alright, I live in QLD and here's my story.
I built in a corner block with only two adjacent blocks. The back one is still empty, for sale and the side one is built but construction started 1 month after ours.
We have installed fence through the builder so the cost of it was included in the house construction contract. When our build started, the other block was still on sale. As soon as it sold and I noticed they put the builder sign, I contacted mine so they could contact them and sort it out.
My builder asked me to contact council and get the owner's details which I did and forwarded to them. I then never heard back from my build about that.
Once we moved in, I went back to them and asked for the paperwork so I could give it to my neighbours. They are now refusing to pay the full amount claiming they were never consulted about the fence and neither had a say on the type of fence. They are though willing to compromise and pay 30% of the total amount instead of 50%.
I definitely don't wanna take this to tribunal as I want to cultivate a good relationship with them however I wonder if they have any right in arguing that given we started building before their block was even sold and the estate covenant also required us to install a specific type of fence.