A woman got "ultimate revenge" on her neighbour who claimed a chunk of her garden by building a fence across it. TikTok user @unbewreathable was shocked when she first noticed the alleged land grab and politely asked her neighbour to move the new fence back to the property line.
However, her attempts to be civil with the neighbour failed as they refused to move to it, meaning the row between the two landowners continued. Get the latest news from WalesOnline sent straight to your inbox for free by signing up to our newsletter.
The squabble soon reached a stalemate, at which point the TikToker decided to take matters into her own hands and have the offending fence dismantled plank by plank. A clip of the fence being taken down has been watched nearly 20 million times on the social media site, with viewers divided by the homeowner's actions.
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In the video, two men can apparently be seen dismantling the wooden border and 'neatly' stacking the planks for the neighbour to deal with. It was posted on TikTok with the caption: "My neighbour's fence is on our property…we've asked them to partner with us to correct it…they refused…so here we are!"
Follow-up videos show a significant chunk of the garden had been taken over by the neighbour, with a new fence then installed to restore the original property lines. The TikToker wrote: "The property lines are exactly where they are supposed to be. Those saying 'oh I would've taken a free fence', would you also take depreciation on your properties?," adding: "Sometimes boundaries have to be established."
Thousands of viewers praised the homeowner for taking action, with many stunned by the neighbour's cheekiness. Others said that they would have wanted to do exactly the same thing if they were faced with that situation, while some branded her plan the "ultimate revenge".
"Normalise not allowing your neighbours to run over you for easing tension," wrote one approving viewer. "If their fence stays there, they gain that property." Another wrote in support: "If they allow the neighbours to fence that property, it becomes their property. The one taking it down loses equity."
"I can’t believe they had it that far over on your property," said a third, while another added: "I get that they wanted the fence straight for aesthetic reasons, but that was A LOT of land in the back there that they tried to claim." One viewer praised her handling of the situation, writing: "You handled this with grace and it looks amazing."
However, others weren't so sure that the homeowner had gone about the situation in the right way, with many saying that they would have let it be. "They are good neighbours," wrote one. "Wish I got a free fence". Another said: "Oh, you're a Karen," while a third added: "People like you are so selfish and impossible to deal with."
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