An anonymous homeowner has taken to Reddit to share their horror story of a neighbour from hell who has been so nasty they ‘regret’ buying their house, and don’t know what to do next
A homeowner has shared their nightmare experience with a neighbour from hell, who’s made life so unbearable they “regret” buying their house. The resident, who wished to remain anonymous, revealed the neighbour crossed the line when she started targeting their beloved pet.
They took to the r/NeighboursfromHell Reddit page to vent their frustrations, where sympathetic members of the public suggested installing cameras as a precautionary measure. Despite this advice, the conflict with the neighbour shows no signs of abating. The resident had tolerated their neighbour’s behaviour up until a point, but eventually felt compelled to erect a fence to try and stop their madness.
This move only added fuel to the fire, leading to further complaints from their irate next-door neighbour.
In a post on the subreddit, they wrote: “I’m starting to regret buying my house. I bought my house a year ago, on my own and to begin with my neighbour was nice enough until she realised I bought the house and it wasn’t my parents.
“Since then, she has been arguing about my dogs who she winds up and then complains they come over to the wall. To clarify, behind the 4ft wall is a 6 foot fence, so there is absolutely no way my dogs could get into her garden.
The neighbour has made false reports to the local dog warden citing my dogs’ behaviour being ‘inappropriate’ having had the dog warden round they are happy there are no issues with my either of my dogs behaviour and also noted that the garden is fully enclosed.”
Despite the pooches being unable to access the adjoining property, the neighbouring resident has been far from appeased – instead escalating matters by hurling objects onto the land and chucking pans of water at the animals.
The homeowner went on: “Recently the neighbour has escalated to attempting to throw saucepans of water at my dogs.
“I’m currently in the process of erecting a fence on my side of the wall to ensure she can no longer spy through her fence into my garden and wind the dogs up.
“This evening she threw another pot of water into my garden almost landing on me after attempting to knock my fence post down with a brush she then proceeded to call me stupid as well as shouting profanity at me because my partially built fence is a ‘monstrosity’.”
Members of the public now reckon the wisest move would be to film their neighbour’s antics using security cameras. One person wrote: “Please put up cameras to monitor activity in your garden area.”
Another warned: “She sounds like the type who will poison your dogs. If you had video of her throwing water on you that could be called assault. Build your case against her, protect your dogs.”
A third shared: “Get the water on tape, make a police report, and have a cease and desist order sent immediately. This is your house so established firm ground!”.