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sherman said:
If your paying for it why would you want to see back of fence? If its just a dividing fence between two gardens and not around the boundary of the plot no one is really going to climb over it so you dont need the flat surface facing out so to speak.
The convention is that if it is your fence you look at the back of it. Might seem strange but thats convention. Needless to say in this day and age this convention is regularly ignored as people become more and more selfish.Seems strange that the OPs daughters neighbour didn't mention to her that they were erecting a new fence and discuss it first, but the reality is there is nothing that can be done about it, unless the posts are in her garden. If they are she could then object but wont get anywhere. Mind you surely the panels are centred in the post rather than nailed to one side of them? I suppose you could cut through all the nails and turn each panel around in turn!
They can do what they want on their own land. If they paid for it i don;t see a problem. Your Daughter could always erect her own fence next to it if she's that bothered. I have no idea who owns my dividing fence, and it;s not marked on the deeds, so me and the neighbour are just going halves on new fence panels. Maybe we'll have to alternate which way each one faces !!. (i'm not actually bothered as i'm going to grow some climbers up it anyway 
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)Edited by Aviz on Tuesday 19th April 18:58
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