectly. Also, mind you, as stated before, my neighbor is a homophobe that has tried countless times to plant garbage, trash lids, and anything you can think of on our property. It's just myself and my wife and our young daughter, we stay indoors and barely go out. We bother nobody. So my question is, am I violating anything because of my fence? Again, it is 2-4 inches away from my property line, and the driveway is not nor has it ever been put to use..... I was told to get the house survey but my lawyer is away on vacation. Please help.
So I live in Glendale, Queens (NY) in a 2 family house. This year, we began making renovations, including our garage, our fence, new windows, new AC units, etc. My neighbor is a homophobe, anytime we do anything, we randomly get 311 notices. Nothing we have done is illegal. All done properly and spoken with lawyers.
Here's the situation; so we have a communal driveway, THAT IS NOT BEING USED BY EITHER SIDE HOUSES. So when we first moved inn, our neighbor closed off his backyard with a fence. His fence cuts off a quarter of his garage, way far from the property line. As far as I had looked up and asked the fence company employee, as long as it isn't on the property line, its fine, correct? So, the fence was just put up last week, beautifully done. The door is placed 2-4 inches AWAY from our property line, it does NOT extend down the driveway, just my fence door is there but it opens into our yard and it does not extend down the driveway. So I'm preparing for a bbq tomorrow and my neighbor comes out and tells us we have to take down our fence because its done incorrectly. Also, mind you, as stated before, my neighbor is a homophobe that has tried countless times to plant garbage, trash lids, and anything you can think of on our property. It's just myself and my wife and our young daughter, we stay indoors and barely go out. We bother nobody. So my question is, am I violating anything because of my fence? Again, it is 2-4 inches away from my property line, and the driveway is not nor has it ever been put to use..... I was told to get the house survey but my lawyer is away on vacation. Please help.