Privacy Fencing (Boulder, Longmont, Louisville: for sale, HOA, buying a home)

[meewantee]

We're looking at moving to the general Boulder area, and have noticed that hardly any houses seem to have solid fencing to the neighbors. Tried searching for more information on this, but havent been able to find anything. Questions we had were:
1) Are there specific cities/neighborhoods where solid fencing is the standard?
2) If not, is it an option to install it? It looked like regulations say 6ft or under is ok, so I mean more in terms of whether it is common/acceptable with neighbors?

[Dreaming of Hawaii]

Perhaps the neighborhoods you are looking at don't allow solid fencing in their CC&Rs (a homeowner's association set of rules and regulations). If it's a neighborhood with no Homeowner's Association, then the city's regulations would apply. Note, however, that most regulations don't allow a six foot high solid fence in the front yard, i.e., between the front of the house and the street.

[meewantee]

Thanks for the reply, and yes, I am only asking about the lack of backyard fencing. Have noticed this across 90+% of houses for sale in Boulder, Louisville, Superior, Longmont, Erie, etc, so dont think it is HOA specific. There does seem to be the odd house here or there that has solid fencing, but it seems rare from what I can tell. Doing more research, I am wondering if the reason is perhaps the wind? E.g. https://www.reddit.com/r/boulder/com...with_the_wind/

[brown_dog_us]

I live in S Boulder and 6 ft tall privacy fencing is very common here and not seen as rude. It does get windy here (90 mph gusts) so some people opt to leave gaps between the slats. You don't have to leave the gaps though.

Obviously, check specific HOA rules and codes for each house you consider.

[NorthDenverGirl]

If you are looking for certain homes you can sometimes find the neighborhood HOA docs online so that you can research and see what their specific fencing rules are.

The Colorado contract for buying a home also allows you time once you go under contract to review the HOA docs and pull out if there are any deal breakers in them. Not sure if the fence would be a deal breaker but just in case.

[daprara]

cedar fence posts start to rot out inside 10 years, expensive to repair

[LHS79]

Originally Posted by daprara

cedar fence posts start to rot out inside 10 years, expensive to repair

Exactly correct- even pressure treated posts.

Use metal posts and also 3 rails on the fence for more wind protection.

You pay a little more but you will never have to replace the posts again.

A lot of neighborhoods/HOA's don't allow fences since it makes the yards look bigger when there is only 5-10ft between the houses (typical in CO.).

Not so great if there are dogs!