Can we take down a boundary fence and not put up a new one?
The boundary fence between our neighbor’s house and ours is in bad shape. The fence is inside our property line. She has renters in the house right now and they are complaining to her about it. Neither she or we can afford to put up a new wood fence, in fact she is getting pretty ticked off at how demanding the renter is becoming. The renter thinks it’s "too ugly" and is threatening to withhold the rent if she doesn’t do something. She wants a brand new wood fence. Could we (after talking to the landlord) just take the fence down? Or put up a chainlink fence instead?
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You as owner can remove the fence. It is not the renters decision what kind of fence is there. You can replace it with chain link or not put a fence up at all. She has no rights to demand anything of you. She cannot withhold rent because of this issue. But that is the landlords problem to deal with.