05-29-2019, 07:35 AM
I don't think you have any requirement to discuss with your neighbor, but if I saw my neighbor doing large scale grading/grubbing or pin locating on the property line I'd be curious to know what they're up to. This is especially true since they might view your existing vegetation as a desirable privacy screen from their side. I think I would be inclined to say something along the lines of "FYI, we plan to do major landscaping along our side of our shared border to remove all of the junk trees and vegetation and replace it with a more aesthetically pleasing privacy screen of areca palms. So it's going to look like crap for a few weeks, but the end result should be worth it."
One other thing to think about - when we planted, we didn't plant the palms in a straight line. Instead, we did a slightly offset zig-zag, so that the palms got a little more air and sunlight as they were filling in. I think this also afforded us a little more privacy early on (you'd see the gaps if you were looking straight-on, but from an angle it looked liked a filled-in screen).
One other thing to think about - when we planted, we didn't plant the palms in a straight line. Instead, we did a slightly offset zig-zag, so that the palms got a little more air and sunlight as they were filling in. I think this also afforded us a little more privacy early on (you'd see the gaps if you were looking straight-on, but from an angle it looked liked a filled-in screen).