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A woman’s neighbors asked her to change the placement of her new fence because they can no longer fit two cars in their driveway
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The woman — who says she built the fence because of the neighbors’ unruly children — is now wondering if she’s being “unreasonable” if she refuses
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She shared her story on Mumsnet, where the majority of commenters said her neighbors’ parking issues are not her problem
A woman is debating whether it would be “unreasonable” for her to ignore her neighbors’ request for her to move a new fence in her yard.
The woman explained in a post on Mumsnet that she “finally” installed a fence on her property, after “months” of her neighbor’s children playing on her lawn, “chucking soccer balls” at her house, “constantly standing” by her living room window, and “shouting and waking up” her toddler.
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While the fence immediately solved “all the issues,” her neighbors are less than thrilled. She said that they told her they are now struggling to fit both their cars in their driveway, as there is now not enough space to open the driver’s side door on one of their vehicles.
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House surrounded by white fence (stock image)
“[The neighbor] has asked if I could move the fence further [in] on my bit, but it will impact my own ability to have two cars on my driveway,” the original poster (OP) said.
“AIBU [am I being unreasonable] to decline this, as it’s on my own driveway?”
Mumsnet users were quick to tell the OP that she has every right to build a fence on her own property — and that her neighbors’ parking issue are not her problem.
“No, YANBU [you are not being unreasonable] — don’t move it,” one person said, adding, “They were using your driveway before for access to their car. [It’s] not your problem if they now can’t use your driveway.”
“YANBU in the slightest. Say no, unfortunately, you can’t. The boundary is the boundary, and moving it would cause potential issues when selling,” someone else said.
The same person added, “I love that he also presumably wants YOU to pay so HE can park his cars. Just nuts …”
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“YANBU. If they had bothered to manage their children’s behavior, there wouldn’t be a fence. So it’s a problem of their own making,” another chimed in.
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