Browse Forums Building A New House 1 May 26, 2012 8:26 pm hi all, We are expecting to move in to our new house in 2 weeks. For security and privacy reason, we wanted to put up the fence on day 1. The problem is our rear is a bit high, so my neighbour at the back wants to build a masonry retaining wall before I can put up the fence. Is this something that I should wait? What if they are not finishing in a few months? I don't want to move in a house where in everyone can access our house from the back. Besides, we have an outdoor dog as well. He is saying that he can organise the masonry retaining wall in 4 weeks. Re: neighbour's rear retaining wall 2May 27, 2012 12:37 pm Masonary wall would be awesome than a quick fix day 1 fence. I think it's a problem almost everyone faces with fences when they move in yet it ends up history as time flys by so quickly even if it's a couple of months. I'd be more worried if I didn't have an outdoor dog to protect the back of property while the fence is being put up you can get big 20-30 metre leads that allows your dog to be free with out running away. Thank you again Simeon.. I will call my certifier for that. Have a good day 4 5197 Hi All, see above image. The required setback from the rear boundary in my case is 5m, as you can see the shape of the site and location of the boundary is slightly… 0 8463 |