A woman has hit out at her neighbours for ruining her garden fence after they coloured it “without her permission”.
Taking to a popular parenting website, Mumsnet, the anonymous woman wrote an account of how her next door neighbours wanted to stain their side of the fence, but assured her that it was just a treatment and would dry clear.
She said the stain seeped through the wood and has caused dark patches to appear on her side - which the woman says could be considered "criminal damage", reports the Mirror.
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She shared a picture of the fence, and 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 woman's post sparked a debate among other users, with some saying that she was overreacting to the issue. 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..."
However, a different user sympathised with the woman, commenting: "I can understand your upset and frustration. Your neighbour shouldn't have done that without your permission”.
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