A man’s neighbors kept exploiting his easy-going nature (and his property) until it became unbearable. So he formulated a revenge plan.
A Quiet And Peaceful Place To Live, Until Now
The man explains that when he initially purchased his property, it was a rural area without a neighbor in sight.
“I own a large house with a huge property surrounding it. When I bought my property five years ago, I basically lived at least 5 minutes away from the nearest house. However, the villages and towns have been expanding and, as a result, started developing houses next to my property.”
At First, It Didn’t Bother Him
He could not do anything about this expansion, so he didn’t let it get the better of him.
“I was fine with it, nothing I could do about it, to begin with, but my property is big enough not to really notice, to begin with, or so I assumed.”
The New Neighbors Saw An Opportunity To Help Themselves
The man had initially made some changes to his property.
“It’s good to mention I basically pulled out a bunch of trees when I moved here and made a dirt road with gravel of sorts to allow me easy access to the main road nearby instead of driving all the way around to access the main road.”
Private Property Seemed To Become Public Property
His gravel road and an adjacent field were his private property, but that didn’t stop neighbors from using them, too.
“Well, soon after people started moving into the houses, I noticed people basically used my little road to access the main road nearby, and kids used my field to play football. I was pretty much okay with it because it wasn’t bothering me or inconveniencing me.”
It Became A Parking Lot
Soon after, one neighbor threw a huge party, and everyone parked in the field.
“I had multiple talks with multiple people, and the results ranged from apologetic people moving their cars to aggressive people who told me to go you-know-what myself.”
They screamed at his girlfriend.
Eventually, Enough Was Enough
“I finally had enough and started getting cars towed, which led to people yelling at my girlfriend in particular. As such, I built a large stone fence around my entire property.”
All Of A Sudden, Everyone Was Very Apologetic
But the man was having none of it. “Multiple neighbors, including the aggressive ones, were all apologetic and asked me to remove the fence and how sorry they were for using it as they basically had to add 15 to 20 minutes to their travel time to work without my shortcut.
I told them to go to hell and to get the hell off my property, and if I saw them there again, I’d be letting my dogs loose.”
He Feels Bad
Because this fence is impacting the neighbors who he’s friendly with and who didn’t take advantage.
So he headed to an online community forum to ask for some advice.
His Property, His Rules
Users advised the man that he certainly wasn’t in the wrong. One said: “Also, if you DIDN’T do this, you could potentially have ended up giving them a right-of-way easement without realizing it, depending on your local laws.
Don’t budge. Leave the fence. Maybe they’ll think in the future about asking permission in the future instead of forgiveness.”
Find Other Ways To Appease The Nice Neighbors
Everyone agreed the rude neighbors deserved this, but bridges with the nice neighbors can be rebuilt in other ways.
“Invite the nice neighbors and their kids over for a nice BBQ once it’s safe to do so. You can totally find ways to be friendly without letting the bad neighbors take advantage of you or put you in a bad legal situation. Congrats on the new fence! It’ll be the best neighbor you ever have.”
Everyone Will Have To Get Over It
Everyone advised the man to leave his wall as is and explain the situation to the decent neighbors. One user said:
“NTA, and for the nice neighbors, that’s life. People take advantage of good things and ruin it for the rest of us. Part and parcel of turning small rural communities from a place [where] everyone knows everybody and is accountable for their actions into exactly what you’re seeing with people telling you to go to hell because you don’t want your land turning into a hell-hole.”
His Actions Were Justified
And the man had every right to teach his nuisance neighbors a lesson.
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