Entitled neighbor has ‘full meltdown’ after resident demands he stop trespassing and removes his belongings from their property, landlord refuses to help: ‘[He tore] up my flower bed’

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Aug 10, 2025 9:00 AM EDT

What is it about people and things that don't belong to them? Sure, as a neighbor, you'll probably expect a next-door homeowner to visit your property every once in a while to borrow some sugar or a tool they don't have. This is normal behavior, and being neighborly is welcome. There are many other individuals, as I'm sure you're aware, who prefer to cause a ruckus on other people's properties because they believe the world exists solely for their benefit. How do you handle someone who thinks they're a god of some kind? Do you rise above, or do you find a way to bring them down to earth?

In this next story, a homeowner puts up a "no trespassing" sign after their neighbor repeatedly encroaches on their property and dumps their belongings wherever they please. Putting up this sign is a very non-confrontational way to get a point across, don't you think?

Well, instead of responding with remorse, this neighbor chooses to tear up the homeowner's property and set off fireworks to cause a scene. Scroll below to read the full story.

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  • "I sat down around 9 to message his landlord when the renter starts setting off fireworks!"
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  • This homeowner explains that their neighbor has always disrespected the property lines—this is the sole issue. Anyone who uses space that doesn't belong to them already has a fundamental difference from someone who does respect boundaries. If the neighbor cannot see what's wrong with encroaching, then they will not be able to apologize for something they think is completely okay… This shows in the way they react to a simple sign. Their landlord refuses to take responsibility for them, too, which frustrates the homeowner to no end.

  • "My neighbor had a full meltdown after I posted a ‘no trespassing sign’ and removed his ladder from my property."

    I've now had some issues with neighbors on all three sides of me encroaching, storing stuff and dumping on my property. I've handled
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  • two of them, one was super nice about it the other is a complete j but they are off my property. But interaction went sideways.
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  • My neighbor has rented the house next door for 10y and I purchased my home 8m ago. The renter is constantly deploying a ladder coming off the shed about 3' into my yard.
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  • There is no reason to keep a deployed ladder on my property to access his shed roof. It's liability and a hazard. Meanwhile, he has
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  • complained about me cleaning up my property while dumping yard debris onto it. He complains about my dog. and keeps coming near the fence. Just keeps coming on to my yard for no reason.
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  • Friday morning I came off a ruff shift at work and the ladder was in my yard again. I took it down and put up a no trespassing sign.
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  • Saturday morning at about 7:30 the renter is tearing up my flower bed and throwing the plants and pavers over the fence. He stops when I ask
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  • him to and curses me out. I get some coffee, take the dog walk, take photos of the damage. I sat down around 9 to message his landlord when the renter starts setting off
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  • fireworks! I reported it to the landlord and went about my day- the advice from my boyfriend (who is out of state) was to wait for the landlord my brother advised me to go to the police.
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  • At 2pm I hadn't heard back from the landlord and considered filing a non- emergency report, but found out would need to wait until Monday to do so.
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  • At 3:30 the landlord messages me that he will talk to his tenant and he would be checking in with me when he got off work.
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  • 4pm I'm outside playing with my dog when the neighbor starts cursing at me because I reported him to his landlord. He sets off more fire works
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  • and pulled his car to where he had torn up the flowerbed and blasting music. I have to admit, it was like watching a train wreck, I couldn't
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  • look away from it- he was going from one bizarre activity to the next in pretty rapid succession. I did not engage- FaceTimed my boyfriend to show him, took a video and reported everything in real time to the landlord via text and photos.
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  • I figured the best thing would be to get out of there (I was getting a bit scared at this point). I went two doors down to a neighbors house, he's retired and lives with aging parents.
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  • He is friendly with this renter said it was out of character and figured there might be something deeper to go nuts like this and checked in on
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  • him about 30m later while I waited with his parents at his house. When he came back he let me know that he was still there blasting music in his car, but appeared calm. I asked if
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  • calling the police would escalate or defuse the situation and he thought it may amplify it and I should continue checking in with his landlord. I hung
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  • out with my dog, the neighbor and his aging parents for about an hour and a half more (they are fun neighbors and we had a good time chatting and they put my mind at ease).
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  • At about 7:30pm my neighbor walked me home, stayed for a bit to just make sure the renter was gone and did not come back. The landlord has
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  • not contacted me back after his tenant's blow up and I will follow up with the police tomorrow morning. It has been a very very weird day.
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  • FluffWit 7:30am when you came home to the destruction of property is when you should have called the police. AndI don't mean the non emergency number. I mean that's when you call 911.
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  • Is tinatuba Out of character, but calling police would escalate? Sounds like its in character to me. Police 100%. Landlord doesnt care until it effects him.
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