Should I leave or remove this section of fence?

[tradosaurus]

That's worth it even in my neck of the woods. The stopped making land a long time ago. All you need is 1 bad neighbor and you are screwed.

Truer words have rarely been said. We moved from the city to the country 3 yrs ago and I am so glad that we were able to buy 45 acres with the house in the middle (see picture below). The thought of living in a neighborhood with one bad neighbor is enough to make me grimace.

The OP is so correct about buying land near him for privacy.

Personally I think you need about 100 acres to really get privacy and away from the nearest neighbor. :laughing:

 

[Fuddy1952]

I did a similar thing here and you made a good decision. I'd like to see a picture maybe over there from your house and/or driveway. My case the fence was a 35 year old woven wire with barbed wire fence, posts rotting so I took it down. Some far off sections I left that were in good condition.
Sounds like yours if in good condition I'm with ones saying put in a gate.
From the aerial picture though "I have nice pipe fence where the blue lines are. I plan to build an identical pipe fence around the perimeter of the newly purchased 5 acres shown in red."
It seems like you wouldn't need to fence off the new 5 acres, just add to what you have to include the 5 acres.

 

[dennis103]

A quick story of a bad experience I had with merging properties into one deed. After a couple generations I ended up the owner of 30 plus acres on 4 different deeds all connected. I was convinced that merging them was going to save me money on taxes and insurance. That was MISS information. The first year after merger and paying lawyers and surveyors, my taxes actually went up. Talked to the tax accessor who told me the taxes would be less after the merge and she explained that I would have to pay for 2 first acres because my business and a home were on the same lot. Opposite of what she told me when I was asking about merging. Then she told me I would only have 1 first acre not 4 because of 4 deeds. Just last year when updating my insurance on the house I had to put commercial insurance on the house because it was on the same DEED as my business. Never again will I merge deeds they can't be divided as easily now because zoning laws change as time goes on. Keep your options open and don't merge them unless there is something YOU want to do and you can't without merging.

 

[ultrarunner]

One downside here is vacant parcels, lots,commercial,rental are subject to a new 6,000 yearly vacancy tax in addition to whatever the regular property tax

Several I know have combined or dumped property held for kids...

 

[lilranch2001]

Only in Cali.......

 

[Citydude]

Holy Moly! I cant hardly wrap my head around that. I had to read it twice...

One downside here is vacant parcels, lots,commercial,rental are subject to a new 6,000 yearly vacancy tax in addition to whatever the regular property tax

Several I know have combined or dumped property held for kids...

 

[bdog]

Here are a couple of pictures of the fence in question. The view is from my property looking east. It is my property (mowed), the fence, then the tall grass is the new 5 acres.

 

[bcp]

Holy Moly! I cant hardly wrap my head around that. I had to read it twice...

Oaklandç—´ vacant-property tax takes effect, sparking hope and alarm - SFChronicle.com

As San Francisco supervisors consider putting a vacant-property tax on the November ballot, Oakland is struggling with the reality of implementing one.

Oakland voters in November approved a tax that applies to any privately owned property in the city including residential, commercial and empty lots that is not "in use" for more than 50 days in a calendar year starting in 2019. The annual tax is $6,000 per parcel for most properties, regardless of size or value. The tax for condo or duplex units or ground-floor commercial space is $3,000 per year. There are 10 possible exemptions.



Bruce

 

[ovrszd]

bdog, I'd still remove the fence and tie my frontage together. Thanks for the pics.

 

[Citydude]

Oakland痴 vacant-property tax takes effect, sparking hope and alarm - SFChronicle.com

As San Francisco supervisors consider putting a vacant-property tax on the November ballot, Oakland is struggling with the reality of implementing one.

Oakland voters in November approved a tax that applies to any privately owned property in the city including residential, commercial and empty lots that is not "in use" for more than 50 days in a calendar year starting in 2019. The annual tax is $6,000 per parcel for most properties, regardless of size or value. The tax for condo or duplex units or ground-floor commercial space is $3,000 per year. There are 10 possible exemptions.



Bruce

Gee, the inner city have nots sticking it to the people that have. Not surprising.