Neighbor builds eight-foot fence after entitled Karen complains to the HOA about her lawn: 'If it bugs you that much, you're more than welcome to do the work'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 13, 2024 2:00 PM EDT

It's hard to imagine caring so much about the look of a neighbor's backyard that one feels the need to stir up drama. This entitled Karen essentially used their neighbor's adjacent backyard as their own frequently and without any complaint from the neighbor. However, after the neighbor caught a cold and needed to remain in bed for a week, the entitled Karen started having major issues with the status of her neighbor's lawn, so much so that she decided to call the HOA about it.

Here is a rare instance when the HOA took the opportunity to consult the neighbor first for their side of the story before fining them. Surprisingly, when the HOA board learned the truth, they had enough moral backbone to side with the neighbor and to merely express the desire for her to mow her lawn when she was fully recovered from her cold. It sounds like this is probably the only HOA in the universe that would resolve this conflict with that level of care and consideration.

Keep scrolling below for the full story. For more HOA drama, check out this post about some folks who found a loophole in their HOA policy.

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    "Call bylaw on me because I'm too sick to mow my grass, enjoy your view of my 8ft fence"
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    Call bylaw on me because I'm too sick to mow my grass, enjoy your view of my 8ft fence
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    So the call about the long grass was kinda a last straw thing. The backstory is: my grandpa passed away 2 years ago and I moved into his house. He was pretty
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    healthy but he let the yard go down a bit, the grass was maintained but the trees were over grown, his pond and patio was dirty,
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    etc. 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.
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    For the past 2 years I have been trying my best to maintain the backyard, while also working and dealing with my grandpa's stuff. Well for the past few weeks the backyard has fallen a bit as stress from work has creeped in and I was sick for a few weeks.
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    Before this the neighbour has always had nitpicks but I mostly ignored them 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".
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    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.
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    Well that whole thing me off and I wanted to get the typical white picket fence as there wasn't a fence and we were passively looking for a dog.
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    it, and So I decided, 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.
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    xoxoLizzyoxox. 17 hr. ago Did she complain about the fence?
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    • ultrasuperman1001 OP 16 hr. ago She hasn't yet, but even if she did I consulted all the bylaw guys about the fence rules and followed them to a T
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    baka-tari +3 16 hr. ago The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. Too bad that with your 8ft fence, she'll never know.
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    maroongrad +3.16 hr. ago Two types of neighbors. Ones that look and say "Oh, man. The neighbor is usually pretty good about mowing. I wonder if their mower broke, or they're sick or something? I'll go check and if they
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    need to borrow my mower, or if they need me to mow it for them this time, well, that's what neighbors are for." The other type goes "Oh, man, that looks like IDGAF if they're getting treatment, I'm gonna call the city on them."
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    JosKarith 17 hr. ago I'd have been tempted to stain it a really ugly colour. On her side only...
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    ImnotMikeH . 14 hr. ago reminds me of my mothers fence fight with her neighbors. my mother hated the neighbors. they tried to claim some of my mothers
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    property as theirs and my mother wasn't having it. she had it assessed when she bought the house and knew where her property lie. before all this both of them shared a yard and my mother would let them use
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    her pool. after though, she decided to get a fence. my mother went the spite route and made the fence as high as she could but the neighbors called the town and told my mother she had to fix it (could just raise the grade on her side) or take it
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    down. my mother took down all the panels and put up florescent orange fence netting and put it up to code. the neighbors were outraged that she had done this but couldn't do anything about it cause its her property and it was up to code.
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    one day, my mother was looking outside admiring her garden and fence from the living room while enjoying a coffee as the neighbor had just come home looked over to the fence and flipped my mother off (no way he knew she was watching). the
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    satisfied smile she had is seared into my brain. 140 Reply Share kyttyna 6 hr. ago That's beautiful imagery. Just knowing that he flips off her fence whenever he sees it.
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    AutomotivelySpeaking 16 hr. ago You should paint a picture of tall, unkempt grass on her side of the fence to stare at every time she looks.
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