It doesn't matter whether you live in the cheapest or most expensive part of town, there's no guarantee you're going to get on with your neighbours. That's exactly what one man came to learn after moving into his late grandfather's house set within a quiet neighbourhood.
He explained how he tried to keep on top of the garden chores - but struggled to cut the grass every week due to working a full time job. Taking to Reddit, he said: "My grandpa passed away two years ago and I moved into his house. He was pretty healthy but he let the yard go down a bit, the grass was maintained but the trees were overgrown, his pond and patio was dirty.
"Our neighbour, years ago, sold their yard to a property builder. Our properties are in an L-shape so our neighbour was using our backyard as her 'virtual' backyard. For the past two years, I have been trying my best to maintain the backyard, while also working and dealing with my grandpa's stuff."
The man says he recently fell behind on the garden chores due to stress from work and coming down with a sickness bug - but intended to get back to it as soon as he regained his full strength.
But before he got a chance, his neighbour marched over to his house and ordered him to clean up the "mess" in his back garden.
"This neighbour has always had nitpicks but I mostly ignored them," he added.
"But they rang my door one day to complain about mess in the back and I told them, 'I have a life outside this house, if it bugs you that much you're more than welcome to do the work'.
"Following that bylaw came by and they were very understanding about my situation and gave me more than enough time to feel better and mow the lawn.
"Well, that whole thing got to me and I wanted to get the typical white picket fence as there wasn't a fence and we were passively looking for a dog."
Annoyed, the man decided to get his own back on his nuisance neighbour by obstructing her view of his garden.
"I decided, screw it, and built the largest fence I could and since her house was right on the property line she now looks out the window and instead of seeing my backyard she sees just a wood fence."
Commenting on his post, one user said: "You should paint a picture of tall, unkempt grass on her side of the fence to stare at every time she looks."
Another user added: "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Too bad that with your 8ft fence, she'll never know."
A third user said: "I can only imagine the sour cat-face this neighbour must make towards you now and of course you can maintain the backyard lawn to your own preferences now that she can't see it."
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