A woman took to the parenting forum Mumsnet to share her frustration over her next-door neighbour, who recently painted their side of the fence without asking her.
The forum user, with username @cheesersqueezer, admitted she was shocked and “very annoyed”. She explained: “My side looks awful now. If they had told me they were doing it, I would have arranged to get my side done too.”
The woman claimed they used a totally different colour, and that “the top and sides are the new colour, as are all the drips on my side”.
She admitted that she doesn’t know whose fence it is, as “it was here before we both moved to this property”.
The Mumsnet user explained she had a family party planned at the weekend and “have been getting the garden looking presentable, and it now looks, well, horrible”.
It is important to know who owns the garden fence as that person will be responsible for picking up the bill if it ever gets damaged. According to property experts at Jacksons Fencing, there is a way to know who owns which side of the fence.
Another woman, with username @CrazyHippo, explained she recently had a similar issue with her neighbours.
She explained: “We painted our side of the fence last week in a light oak.. was super careful around all the edges and the knots and little holes. The neighbours painted their side last night in dark oak… fair enough.
“I’ve gone out this morning and there’s dark brown splodges all over our side where they jabbed their brush through the little holes… there’s run marks down all our side of the concrete gravel boards etc… There’s dribbles over the top down our side where they’ve just splashed it all on the top,” she complained.
The woman said it makes their side of the fence look “really, really scruffy,” and claimed the neighbours took “absolutely zero care” in painting their side.
