Neighbour and we (myself and wife) bought terraced houses next door to each other on a new development. We are both doing our gardens up. We have planned what we’d like in ours for ages and have been doing it slowly when money allows but our neighbour keeps messaging composing we are copying his garden!
We aren’t , we are just doing it how we like and with two garden centres nearby and similar plants being sold in both (for the climate we live in, northern England) I would have imagined most people end up with similar plants! He messages us regularly complaining we are copying even though I’ve told him we aren’t we are just doing what we want and have planned it since we moved in. He must be peering in from the upstairs frequently to see as there’s a fence!
I regret ever giving him my number (was trying to be friendly when we all moved in).
I feel like it’s harassment as surely what we do in our garden is our business as long as we aren’t disturbing him? We don’t play loud music or keep the place untidy and I’m feeling quite weird that he’s so invested in what we are doing and obviously monitoring us in the garden then messaging about it to basically tell us not to have anything the same as him. He’s plainly said he doesn’t want us to have anything the same.. I could understand if he painted his shed red and we did the same a week later but I think he’s a bit OTT! And making our lives a misery.