A woman has blasted her neighbour for allowing their children to play in her garden and use their toys – and people have urged her to put a stop to it as soon as possible
A woman has slammed her entitled neighbour who tells her children to play in her garden because it’s ‘better than theirs’. She explained how she built her children a playground to keep them occupied when it’s warm outside – but it seems to have caught the attention of the neighbour’s children too.
Taking to Reddit, she said: “Our neighbours sit in their garden right on the border with ours, and their children come to our garden and playground all the time. They leave rubbish behind, they’re noisy, and when our kids go to our own playground, the neighbours often call their kids back because they don’t want their kids to play with ours. Sometimes, however, they don’t care.”
She told her neighbours to keep their children within their own boundary limit – but they simply ignore her each and every time she mentions this.
She added: “We have a garden that borders our neighbours’ property. As we rent our house, we cannot just install a fence.
“Obviously, we could just write to our and their landlord (same person), but I don’t want to escalate it this way. Instead, I want a more elegant way to solve this.
“The goal would be that the neighbours should not sit directly at the border and their kids should not come to our garden.”
Seeking advice, she has taken to social media to ask users what they would do in this situation.
In response, one user said: “You can get a low decorative fence on Amazon, Home Depot, etc.
“You can also purchase green garden stakes to support green netting, chicken wire or hardware cloth. Once a fence is up the children should stay away.”
Another user added: “Ask your landlord to put up a fence, because the neighbours keep coming on the property.”
A third user said: “Ask the landlord for advice on how you should proceed with them.
“Let your landlord know you don’t want to escalate the situation or cause unnecessary tension. If the landlord is worth anything they will resolve this themselves.
One more user added: “I think someone pointed out that liability is a concern. The rental contract may absolve the landlord of liability from injury due to everyday activity of tenant.
“But in this case, a tenant not under the same contract could get injured meaning an increased exposure of liability to the landlord. It might be a stretch, but worth looking into.”