To be annoyed with the neighbour

[CrazyHippo]

Our property is the first ive lived in where ALL fence boundaries are joint responsibility.. fair enough.

We painted our side of the fence last week in a light oak.. was super careful around all the edges and the knots and little holes.

Neighbours painted their side last night in dark oak.. fair enough.

Ive gone out this morning and theres dark brown splodges all over our side where theyve jabbed their brush through the little holes.. theres run marks down all our side of the concrete gravel boards etc.. theres dribbles over the top down our side where theyve just splashed it all on the top

Makes our side of the fence look really scruffy.

Aibu to be a bit miffed that theyve took absolutely zero care in painting their side of the fence when we were so bloodt careful doing ours??

Take a photo and go round and ask them!!

Did they use a sprayer?

I think im going to. It looks such a mess.
Nah they used a brush

It was to avoid exactly this that caused me to knock on my neighbours door and agree with them which brand and colour we would each paint our respective sides.

My neighbours done this recently. Fine on the part that’s actually shared I guess. Not happy though but I extended part of the fence my side of the boundary although touching the original fence and they have bloody painted that a bright garish colour and it’s seeped though.

I cnba to talk to them to I’m going to rip it down repaint the lot frame it so it’s clear it’s mine and not theirs to touch.

It's not really possible to paint a fence without it doing that, so I don't think they've necessarily been careless. I'd be amazed if none of yours seeped over to their side? Did you actually go round to the other side and look?

As BMW6 has said, you really should have talked to them first to sort out a mutually acceptable colour before doing your side, so I do think in this instance you've mostly created a rod for your own back.

Now that the painting is done the only solution is to repaint your side the same as theirs, as theirs is darker.

Ask them what brand and type they used so you get an exact match. Different brands will vary for "dark oak".

Lesson learned OP. Discuss and agree beforehand. As a pp has pointed out, no matter how carefully you paint your side, some is bound to bleed through the gaps, so both sides the same is the only sane solution.