Entitled neighbor sabotages resident's construction, resident gets even by building a large ugly fence: 'Enjoy the 80 foot double spite wall!'

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Ben Weiss • Writer and Editor
Sep 27, 2025 8:00 AM EDT

Messing with your neighbor's renovations is a recipe for disaster. 

Sure, it can be wildly frustrating to go about your day and have to hear a ton of construction for weeks, if not months, on end. That being said, you never know when you might find yourself needing to do some renovations of your own. With that in mind, you might as well extend some grace to your neighbor, provided that they respect property lines and neighborhood quiet hours. This resident was more than respectful, and yet, he still had to deal with the wrath of an ungrateful neighbor.

The funny thing about this disgruntled dude is that he underestimated his opponent. Some neighbors assume that they can get away with demanding, entitled behavior simply because they have been living in the neighborhood for longer than everyone else. Sure, we should all treat the elderly members of our communities with a greater degree of respect, but that does not mean that they should be able to get away with just about anything.

This neighbor went out of his way to try to sabotage construction, but what he didn't think about was the fact that the entrance to his home was narrow and reliant on how this author ultimately chose to construct his residence. So, the author decided to obstruct the open view of the entrance to the neighbor's home by building a fence… and not just any fence! This 80-foot fence not only helped the resident grow a nice private garden in the back of his home, but it also completely went against what his neighbor wanted for the front view of his home. 

This is what happens when you test untested individuals. Just because you're an aggressive person does not mean that the individual with whom you are beefing is unable to fight back. This neighbor had to learn that the hard way, and he would come to regret ever attempting to upend the resident's renovation process. However, what's done was done, and now, the neighbor had to endure a narrow entrance to his home on top of a large fenced wall that was as unpleasing to the eye as any of the construction noise was to the ear. Keep scrolling below for the full story and for the best reactions from several members of the online community, who weighed in with suggestions on what color the resident should use for his new wall.

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  • Neighbor has been an absolute j for over a year. (Example: My 93 year old dad lives on the property, and it needed a roof. I let the neighbor know there will be trucks in the road I own, but one he has a "right of way" but no ownership. He blocks the road until the Sheriff tells him to leave.)
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  • Neighbor lives behind our 3/4 acre property, and it's on a downward slope, accessable only through the 15 foot right of way.
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  • So, I had a 4 foot block wall built just off the property line on the back of my property - 80 feet. Then staggered another 4 foot wall
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  • behind that, and a 6 foot dog ear fence on top of that. It is really ugly, and blocks his use of a circular driveway he had use of that the prior owners installed that relied on my land to exit. Prior owner was nice. We didn't care. So,
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  • he has one way in, and the same way out. The wall created a great big garden area behind the house I own, so it's really useful for us. Then he calls code enforcement, and turns out I needed a permit.
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  • (See edit below on why we thought no permit was needed.) He's gloating because he thinks I need to tear it down. I don't. I just need to process a permit, and install some drains. Which would have created huge issues for me if and when I sell. So, he did me a
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  • favor. It's easy to pull a permit. I thank him for bringing it to my attention. He did not take that well. So, he's harassed my workers with threats of calling the police if they step in his property, and spends his day taping them.
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  • So, the 15 foot right of way across my side of the lot to access his, and the drive is not visible from my property because of trees and bushes. Additional pettiness is needed. First we're putting up chain link to narrow the road to exactly 15 feet.
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  • Next, we are putting down several staggered speed bumps so he gets several left and right sided bumps on the drive down to his house. Left front wheel - BUMP, followed by Right front wheel - BUMP, followed by Left rear, and the right rear. Not fun.
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  • 3 of those sections for him to leave or return home, so 6 bumps. Quite a bumpy ride. Every day. And, once the wall permit issues, the wall is going to get a fresh coat of paint. CD says the most offensive colors are florescent pink or lime
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  • green - and to only use one color. Any suggestions? I want the ugliest color possible - which I will obviously illuminate with some bright LED lights, all night, every night. Maybe one green and one pink? What does recommend?
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  • Edit: A 4 foot wall does not need a permit. I consulted a general contractor who walked me through the process to build 2 four foot walls, one behind the other.The County is "interpreting" the code to treat the 2 walls as one 8 foot wall. I could fight it - but it's a better use of my time to just pull a permit.
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  • (FYI: I'm a lawyer that litigates property law every day, so the neighbor can kiss my rear. He can't do anything to me, but I'm sure he's consulted lawyers and came up empty.)
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  • Ornery-Street4010. I have over a decade of experience painting homes and refinishing furniture. The color you're looking for is Pepto-Bismol pink. Make sure the paint is high gloss. This will give the appearance
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  • that the wall is wet and fleshy. It will stand out like an eyesore against a natural exterior. Next you want some kind of exaggerated texture. Make sure the cement or plaster you select sticks out at least 6 inches from the flat
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  • surface. You want it to look like a poorly placed cement spike. Make sure there's no real pattern or rhythm to the placement of these troweled cement stalactites. When dry, spray those with high gloss Pepto-Bismol pink paint. Next, you really want to highlight those stalactite
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  • peaks with a dayglo putrid green paint. Jungle Green Rustoleum should work well enough. Finally you might consider a high gloss blod red glaze to finish it off. Make sure to rag off some of the glaze so that
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  • the pink sick color is still highly visible. But do leave some striations and chunky b y texture in the glaze. Essentially you want this wall to look like the b y putrid innards of an angry man who grossly miscalculated his neighbors. You might also
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  • consider watching David Cronenburg's Videodrome for some added visual inspiration. "Long live the new flesh" and best of luck to you!
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