'Enjoy your pile of junk': Bidding war turns a first-time homeowner on to petty revenge after their unwelcoming old neighbor turns salty

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    r/pettyrevenge ⚫ 5 hr. ago lillpers I bought the property he wanted, he was a about it
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    TL,DR: A guy was upset that I bought the property he wanted, so he was an about it. I make a lot of noise to annoy him and today he broke.
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    The backstory: here in Sweden there is a huge difference in house prices between popular areas and major cities, compared to the countryside. This meant that I was able to buy a small
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    fixer-upper house at the age of 23 (4 years ago) on a very average income. There was only me and one other bidder involved, and I eventually won the bidding at a reasonable price. The house is located a bit outside town with only one other house next to it, as well as an empty lot.
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    Shortly after moving in an older guy came knocking on my door. He told me he was the other bidder and the owner of the empty property, and he only wanted my house in order to tear
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    it down and make more space for his friend's RVs. He finished by essentially saying "enjoy your pile of junk". Since then he has spent most of the summers in a lawn chair next to his RV on the empty
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    property, with a clear view up my driveway and shooting me dirty looks every time I walked or drove by. Now as I said, the house is a project and I've made many
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    improvements over the years as time and money has allowed. There is always something that needs doing on the house, and I'm also the designated mechanic for friends and family. There is usually a car or two getting repaired in my garage. This means lots of noisy tools.
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    I've made sure to always start some kind of project when I see him sit down in his chair. This has gone on for a few summers now. He gives me dirty looks, I make noise. Only on reasonable hours though. I don't do anything he can reasonably complain about.
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    Today I continued on my bedroom remodelling and it seems my circular saw finally broke him. He turned his RV around and put the chair in the opposite direction. Where there is an actual view, as compared to my driveway. I see this as a total victory.
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    boluserectus • 5h ago Maybe you ask him for the bottom price for his lot, so you can expand, build vacation houses, and I can come and visit!
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    K 00 2a3b66725 • 4h ago In military terminology, this is called a "low intensity conflict". You do seem to be winning the long game here. Congratulations.
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    augustwestburgu... . 5h ago good for you, if he wanted the property, he should have paid up for it, your revenge will be when you decide to move, you will not sell it to him
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    madhaus 4h ago • What nice about this story is it's as low stakes as petty revenge can get. He sat in his chair glaring at you and you ran loud power tools during acceptable work hours. A nice change from "My boss fired me for losing one staple so I burned his house down hahaha."
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    Ayavea • 4h ago If reddit taught me anything, this guy's next move might be putting up an actual pigsty (barn full of pigs) directly adjacent to your lot. So tread with caution.
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    Swordsman_000. 3h ago Reading this I got a Swedish version of Trailer Park Boys vibe. Maybe with a little Northern Exposure tone thrown in. I'd watch it!
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    Inigo Montoya19... . 50m ago It might be Sweden, but you Finnished him.
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    Hughley_N_Dowd • 3h ago Tjorvligt gjort av dig! J/K. Should you need to up the intensity, I suggest "having to do some metal work" and then going full ham with an angle grinder.
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    Or at the risk of your own - sanity introduce a stone- cutting saw into the equation. Cut around an entire full-size football pitch with one of those once and the noise almost drove me - the operator - insane. Lycka till!
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    Groovy66 • 3h ago Honorary Englishman award for passive/aggressive behaviour goes to u/lillpers
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    Fragrant-Reserve... • 3h ago There isn't enough petty in this for my taste. I demand you cut all your left over wood into kindling using a chop/circular saw
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    briomio 3h ago • I would consider a wall of junipers between your house and his lot to bock his view should he decide to reposition that RV back to spying on you.
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    BodaciousVermin • 2h ago Him watching you so intently reminds me of the joke, "I enjoy hard work. I can watch it all day!" I guess he got tired, and changed the channel.

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