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Livestock and smallholding · LK-37

Fence and Boundary Inspection Record

A free printable fence inspection record — the line walked, faults found, whose boundary it is, and what the repair cost.

First page of the Fence and Boundary Inspection Record — Record the fence walk and the faults, including who is responsible for each boundary before money is spent on it.
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What this sheet is for

Record the fence walk and the faults, including who is responsible for each boundary before money is spent on it.

Who it is for

Smallholders, graziers, horse owners and anyone whose stock can get out.

How to use it

  1. Walk the whole line, not the bits you drive past.
  2. Record whose boundary it is and where that belief comes from.
  3. Note whether it is stock-proof now, separately from whether it is tidy.
  4. List materials needed while you are standing there.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: The fence line walked, faults found, and who is responsible for the boundary they are on.

Record the boundary; check the deeds. Boundary responsibility is a legal matter set by deeds and local law, not by which side the posts are on. Record what you believe and where the belief comes from, and take advice before spending money on somebody else's fence.

Write-on lines: Holding · Year · Walked by

Table, 13 rows: Date · Boundary or field · Type · Fault found · Stock-proof now · Whose responsibility · Repaired on · Cost

Write-on lines: Materials needed · Next full walk

Questions

Which fence is mine?

Boundary responsibility comes from the deeds and from local law, not from which side the posts are on — the common beliefs about this are frequently wrong. Check the deeds and, if there is money or a dispute in it, take advice before spending.

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