'Enjoy your view of my 8 ft fence!': Entitled resident complains about sick neighbor's un-mowed lawn, neighbor gets even by building a tall fence to obstruct their view

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Jul 7, 2025 2:00 PM EDT

Let this story serve as a friendly reminder to be careful when it comes to what you're willing to complain about in public. When you bother someone about how they choose to conduct their lives, you might not get exactly what you want. People are not necessarily willing to let themselves be pestered into compliance. 

In this instance, we have a resident who was overwhelmed with taking care of his father and the upkeep of the house, when his next-door neighbor began to complain about his un-mowed grass. At the time, the resident was also under the weather and therefore let his grass grow a little longer than usual, prompting the neighbor to stir up trouble. Of course, the resident's lawn is not shared, but it does serve as a visual background for the disgruntled neighbor. That's when the resident got to thinking about the best way to get this guy to leave him and the length of the grass on his lawn alone for good.

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  • The funny thing about tall picket fences is that, while they might be a boring look in this day and age, they can stop neighbors from being nosy. In this case, the author of this tale decided that a tall eight-foot fence would do the trick and get his entitled neighbor to back off. After all, with that obstructed view, how could he complain about his grass anymore?

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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
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    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
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    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 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.
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    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.
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    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
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    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.
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    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
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    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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