Terrace wall to the neighbor - What should we consider?

I will look at pictures and see what ideas are available in the neighborhood tomorrow and in the next few days. It’s hard for me to go down to 120, but as I said, I’ll take a look.

We don’t have 100m, that’s really a lot. It would be about hmm so to the neighbor with the terrace, about 10m, on the other side the plot is empty, there it would be 22m, then at the front to the street 15, and at the entrance next to the house 8. I’ll check tomorrow, I estimate about 50-60m. I really don’t have the measurements in my head anymore of how long our plot is. When it comes to paying for the fence, I would also like to have a neighbor on the other side. If you agree, you really save a lot. The plot belongs to the same owner from whom we bought. I have often thought about asking him if we could build it centered on the boundary line, if he would contribute, and if he sells, get the money from the buyer. However, I wasn’t sure if that would come across as cheeky and who knows who will move in there, I’d rather build on my own plot. I have to weigh it up now, think about it, etc.

I would also like to have a neighbor on the other side If there was an agreement,

If there is no agreement,... Do you know what can then be placed on the border and who MUST participate 50%. Honestly, I wonder why you have not yet coordinated with him at all?

If there is no agreement, … You know what you can put on the border and who MUST participate at 50%. Honestly, I wonder why you haven’t coordinated with him yet?

So the "neighbor" on the left owns a huge plot of land. You could also build 3 row houses there. My garden around the corner is very wide, I think 8m or 10m from the house wall. Anyway, he is a nice man, works for the city but in a different federal state at a building authority, his wife too. Back then they helped me a lot to get certain things approved in the building application, although they are usual and normal for the area, but the authority here quickly obstructs. Or rather, it came out that the authority was very annoyed because of Mr. Müller who also causes trouble there. I personally clarified quite a bit afterwards and then everything was no problem. We also had to fill to reach street level for the construction. It is 2m higher than the neighbor’s plot. We first had to retain the slope with L-stones, or we could fill his property more, e.g., 1.5m, then we could put a fence up without L-stones. He gave me written permission to fill because it will be filled when building, but we didn’t have enough soil left to fill. (We had received it as a gift). I am sure the neighbor will say nothing about a 180cm fence as long as I don’t put anything spectacular there. He doesn’t live there, and generally it’s also in the interest of all normal people to have privacy screening. It’s common here, everyone has it. The dispute with Mr. Müller is unnecessary and unjustified.

Well, anyway, since I have 100 other construction sites, I wanted to take care of some other things first and only ask the others when I know what I want myself.

Privacy screening is also provided by properly chosen plants. You don't have to build fences that are 180 to 200 cm high, which look like prison boundaries. Unfortunately, this is becoming more common and really spoils the streetscape. That is why in your community

seems to apply. You yourself posted in . This means that towards public visible areas, such as streets and others, you can build a fence, but you have to plant it all around so that the fence eventually can no longer be seen. This also means that in these areas a fence must keep some distance from the property boundary because of a sensible planting as a covering, so that there is room for the planting.

Instead of cherry laurel, native shrubs are also fine. The whole "privacy throughout the entire garden" thing is completely foreign to me. We have a 90cm(!) fence between the gardens and only the terrace is walled in. Otherwise, with the narrow gardens, it would be an optical disgrace. In general, everyone agrees that you can also have shrubs and fruit trees as pillars or espalier directly on the boundary fence. Done. THIS is how a terraced house works when the gardens are not 10m+ wide. Like a community garden at your own terrace. Everything else is use cases for large gardens of detached houses or semi-detached houses. I find the whole situation where everyone wants privacy from 1.8m height to be able to walk everywhere invisibly in their own garden absolutely bizarre. Does the Ruhr area think differently about this?

Keep the shared fence at 120cm. Get already large cherry laurels and plant them in front (I hate these plants, but with you they make sense) It's many thousands of euros cheaper and reasonably dense in a year.

I would rather take photinias. They look much better and also grow quickly.