When designing your dream garden, your neighbors are unlikely to factor in. We get it — your backyard is for your benefit, not theirs — but you can't dismiss your neighbors entirely. The height of your fence, the maintenance of your boundary lines, even the types of flowers you plant — there are so many planning decisions your neighbors can complain about, and many of them aren't baseless at all.
In an ideal world, you and your neighbor would solve any dispute amicably, but to do so, it helps to set the record straight. Theoretically, your neighbors can complain about anything (if you've drawn the short straw on your street, you'll know this all too well); the difference is knowing which complaints are actually within their rights and, as such, which ones you'll have to act upon.
