Neighbor's kids sneak into resident's pool despite him refusing them repeatedly, leading resident to put up a fence to stop them from getting near the property: ‘You got fenced’

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Bar Mor Hazut • Senior Editor
Nov 5, 2024 9:00 AM EST

Some people grow up in big houses with a front and back yard, and a lot of space. Other people, mostly due to location and not necessarily because of money, grow up in an apartment, with a few rooms, maybe a balcony, and a lot of neighbors. 

In my family, one of our favorite discussions is which one is better when it comes to having neighbors. For some reason, having neighbors in an apartment building is not as annoying as neighbors who live in a house next to yours. We can't explain it, but the latter type is so much more nosy, and noisy, and you can never seem to be able to get rid of them.

The residents in this Reddit story would probably agree to these statements, after they had to build a fence to keep their annoying neighbors out of their property. Neighbors who tried to swim in their pool, park in their driveway, and constantly wake them up in the middle of the night.

Keep scrolling to read the full story, which surprisingly has a happy ending. After that, click here for a story of another residential drama between an entitled tenant and her landlords.

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    "The answer is no. Stop asking"
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    Terrible neighbors get fenced.
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    This happened back in the 90's. My cousin Don (28 M at the time) bought a lovely beachfront home with a pool from an elderly lady.
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    There was a shared driveway with the house next door that was a little wider than three car widths. It was a very long driveway.
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    The next door neighbors included an older gentleman (OG), his wife, his daughter, daughter's boyfriend (DBF) and several children. With so many drivers in the house the neighbors parked
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    all of their cars in a long line down the middle of the driveway. The first sunny day after buying his new home, Don's neighbor's children rang the doorbell asking
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    to swim in the pool. Don said no and closed the door. He looked out the back and saw the kids trying to sneak into the yard to get in the pool. Don yelled at them to get out and locked the gate with a secure chain lock.
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    Later that day OG rang the doorbell. He asked Don to reconsider letting the kids use the pool as the prior owner allowed them to swim whenever they wanted. Don explained that he
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    wasn't comfortable with the liability and that they would not be swimming in the pool at all. OG was disgruntled but left without argument.
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    For the remainder of the summer the kids were annoyed and continued to ring the doorbell, knock on the garage, and peer over the fence asking to use the pool. Don's answer was always "no. Please stop asking".
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    Winter arrives and DBF who has been invisible until this time begins warming up his truck (think F 150) on Don's side of the driveway directly under his bedroom window at 5:30 am.
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    Revving the engine repeatedly. Don tried speaking with the AH - I mean DBF to no avail. Don is now livid. He wants to put up a fence instantly and is handy enough to do so. Cooler minds
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    prevailed and Don called a fence company and arranged for a beautiful new fence with proper permitting. Weeks later when the fence company arrived to begin
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    digging the post holes, OG came running out of his house to try and stop them. He saw Don and said "I hate to pon your parade but you need to have a permit to put up a fence". Don replied in an extremely friendly
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    and happy tone. “Thanks so much for the reminder. I do have a permit. You are going to love the new fence. I upgraded to a lovely picket pattern. It's going to look great!"
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    Don just walked away angrily kicking rocks. The fence was finished later that week. The daughter, DBF and the kids were kicked out the following
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    week. Don presumes that OG hated hearing the truck warm up at 5:30. Come spring OG put his house on the market and it was sold to a
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    lovely couple who are now Don's best friends. And there was joy in Mudville!!
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    kickback joe 13h ago Sometimes fences do help make good neighbors.
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    Expert Slip7543 • 13h ago • Thanks for the story! I think there's a mistake where you wrote Don kicked rocks, that should be OG I believe.
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    Designer_Coach_4890 OP 13h ago • You are correct!
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    LiveandLoveLlamas 13h ago • If there's already a gate that got locked where did the fence go? And why was the neighbor upset?
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    Designer_Coach_4890 OP •13h ago • I guess I wasn't clear. The gate was for the backyard fence around the pool. The new fence went the full length down the center of the shared driveway and extended
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    from the backyard fence to the mailbox on the street. Now each persons driveway was only about one and a half car lengths wide. Very difficult to park four or more cars that way!
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    Wanderluster621 • 13h ago • Edited 10h ago And the moral of the story is, don't play stupid games if you don't want stupid prizes.
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