A woman has been left fuming over her neighbour’s “entitled” actions, which she believes were sparked by the fact she and her husband are trying to sell their house and move away
A woman who’s trying to sell her home is at her wits’ end over her entitled neighbour’s antics. It’s no secret that neighbours can significantly impact your home life and peace, with good neighbours providing comfort and reassurance while the bad can sour things with constant stress and unease.
When you’re looking to move house, it’s a legal obligation to declare any neighbourhood spats, whether they’re settled or not. To try and avoid starting a dispute and possibly messing up the sale of their property, one frustrated homeowner is feeling trapped while trying to manage her neighbour’s bizarre behaviour. She and her husband are desperate not to risk the house sale but are now seeking advice following their neighbour’s latest brazen act.
Taking to Reddit with a post titled ‘My neighbour has lost the plot’, the woman shared their neighbour’s intrusive behaviour has escalated since they put their house on the market.
Recently, the neighbour contacted the pair’s estate agent “to say she wants the next owner to know that the garden fence and wall are not [the couple’s], they’re hers”. The woman said: “To avoid having to label it as a dispute we tried to speak to her, and ask what could be done in order to rectify the situation.”
Unfortunately, this led to “an argument”, with the neighbour insinuating the couple has not abided by the boundary line at any point during their five years in the residence.
She elaborated: “We were under the impression the wall/fence split the boundary and all was fine, we have never interfered with either. We asked if she wanted two fences, or two walls, but she said she didn’t care, good riddance.
“The next day we received a letter apologising for her attitude, and that as long as the next owners understand the fence and wall are hers, there shouldn’t be an issue.”
Deciding to avoid further hassle, the couple chose to “leave the issue well enough alone” and instructed their estate agent to inform potential buyers that the fence wasn’t their responsibility. However, their next door neighbour ramped up the dispute.
The woman, who lives at number 127 recounted: “I’ve gone out today, and have come home to huge ‘129s’ painted on the wall, and all along our garden fence. I’m p***ed off because our garden is private, with a gate, so she’s come onto and into our property to do this.”
She continued: “For someone who is terrified at the thought of us touching her fence, I would have expected she would respect our property in turn.”
In an additional comment, the woman added: “My personal opinion is that she is unhinged and afraid of change. The threat of new neighbours has unsettled her.”
Reddit users quickly jumped in with their advice, some offering imaginative solutions for dealing with the troublesome neighbour, like adding signs below her painted-on house number advertising beauty treatments or massages.
Many suggested erecting another fence in front of the existing one to assert their own boundaries and avoid further hassle.
But a paramedic shared a chilling insight: “If I am headed to an emergency then I am assuming that you are house 129. Meaning either you get us and your neighbour doesn’t if they need us, or you are waiting for us as we drive around looking for 127.
“Further, if you aren’t home at the time, there’s a chance that your door is going in, in case the person inside is unconscious… which if that is someone laid next door, they don’t want to have all that delay before we work out where they are… so you could argue to remove for ‘safety’ reasons.”