Picture this: you have a lovely, well-maintained lawn and a neighbor who just can’t seem to respect your property boundaries. They ride their mower over your lawn, damaging your sprinkler heads, and even remove the property boundary stick! It’s enough to make anyone want to take action. One homeowner has had enough and is considering putting up a small decorative garden fence to protect their property. But is this a petty move or a justified response? Let’s dive into the story and find out!
The Mowing Menace

Reasons for the Fence

Sprinkler Head Casualty

Neighborly Snub

Boundary Stick Be Gone!

Assumptions and Observations ️

Encroaching on Property?

Disrespectful Behavior

The Decorative Solution

Garden Fence to the Rescue!

Aesthetic and Functional

Family and Friends Weigh In ️

Petty or Justified? You Decide!
So there you have it: a homeowner tired of their neighbor’s mower invading their property and damaging their sprinkler heads. They’ve considered putting up a small decorative garden fence to protect their lawn and create a barrier between them and their unfriendly neighbor. But is this a petty move or a justified response? Some family and friends are divided on the issue, and now it’s time for you to weigh in. Let’s see what the internet thinks of this situation…
Fence it in! NTA and the hate for neighbors is real

Protect your property and relationships with a good fence!

Protecting property rights: NTA neighbor can put up fence

Survey the property, plant arbor vitae or build a decorative fence

Fences are standard for privacy in the US and normal elsewhere

Protecting property with fences: NTA. Good neighbors, good fences.

Neighbor encroaching on your space? Garden well is perfect solution

NTA neighbor moves property markers, breaks sprinkler, fence it.

Debating if OP is truly NTA, more info needed

Protect your property with a garden fence and shrubs! NTA
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Take back your property! NTA for building a fence.

Replacing property boundary stick leads to legal trouble.

Neighbor damages property, NTA for putting up fence

Neighbor damages property, garden fence is a reasonable solution. NTA.

NTA. Discuss sprinkler damage, put up fence if they don’t comply.

Is it necessary to inform neighbors before putting up a fence?

Fence it up! NTA gets support for boundary-setting

Grumpy Cat approves of keeping neighbors at a distance

Put up the fence and forget about them

Rocks over fence, a practical solution to avoid neighbor disputes

Neighbor approved!

Neighborly advice: Protect your property, but be kind about it.

Neighbor mows strip of lawn for their trashcans, solution: fence!

Take control of your garden, you’re not the a**hole here

Protect your land! Get a survey and fence

Build a fence and avoid future heartache
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Assert your boundaries to protect your property

Go for it! Sounds like a cute solution.

Planters as fence anchors? Genius NTA solution!

Don’t jump to conclusions, have you talked to them?

Be careful! Mowing someone else’s lawn can lead to ownership!

Neighbor’s lawn mower crossing into your yard? Communicate first

Protect your space with a fence and surveillance cameras!

Protect your property and privacy with a fence!

Protect your property! NTA

Fence it up! Problem solved, no more encroachment issues.

Asserting property boundaries: neighbor gets mad, Redditors approve.

Documenting lawn damage can protect against ownership disputes

Neighbor mows your lawn? Get a fence, cameras, and cops.

Don’t mess with property pegs! NTA for protecting your property

Protect your land with a fence, NTA comment suggests.

Defending property with rocks, NTA gets creative

Fence it up! No a-hole here.

Get creative with natural barriers!

Protect your property with a fence and security cameras

Neighbor using your lawn to mow theirs? NTA! Fence up!

Build a fence, not a wall. ️

Create a beautiful garden fence with shrubs, flowers and rocks

Put up a fence to protect your property from invasive neighbors

Building a fence to keep the peace. NTA.

Passive-aggressive much? Comment suggests damaging neighbor’s tires with nails.

Build a fence and document it to protect your property

Protect your property! Build a sturdy fence

Secure your property and peace of mind with a fence ️

Get a survey first to avoid accidentally encroaching. NTA
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Surveyor first! Don’t build on neighbor’s lawn

NTA wants revenge on noisy neighbor with fence and nails

Get creative with a flower bed instead of a fence!

Illegal property damage? Get a surveyor to reset your corner!

Confused commenter questions their potential a**hole status

Property disputes can get messy, better safe than sorry

Frustrated neighbor can’t fence yard for furry companions

Neighborly advice: talk to them before building a fence
