A woman has been left fuming after her neighbours caused "criminal damage" to her fence, leaving it "ruined" by colouring it "without her permission".
The anonymous woman took to popular online forum, Mumsnet, to complain about her neighbours "criminal" behaviour, reports the Mirror.
The woman said that her next-door neighbours were planning on staining their side of the fence, but promised her it was just a treatment that would dry clear.
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However, the treatment seeped through to the woman's side of the fence, and has caused dark patches to appear - to which the woman has claimed is "criminal damage".
Sharing a photo of the fence, the Mumsnet user wrote: "My new neighbour has ruined our fence (in our deeds) by staining their side without our permission.
"They lied and told me it was a treatment - when I asked them when it would dry clear (which they also assured me it would do!)
"As it's a stain, it cannot be jet washed or sanded off. It's affected about 30/40ft of around 120ft of our boundary. We hate the colour so will not be staining ours, plus it would only damage our other fences when it seeps through.
"I just want to know where I stand. I've reached out, they offered to go halves on the stain (jokers!!... Not happening) in my eyes the only way to rectify this is by replacing the whole thing. I've read that this is criminal damage.
"I've reached out and they were semi playing ball, then she deleted Facebook so I posted her a note and have not heard back so will be knocking on her door this week but wanted some further info first.
"They also have stopped painting the rest of their fences which to me proves guilt!"
The Mumsnet post has sparked quite the debate among users, some of which accused the woman of overreacting to the situation.
One person wrote: "It's not ruined goodness. Just stain it. Yea it's annoying but hardly fence-replacing level of situation."
A second penned: "It's not 'ruined'. Just a different colour. What a drama..."
But one person sympathised with the woman, writing: "I can understand your upset and frustration. Your neighbour shouldn't have done that without your permission."
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