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New homeowner asked to pay for half of dividing fence built 17 years before her house existed

Shortly after Shannon moved into the house she built in Yanchep, north of Perth, she had a visitor from next door.

"My neighbour came around and has given me an invoice and a letter requesting payment for the rear fence that was built in 2005, 17 years ago, and I just moved into this house in February," Shannon told Damian Smith on ABC Radio Perth.

"He's only asking for $506, which is half of what he paid for the fence back then.

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