Garden eyesore.. photo attached (when it uploads)

Treesandsheepeverywhere · 04/05/2025 09:08

Seems conflicting advise on OP growing something on her side against the fence.
Anyone know if it's allowed on a neighbour's walls or fences?

AlmostSummer25 · 04/05/2025 08:40

UnstableCow · 04/05/2025 07:46

It uses a lot of energy and are large consumers of fresh water.

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Oh right, ok.

I did try last night, but they said they needed to send me a code and it hadn't arrived by the time I fell asleep, it came in through the night, but now I'll need a new one. I'll give it another go this afternoon.👍🏻🤞🏼

UnstableCow · 04/05/2025 07:46

AlmostSummer25 · 03/05/2025 22:35

Thank you!!

I somehow missed the post that suggested going to openai.com.

I will give it a go tomorrow!! 🤣

Next daft question... why is it bad for the environment???

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It uses a lot of energy and are large consumers of fresh water.

UnstableCow · 04/05/2025 07:41

AlmostSummer25 · 03/05/2025 20:13

Okay, as I said technically challenged AI virgin, I don't even know where to start??

🤣🤣🤣🤣 it's okay you can laugh at me 🤣🤣🤣

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Not laughing, I’m like you. Like I said in the earlier post, you can just go to openai.com

AlmostSummer25 · 04/05/2025 00:26

ThirdStorm · 03/05/2025 20:28

@AlmostSummer25 ive let it get a bit big really, it’ll get a trim at the end of the season!

I thought it was your neighbours the other side of your fence, not yours, sorry.

I hope it does all right after it's trim!!

Delphiniumandlupins · 03/05/2025 23:36

I'm guessing the neighbour's view of your house was not pretty and that's why they have erected this screening. If you get some plants or other features in your own garden that will distract you.

shuggles · 03/05/2025 23:34

@Whitelotus5 I can only wish that my life was as peaceful and uneventful as OP's that she has the time and energy to get angry over stuff the neighbours put in their garden.

Not trying to be funny here- I am genuinely envious.

MossLover · 03/05/2025 23:03

Whitelotus5 · 03/05/2025 16:23

Relatively lighthearted as I probably won’t say anything but… sitting here with a cup of tea staring at it.

YABU - it’s fine
YANBU - annoying

needs a good stain or paint

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 03/05/2025 23:00

MargaretThursday · 03/05/2025 21:38

Laburnum is also pretty poisonous. I wouldn't plant it in a garden where children might be.

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It was there when we moved in and to be honest I was more worried my cat would eat it! I was pleased to see the back of it

FullOfLoveAndObsessiveCleaner · 03/05/2025 22:51

I have a neighbour behind me who has a hedge their side and the flowers are absolutely beautiful. I look forward to seeing it bloom every year. When they prune their side, I do where they can't reach to help maintain it ready for next year. You will benefit in the long run 🙂

TheBerry · 03/05/2025 22:44

Whitelotus5 · 03/05/2025 16:32

And yeah I was referring to the 4 giant trellis’s that popped up today - genuinely lighthearted, I realise they will look better when they’ve grown in.

The ugly things in this photo are the fence and the houses. The plants will look lovely once they’ve grown and will actually improve the view??? So yeah YABU.

AlmostSummer25 · 03/05/2025 22:37

MumWifeOther · 03/05/2025 21:55

YABU

why would you choose a house with the gardens backing onto eachother like this if you value privacy?

ans also, this isn’t a problem at all. It looks like a trellis!!?!

Budget I guess

AlmostSummer25 · 03/05/2025 22:35

UnstableCow · 03/05/2025 17:57

I only tried it for the first time last week, so very much a beginner. Like someone on here suggested just go to openai.com and describe what you want then attach a photo. Like if you have a pair of trousers you don’t know how to match. Or someone wanted to have a nice birthday poem for their cat, and just inserted what the cat liked etc. In your case take a photo of a wall or an area of a room and ask for suggestions and price range Try something! It’s really bad for the environment though so not sure I want to get used to it..

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Thank you!!

I somehow missed the post that suggested going to openai.com.

I will give it a go tomorrow!! 🤣

Next daft question... why is it bad for the environment???

orangedream · 03/05/2025 22:16

Yes, the frames stuck up in the air for the plants look hideous. Invest in some 3 m high shrubs or hedging to soften your fence and screen them out.

LillyPJ · 03/05/2025 22:07

Namechanger2578 · 03/05/2025 21:56

All those saying... "grow something up your side of the fence or paint it, etc," need to be aware that you can only do that if you own the fence yourself.

If your neighbour owns the fence then you are not legally allowed to grow anything up it, attach anything to it, paint it or even lean something against it without the owner's permission. It is classed as criminal damage.

You can grow a hedge or tree or shrubs against it. You just can't attach things to it if it's not yours.

blueshedhermit · 03/05/2025 22:07

namethisbird · 03/05/2025 21:45

😂😂😂

OP your garden is an eyesore, very council estate.
I had to look at your picture again as I thought you were talking about your fence, which is hideous. Have you considered investing in your own garden?

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I live on a council estate and I would lie down and roll across OP's lawn weeping tears of gratitude that a lawn was a lawn (albeit with a weird dead body shape!) and not the abandoned sofas/broken trampolines/overflowing bins jungle that I look at every day! 🤓

Fly1ngG1raffe · 03/05/2025 22:04

Whitelotus5 · 03/05/2025 16:32

And yeah I was referring to the 4 giant trellis’s that popped up today - genuinely lighthearted, I realise they will look better when they’ve grown in.

They’re not trellises. They’re frames for training pleached trees. I assume the neighbours want to block out the eyesore of you staring at their house.

Namechanger2578 · 03/05/2025 21:56

All those saying... "grow something up your side of the fence or paint it, etc," need to be aware that you can only do that if you own the fence yourself.

If your neighbour owns the fence then you are not legally allowed to grow anything up it, attach anything to it, paint it or even lean something against it without the owner's permission. It is classed as criminal damage.

MumWifeOther · 03/05/2025 21:55

YABU

why would you choose a house with the gardens backing onto eachother like this if you value privacy?

ans also, this isn’t a problem at all. It looks like a trellis!!?!

FloatingSquirrel · 03/05/2025 21:55

Put some plants along the edge of the fence and a few trellises on it and it won't look so bad once theyve grown. Maybe some nice lights hung on it too, or even painting it might make it look slightly less "newbuildy" if you don't have time to be gardening.

Apreslapluielesoleil · 03/05/2025 21:46

They’re much nicer than the bog standard garden centre trellis. Could you ask where they bought them? I’d really like a couple of those.

namethisbird · 03/05/2025 21:45

ShapedLikeAPastry · 03/05/2025 16:48

Judging by OP's garden...I think we can safely assume that's a no.

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😂😂😂

OP your garden is an eyesore, very council estate.
I had to look at your picture again as I thought you were talking about your fence, which is hideous. Have you considered investing in your own garden?

babyproblems · 03/05/2025 21:39

Your fence is the eyesore imo 😂
your neighbour obviously agrees!!!

MargaretThursday · 03/05/2025 21:38

PinkSparklyPussyCat · 03/05/2025 21:25

We had a laburnum. It looked lovely when it was out but a mess the rest of the time. I shed no tears when it was cut down!

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Laburnum is also pretty poisonous. I wouldn't plant it in a garden where children might be.

Cakeandusername · 03/05/2025 21:27

If you own your house I’d paint the fence it will be less of an eyesore. Stone seems quite popular shade. The trees in neighbouring garden will soon gown and look nice.