Last week, my parents had one of those black painted aluminum fences installed. The neighborhood fence maximum height is 48″ so my parents purchased a 48″ fence to comply, despite them preferring the 60″ and 72″ versions more.
The day after the contractor completed the job, two elderly women walked right onto their property, a good 70 or 80′ from the road, and measured the fence compliance. What they (and I) didn’t realize is a fence is installed 1″ off that grass to allow room for the weed wacker to fit below the bottom rail. So the ladies knocked on their door to report their fence was approx 49″ everywhere they measured(without permission). It’s worth noting my Dad did tell the contractor they were limited to a 48″ fence at the time of hiring.
The women brought this to the HOA board yesterday and all 5 members politely told them to pound sand, and while technically they’re correct that the fence is 1″ too tall, the logic on why and materials purchased are correct and make sense.
Apparently this isn’t going to end here as one of the women called my Mom to say they need to remove the fence or she would get her attorneys involved, reason being she was forced to remove her 6′ vinyl privacy fence around her pool 18 months ago. So now she’s out for revenge I guess.
My Dad is waiting on the next shoe to drop, if any, but he knows for a fact, of the 115ish homes in this HOA, at least 20 or 30 have 4′ fences and many you can see are above the grass, just like his. This may actually become a gigantic war, over 1″.