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Neighbours Indiana Jones-ing their way into our garden

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Dadfromthesea · 25/09/2023 15:33

This is making me seethe and chuckle in equal measure.

At the end of our garden are some big old fir trees, then the boundary fence. After that there’s a little stream, and if you kept going you’d find the fence of the people who live in the house behind (let’s call them Mr and Mrs Jones), then their back garden.

The Joneseseses have just bought a big seating unit thing and plonked it at the back end of their garden (the bit nearest us). It’s about 10ft from my boundary fence and a good 70ft from the back of my house - we’re lucky to have a big garden - and there’s the fir trees as well which make it a pretty thick barrier.

But they decided they want some privacy and put up a big canvass barrier. Fair enough, I don’t care.

Except…

They’ve tied it to our fir trees!

They’ve clambered over their own fence, slung a ladder (an actual LADDER) over the stream, scrambled up the bank, and cable tied the bloody thing to our trees! Without so much as a word!

They did it in the dead of night! Came down the other day to discover the bloody Shroud of Turin cable tied to my trees! The ladder was still there on the bank of the stream.

So obviously, being British and terrified of confrontation, I did the natural thing of not mentioning it to them but instead cutting the fucker down. It’s now in my garage.

And they’ve replaced it with another!! It arrived overnight this morning!

Just to be clear - I don’t care that they want to shield themselves from us. It’s a dark green thing so I can barely even see it. But I can see it, and I do care that they’ve gone on a bloody Navy SEAL Commando mission, twice, to my garden to put the bloody thing up!

Yes I could go and talk to them but a) I’ve never said a word to them before b) they might kill me and c) this is funnier.

But tell me I ANBU please.

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Hummingbird89 · 26/09/2023 11:24

What the hell 😂
OP is it actually on your property? I am staggered by the AUDACITY !

PorridgeOnToast · 26/09/2023 11:26

As annoyed as you must be (and in huge slight awe of their ninja like stealthness at fitting it all without your knowledge 🕵) I am secretly rather thrilled as it means more amazingly written posts by you.

MavisMcMinty · 26/09/2023 11:27

Are they really going to continue to put up a screen on your property every night? And are you really going to continue to cut it down every morning?

I mean, it’s a great thread (the tribute thread has sadly been deleted by MNHQ) but how can it be resolved without a giant shouting match at some point?

Trickedbyadoughnut · 26/09/2023 11:29

Well, part of me wants to see how many times you can cut it down before they say something or stop ...

DobbyTheHouseElk · 26/09/2023 11:29

Can I just say well done for volunteering with brownies. Our unit is desperately in need and no one will volunteer.

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 26/09/2023 11:31

Little people?

What could motivate them to instantly replace it, even in the rain?

I was picturing a tall wooden fence.

You need a large "private property/ no trespassing " sign ASAP.

ChocolateCakeOverspill · 26/09/2023 11:32

This looks less like a sun shade and more like the beginning of some sort of post apocalyptic refugee centre. Are you sure they’re not preppers who know something you don’t?

BedisBliss · 26/09/2023 11:34

@Dadfromthesea Thank you so much for this. I feel your pain/disbelief and want to know how this ends up, please!! I am currently enduring Covid III and this has made me laugh and cheered me, no end (sorry).

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 26/09/2023 11:34

I think we need an updated diagram. What is that lattice thing in the background?

TimeForTeaAndG · 26/09/2023 11:34

@ZeldaWillTellYourFortune the OP was singing the Poddington Peas theme tune. Hence the little people.

OP, wtf I can't believe they've replaced it again!!!!

NeunundneunzigHorseBallonz · 26/09/2023 11:34

Time to hurl birdseed all over their seating. Bird shit everywhere. Make their lives very uncomfortable.

DigbyTheDigger · 26/09/2023 11:37

How high is your fence?

CitizenofMoronia · 26/09/2023 11:38

ZeldaWillTellYourFortune · 26/09/2023 11:34

I think we need an updated diagram. What is that lattice thing in the background?

looks like the patio area, the light things at the bottom being the seating.

CitizenofMoronia · 26/09/2023 11:39

Yeah, time to just spray paint FUCK OFF MY GARDEN! in massive letters on it.

Scaredycatttt · 26/09/2023 11:39

Is there any way you could erect a bigger and more imposing shroud on their property? Perhaps with a large 🖕drawn on it?

MustGetOutofBed · 26/09/2023 11:40

I'm in awe and shock - in shock at their audacity to keep attaching sheets to your property, and in awe of your determination to remove it and (hysterically) update us.

Going back to one of your previous posts.... The woman at the back of their house literally murdered her husband. I won’t post the link from the news websites cos it’ll show where we live, but it certainly curtailed the barbecues round their place for a few weeks, I tell you that much.

Round here that sort of news would only increase the BBQ activity while everyone gathered to give their tuppence worth.

Nanaof1 · 26/09/2023 11:40

Dadfromthesea · 26/09/2023 11:16

Sweet infant Christ, they’ve replaced it.

Down at the bottom of the garden, among the birds and the bees, a little lot of little people, and SOME KIND OF PLASTIC WIND SHIELD THING!

I have taken some photos, because I know that this is unbelievable to anyone who doesn’t think that 9/11 was an inside job.

I am verging on genuine admiration for their truly outstanding cheek. Honestly, I’ve only ever seen this level of clownery in two places - the circus and the current Cabinet. It’s only the fact that their project has actually successfully been delivered that makes me certain the government aren’t involved.

The photos don’t really do the situation justice though. And bear in mind that although you can see their seating thing quite clearly, I am deep inside my own fir trees at this point. It’s basically invisible to us from our garden. The wire fence you can see is also not the real fence. That’s the other side of their new Berlin Wall.

I was really hoping that this morning’s detective mission would end with me finding no Shroud III (and thus me being able to call myself a no sheet Sherlock), but fuck a duck there was this!

This is alarming in basically all of the ways.

They must have had it pre-prepared. It’s only 14 hours since I cut down the sheet. They must have come out in the rain to do it as well, since it’s been fairly apocalyptic since i cut down their last effort.

They’ve upgraded now. Previously it was just a glorified bed sheet, but this bad boy has got substance.

There are poles! POLES!

Luckily they seem to have run out of cable ties, and have used some bright green string to tie this between the trees.

I mean, in all honesty, what on actual Earth is going on? When they bought their house did they think that they’d also bought mine?

I need clarification.

Is the shroud still on your side of the fence and tied to your trees?

Why does their garden seating area look so close and how is there room for a stream etc. between that shroud and their garden sit area?

What are your plans?

MrsSkylerWhite · 26/09/2023 11:41

ApolloandDaphne · Yesterday 16:02

Take this one down and replace it with a ransom note. £3000 in old notes by Wednesday at 3.45 am or else the tarps get it.”

Perfect.

MrsJoneses · 26/09/2023 11:42

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.

gamerchick · 26/09/2023 11:44

Burger grease on the top of the fence and a note tied to the tree should do it

ColdEvenings · 26/09/2023 11:44

I don't understand the picture. The wiring and wooden posts are yours? Does that not mean that the canvas is on their side then?

Def need another diagram!!

sueelleker · 26/09/2023 11:45

MustGetOutofBed · 26/09/2023 11:40

I'm in awe and shock - in shock at their audacity to keep attaching sheets to your property, and in awe of your determination to remove it and (hysterically) update us.

Going back to one of your previous posts.... The woman at the back of their house literally murdered her husband. I won’t post the link from the news websites cos it’ll show where we live, but it certainly curtailed the barbecues round their place for a few weeks, I tell you that much.

Round here that sort of news would only increase the BBQ activity while everyone gathered to give their tuppence worth.

Depends what she did with the body-is her name Sweeney Todd?
Dadfromthesea-is there any chance they think their land runs across the stream and up to your trees? However, I feel that if they did they'd have complained by now about you "trespassing".

ErrolTheDragon · 26/09/2023 11:45

You need a large "private property/ no trespassing " sign ASAP.

Seriously, you really do.

I mean, in all honesty, what on actual Earth is going on? When they bought their house did they think that they’d also bought mine?
I can only think - if I've got the layout right - that when you say The wire fence you can see is also not the real fence. That’s the other side of their new Berlin Wall. that they are labouring under the delusion that the wire fence actually is the boundary line and that they're in a genuine no-man's land (or council property in which case they still shouldn't be shrouding it).

So I think you need to dig out your deeds and send them a copy of the plan and tell them that they seem to have misunderstood where your property starts.

NeunundneunzigHorseBallonz · 26/09/2023 11:46

Donate the shrouds to the Brownies for craft activities. Maybe they could make some bunting…

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 26/09/2023 11:47

You could cut a massive hole in the centre of it so even though it was still tied up it basically was just the edges of it.

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