I'm seeking opinions on something.
The wife and I are currently on different sides of a fence (pun intended) about our back fence. You can look through our photos and notice that the sides of our yard are fenced off by a 6ft privacy fence. On the rear, the 6 ft tapers down to a 4ft that goes the length of the back yard.
Here is a picture I've posted before showing the fence height.
Obviously right now it is taken down while construction is going on. The reason for the 4 ft is because when we built the house, we didn't have anyone behind us...just that open pasture and woods. So the the lower fence allowed us a greater view of the "country" while on our backporch while sectioning off our lot and keeping out the critters (except the annoying armadillos).
We've been going back and forth on whether or not we want them to just put back the 4ft fence or go back with a matching 6 foot fence.
I'm of the opinion to keep the 4 ft fence for the following reasons:
- I think we need to take advantage of having the rearmost lot of our neighborhood. We are gaining a neighbor behind us (you can see his new driveway leading back into those woods), but his house won't be visible to us.
- I feel like a 6 ft fence will make the backyard feel more "closed in" and like a city lot vs feeling more open and "country" like it feels right now.
- If the 4 ft fence remains, it will be below the top of the waterfall/slide structure the whole way. If we raised it to 6 ft, you will be able to see the fence directly behind the waterfall/structure as it comes out to the left of the slide. I feel like this would negatively affect the aesthetics of the overall waterfall feature. I.E. Having trees/natural looks directly behind it, vs having a brown privacy fence.
- Obvious one, cost. Won't cost us anything to have them reset and reinstall the back fence. Installing about 130 feet of new fence with new posts won't be cheap.
My wife is of the opinion to raise it to 6 ft for the following reasons:
- Even though our neighbors are building back in the woods, they will still be driving in and out. A 6ft fence would provide a little more privacy while down on the pool deck area (the backporch is already higher than the fence itself, so it won't provide any more privacy while on the back porch)
- Harder to climb for any neighborhood kids.
- Hides a little more of the back of the waterfall feature from the cul de sac (the current cul de sac is behind that elm tree). Currently it serves as a the perfect turn-a-round for curious neighbors and passerby's, to see our project. However, the new neighbor says he's going to cut off that cul de sac to just turn it into his driveway. Hopefully that will cut down on the curious onlookers.
I don't think either one of us are dead set in our ways. Right now the current plan is to have them reset the 4ft sections and go from there. If we still feel too exposed then we'll consider the 6ft.
Any thoughts?
