'They blocked out the sunlight to our neighbor's property': Determined dad plants trees to get back at his neighbor after they snub his building permit

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Jesse Kessenheimer • Writer and Editor
Aug 9, 2023 7:00 PM EDT

Dads always have some kind of problem with the neighbors. Perhaps the innate dadness of living in a neighborhood and showing your dadly dominance over the other dads, but at some point, there's a natural progression from friendly competition into neighborly rivalry. In this case one dad had serious beef with his neighbor over a decade-old dispute and got payback in the best way possible– using nature and all its glorious, light-blocking beauty.

Our protagonist, OP's dad, began his journey when the kids were all young, planning to build an add-on to the house in order to make it the home of their family's dreams. They had the cash lined up for the remodel, they had the space, and he'd dialed in the permitting with the HOA, until... Dad's dreams were shattered when a single man and the most stubborn opposition stood in the way of his dream home: his neighbor. 

Scroll for the full story on how a father had his Mojo-Dojo-Casa-House dreams cast aside when his neighbor complained that the new build would block the natural sunlight to their home. Let's just say that this is one dad you wouldn't want to cross again. For more tales of delicious, long-played revenge, check out this story of an employee that got revenge on a pair of coworkers who bullied his friend by overfeeding them with sweets for a year.

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    Font - Posted by u/latheredtransfer 20 hours ago My dads decade long revenge plan
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    Font - When I was young my father applied for planning permission to build and extension but it was opposed by a neighbour
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    Font - and their excuse was that it would block the sunlight to their property. So my dad planted a row
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    Font - of a dozen or so small trees. I don't know what they're called but they look. like Christmas trees and they grow very tall - I think they're a sort of pine.
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    Font - Anyway after a few years. they'd gown taller than our house and completely blocked out the so-called sunlight to our neighbours property.
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    Font - The situation was so petty that I don't even think the neighbours noticed it because they've never said a word about it.
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    Font - Phunky_Munkey. 19 hr. ago Apply to build the extension again. No reasonable grounds to deny now
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    Font - grated_testes 16 hr. ago +1. I bet seeing those trees growing year by year sure made Dad's coffee taste better in the morning
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    Font - grated_testes +1. 31 min. ago Bet Dad's health improved after planting those trees since he no longer needed sugar in his coffee. Win win.
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    Font - +4 19 hr. ago Now build a treehouse to block their view of the sky. CoderJoe1
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    Product - SweetieLoveBug +2 19 hr. ago ● Slow and steady wins the revenge! Well played, Dad!
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    Gesture - 00 M27fiscojr 10 hr. ago Total Dad move.
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    Font - mrobin4850 17 hr. ago ● My father did the same sort of thing with a line of arborvitaes along our driveway because he didn't like the look of the neighbors house.
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    Bird - e3m88 +1 · 18 hr. ago this is the type of petty revenge we love.
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    Font - lapsteelguitar +4. 18 hr. ago Your dad invested a lot of time into that revenge. Good for him.
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    Font - Profession_Mobile. 14 hr. ago I was also petty like that except that it was to block my neighbours illegal building that looked right into my property. I went one step further and planted natives which attract a $5000 per tree if they are illegally cut down.
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    Font - Profession_Mobile 11 hr. ago Beat them with nature! The best revenge
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    Font - SupermouseDeadmouse 18 hr. ago Load those trees with Xmas lights and blast the neighbors all winter.
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    Font - kimchi-disaster - 8 hr. ago I've got your sunlight right here!
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    Font - Pluckyduck47 +1. 14 hr. ago Oh your dad played the long game! cool points! YEA! + 100
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