To be annoyed my neighbour has painted their side of their fence?

[cheesersqueezer]

... without telling me? My side looks awful now. If they had told me they were doing it, I would have arranged to get my side done too. Its a totally different colour and the the top and sides are the new colour, as are all the drips on my side. They did this a few years ago as well but it was the same colour and I still had to promptly paint my side because it looked so bad with the drips. I probably said nothing at the time. I will need to get my side painted the same (neighbours choice of colour again)- I don't know whose fence it is, if anyones, it was here before we both moved here, but it maybe is theirs. Just annoyed because I think we usually have a good neighbourly relationship. I have a family party planned at the weekend and have been getting the garden looking presentable and it now looks, well, shoddy and horrible

My new neighbours once painted their side of my fence in blue, all my fences were green. They painted the tops blue, then slid the panels out and painted our side blue as well! We had already sold and we're moving out, so I bit my lip on that one and thanked fate for my lucky escape.

Just ask them about the colour - they might even have some left they might give you.

Annoying as it is for you, they might've just done it on a whim while the weather is good.

Why though if they're painting their side of their fence?

They surely don't need permission?

Move out, burn the house down and relocate to deepest darkest Peru, op. It's the only way!

Because if drips through and looks shit on the other side unless you're really careful @SmartCarDriver which I assume they haven't been or the OP wouldn't know

I'm sure most people can cope with a less than pristine fence for a couple of weeks and then can paint it themselves when the feel like it. Assuming it's their fence and the NDN agrees.

Or just do what I did and put in composite fencing that never needs painting

They do if they don't own it.

@Azandme if you read the thread title it would appear they do own it? Contradicted by further information, but a very great area. You would've thought after the first situation the OP would've found out.

Look at your deeds. It will say who owns the fence.

YANBU if it is your fence.

YABU if it is not your fence.

Whoever it belongs to can do as they please with it.

But what if they didn't want to pain ttheir fence and were happy with it how it was? It's not really very fair.

OP just paint it neon. That should cover the drips.

Just paint it whatever colour you like and then if it drips on their side they will know what it's like.

Although then they would repaint again.

And you would have to the same again.

And again.

And again.

Or you could pop round and tell.them that there are drips all over your fence and could they please fix it.

If you can't be bothered painting it tomorrow then do as Clavinova suggests and festoon the fence with bunting and the like. Nobody will notice a few wood stain splashes and even if they did, it's unlikely to spoil the party for them. Undercooked sausages, yes - paint drips, no.

If we’re going to exhaust all possibilities then we need to consider if the op is still able to do this? Clearly it is no longer as straight forward as ‘painting the fence’ otherwise she wouldn’t have come on here and made a thread about it. Op could quite possibly have been involved in a tragic accident leaving them wheelchair bound.

Buy hot pink paint, paint your side, make sure it drips.

Also going forward could you do lots of planting on your side so that you can't really see the fence.

Then doesn't matter what they do with it.

@ToughLover I hadn't thought of that, you of course are most likely correct!

@skybluee how has it suddenly become OPs fence?

How has it suddenly become OPs fence?

Yes, most people do, which was rather my point.

We did this once. We were being unreasonable but I didn't know any better at the time. Didn't realise about the drips (we didn't paint the top). Ours neighbours are lovely and I was pretty embarrassed.

I was thinking the exact same thing. These things are always complicated

@FourTeaFallOut if it's only most, it tells you nothing at all. You'll have people coming on adamant that it's the other way round.

Yes, of course. It was simply suggested by way of a clue. That's why I didn't wade on to the post saying I had the answer to the op's problem - it was just a quick question.

do they even know? Seems like a non-problem…knock on the door, ask them which paint it is so you can get the same one as it has ran through. Next time they will hopefully remember before they paint. They may even offer to do yours since they messed it up…I know I would