My neighbours have secretly been removing my 6ft fence panels to break into my garden when I’m out – I’m fuming
EVERYBODY needs good neighbours – or at least not neighbours who would remove their fence panels when they are out to retrieve lost balls.
But that’s what one Mumsnetter has had to contend with.
She overheard her neighbours say it recently and was understandably furious.
She said: “I don’t particularly like my neighbours. They have a lot of unruly children, and the family as a whole are generally quite loud and irritating.
“That said I’m happy to keep myself to myself, and accept noise is a fact of life when you live in a built up area and houses are only a few feet apart.
“What I do object to is them intruding (for want of a better term), into my property.
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“The children used to ride bikes on my driveway, I now keep my front gated locked.
“They also used to frequently climb over the 4ft fence between our properties into my back garden.
“I replaced it with a 6ft fence last year but have had suspicions they still enter my garden as things would be moved, or I’d hear a ball being kicked over but when I’d go outside to look there wasn’t one there.
“Today I was in the garden and found 4 of their balls that must’ve been kicked over earlier today which I threw back – I always do throw the balls back.
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So about half an hour later I hear all the kids in the garden (its warm and sunny here today so I’ve got windows and doors open) whining to the parents about how their balls are in my garden, and can’t dad just lift the fence panel again so they can retrieve them.
“So anyway dad kind of fobs them off ineffectually but its clear this is what they’ve done more than once for them to even suggest it. They’re still going on about it an hour later and saying well we’ll climb over her gate then and get them that way.
This isn’t on is it? I wouldn’t have dared go in someones garden when I was a child and there’s no way my parents would have allowed it either. I’m now trying to work out how I can stop them lifting the panel, because clearly although they didn’t do it today they have and I’m sure will again. It feels really intrusive and unpleasant.”
People were equally stunned – and had a lot of suggestions.
“Turn the hose on them!” said one person. “Can you set up a motion-detector sprinkler system? And plant some very spiky things.”
“Stab the footballs to death and throw them back,” suggested another.
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A third added: “Fake camera and CCTV sign. Or real motion sensor camera. I got mine for under £10 off eBay.
“I had to resort to bamboo poles spaced in my borders to stop kids jumping in. Utter pain.”