Fence painting etiquette

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I’ve spent the last few days painting my 6’ high garden fence. I’m aware that as my neighbour’s side of the fence is unpainted she will now be seeing painted edges on the slats.

Should I offer to go in to her garden and paint her side of my fence? Is that the normal thing to do?

I’ve never had anyone offer to do that in any of my houses when they have painted their side, regardless of which of us owns the fence, so I don’t think that’s too common tbh. I’ve never minded if they’ve painted their side of a fence I own though, which seems unusual on MN these days.

I currently share a boundary with 6 gardens and I certainly wouldn’t be offering to go into 6 different gardens to do theirs!

Nope. You keep quiet and if they want to paint their side they can. (And then you might have to repaint your side and on and on it goes)!

Surely it depends on the runny ness of the paint and how much you’ve wiggled the brush into the gaps? We’ve just done ours and I don’t think it shows on the other side??

I wouldn't offer to go and paint but if I had paint left over, I might offer it. Mainly so that they don't paint theirs in a different shade, and leave side bits visible from my side.

Thanks everyone for your replies 😊

If it's your fence then you can do what you want and they are not allowed to paint their side without asking.

However, if you like your neighbours you could offer to let them do it but ask that they use the same product and colour that you have.

If you really really like them you could offer to do it for them.

My neighbour and I sometimes do the other ones side of our shared hedges if we have time. It's just being friendly.