A woman has been left seething after her neighbours decided to go ahead and paint their side of the fence without consulting with her first, leaving her with a dreadful mess to clean up.
The exasperated homeowner, who says she usually has a "good neighbourly relationship" with her next-door neighbours says they've painted the fence in a completely different colour along their side and across the top.
Even more annoyingly, they haven't exactly made a neat job of things, and she's now been left with messy drips on her side. She wishes they'd chatted with her about it first, and says this isn't the first time they've done this sort of thing.
Taking to Mumsnet, the annoyed woman wrote: "My neighbour has painted their side of their fence...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. It's a totally different colour and 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 (neighbour's choice of colour again) - I don't know whose fence it is, if anyone's, it was here before we both moved here, but it maybe is theirs."
She added: "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."
Since posting, the woman has raked in more than 100 comments from fellow Mumsnet users - several of whom sympathised with her awkward situation.
Meanwhile, others told her not to give the fence a second thought and felt she'd overreacted a bit.
"It's a bit of an overreaction," wrote one person. "Is it just one fence panel or an entire side of the garden? Could you ask to have the paint colour and paint your side?"
Another sarcastically commented: "How awful they didn't consult you first to marry up dates. It will be utterly distressing for your party guests and will ruin the evening."
Others were kinder, however, with someone posting: "I'm absolutely gutted for you and understand the pain you must feel.
They went on: "Our neighbour did a similar thing and it took me weeks to reverse the damage."
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