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Originally Posted by Patty55
If Happinow paid for an unobstructive view, then she has a complaint, but what exactly is her problem? Look at the bright side, you're getting some free landscaping.
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Unless you buy a large pie-shaped lot, I don't see how anyone could be guaranteed a totally unobstructed view. I think the problem is more about fear of what a neighbor may do in the future rather than an existing problem. E.G., potentially not keeping the shrubs trimmed to four feet.
Someone who buys a lot that backs on golf course can control what is planted on their own lot, so that they have an unobstructed "straight-ahead" view. However a neighbor also has a right to enjoyment of their lot and view. And I believe that includes the right to build a birdcage, providing it stops at least ten feet from the property line. Or plant shrubs keeping back from the property line, as long as they keep the bushes trimmed to four feet.
With a "fence" of shrubs, Happinow will not have to look at two large dogs cavorting in the yard next door. So this could possibly be a good thing. Perhaps the neighbor is trying to be responsible, and may well decide to put in invisible fencing within the shrubbery.
I think that trying to control what neighbours do with their lot will just lead to neighbors "taking sides", and eventually to a divided neighborhood which I think would be very unpleasant. We all want to spend our golden years in a harmonious stress-free environment. Compromises may be required to achieve this.