Unethical or Not? Discuss.

I'm finding it hard to visualise the fence in question.

Here in Australia if a fence needs replacing both neighbours pay half each - and of course, have to agree on the sort of fence ( within their council regulations)
I guess if one side was deemed the bad side, they could agree that neighbour pays bit less.

If a fence doesn't need replacing but one neighbour just wants to change it they pay for it all and would choose which side faces whom.
 

Since my neighbors were creepy chronic peeping toms who would actually count the number of grocery bags I’d return with and report the number to others, I put up a vinyl privacy fence that looks the same on both sides. I had a property survey professionally done beforehand as a precaution to prevent territorial disputes, and it turned out that the neighbors had been claiming about a third of what was actually my back yard as their own…
 
We built a 300 foot length, 6 foot high privacy fence. Both sides looked equally attractive.
Our neighbour was terrified of our German Shepherd. We also built 150 foot fence perpendicular to the 300 foot one. We used concrete for each post so it was solid. It still holds strong after 27 years. It WAS discussed with our neighbour who was all for it
 
Aunt Mavis said:
I built a really nice fence between my neighbor and I. The screws all face his side. Discuss.
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Since this is an issue at all seems to tell the tale.

The screw heads are unsightly, and you didn't want them to show on your side. By extension you either don't care how it looks to your neighbor or perhaps even actively take pleasure in creating a permanent reminder of your disdain.

Without a lot more information there isn't much to discuss. We might assume a solid board fence and screws that will corrode and weep unsightly rust stains downward over time. And if so why a solid board fence? That sort of thing can transform a nice neighborhood into an egg crate of walled warrens overnight, looking like something out of L.A. or Atlanta and driving down property values. This is exactly why so many small-lot subdivisions have covenants governing fencing. Or perhaps the fence is so distant from the neighbor's normal view that screw heads and rust weeps don't really matter. Or maybe the screw heads are brass, or painted, or otherwise less shiny and likely to weep stains.
 
He said it looked incredible! He loved the price too, free! God bless America. Aunt Mavis said she’d stain it after her hangover wears off. So never.
 
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dilettante said:
Since this is an issue at all seems to tell the tale.

The screw heads are unsightly, and you didn't want them to show on your side. By extension you either don't care how it looks to your neighbor or perhaps even actively take pleasure in creating a permanent reminder of your disdain.

Without a lot more information there isn't much to discuss. We might assume a solid board fence and screws that will corrode and weep unsightly rust stains downward over time. And if so why a solid board fence? That sort of thing can transform a nice neighborhood into an egg crate of walled warrens overnight, looking like something out of L.A. or Atlanta and driving down property values. This is exactly why so many small-lot subdivisions have covenants governing fencing. Or perhaps the fence is so distant from the neighbor's normal view that screw heads and rust weeps don't really matter. Or maybe the screw heads are brass, or painted, or otherwise less shiny and likely to weep stains.
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Stainless screws as mentioned. 27 dollars for a box. Ouch!
 
Now Aunt Mavis wants some planters made from the left-over scraps of cedar. That old hag kills every plant she goes near. I told her that her breath kills the plants and she gave me the middle finger.
 
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