18-07-2025
I was shocked when I came home from work & saw what my neighbours had done to my fence – people say it's ‘criminal'
A MAN has revealed he discovered an unpleasant surprise after arriving home and realising what his neighbours had done to his side of the fence.
With summer in full force, millions of Brits are rushing to spruce up their grubby fences on the cheap by painting them.
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Unfortunately for one man, TikToker @ s0me0fthegear, this came with a surprise he hadn't been warned about.
According to the man, he had come home one day from work - only to discover his side of the fence was turned into a total mess.
Sharing the damage online, the TikToker explained that his neighbours had decided to paint their side of the fence - and it appears that quite a bit of the product had landed on his side as well.
While originally his side of the slatted fence was black, the makeover had left heaps of white paint seeping through and dripping down.
After chatting to the neighbours the following morning, the man said they claimed they had no idea of the damage.
''I came home from work and found it like this,'' the TikToker said in a recent video shared on social media.
''It's absolutely fine, I will sort it at the weekend if it doesn't rain,'' he went on.
''Guess I'll be getting my paint brush out then!'' the man chuckled in the caption.
But while the man didn't appear to be that bothered by the unexpected DIY fence makeover, some viewers warned that this was ''criminal'' and ''could be seen as an act of aggression or cause offense''.
The short clip, posted just two days ago, has already taken the internet by storm, amassing a whopping 1million views and over 8,000 likes.
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More than 700 people flooded to comments to share their thoughts on the matter - and it was a mixed bag of reactions.
Some, for instance, thought the act was not ''intentional'' - others, meanwhile, shared how to get revenge.
One understanding person said: ''Stay a good neighbour and repaint your side the same colour. Completely unintentional.''
I had a two-year bin war with my next door neighbour
Gemma Smith and Sophie Wood were engaged in a weekly feud for a year over their wheelie bins.
When Gemma moved next door to Sophie, 34, who is unemployed, in November 2020 they were civil to one another.
Gemma, who is single and doesn't work due to stress, says: 'Sophie seemed nice and we'd stop and exchange pleasantries.
'But it all changed at the beginning of 2022, when Sophie's bin was full and she put her rubbish bag in mine.
'I took it out and put it on top of her bin.
'It fell off, gulls pecked at it and there was rubbish everywhere.'
Both women refused to clear up the mess, claiming it was the other one's fault.
Gemma says: 'I felt so angry.
'There was cat litter spread all over my drive — it was absolutely disgusting and we ended up shouting at each other.
'We were both as bad as each other — we'd walk past each other and I'd tell her she was a lazy cow and to clean up after herself.
'We'd scream insults at each other."
Within six months Sophie had set up a CCTV camera and threatened to report Gemma to the council.
In retaliation, Gemma set up the baby monitor — which can record video — to try to pin more wrongdoing on Sophie.
Then last July Sophie spotted Gemma in tears on her doorstep following a burglary at her home.
Gemma says: 'Sophie came straight round and asked if there was anything she could do.
'We are now the best of friends and help each other out all the time."
Another chimed in: ''This fencing is a nightmare for this, both me and my neighbours organise it so we do each side of a panel at the same time so we can catch drips as they happen, we also share a few bottles of wine whilst doing it.''
''Virtually impossible to paint these panels without it seeping through to be fair,'' someone else said.
''Let the games begin,'' a viewer chuckled.
''My patience could never,'' another wrote.
A whizz, meanwhile, commented: ''In the UK, there isn't a specific law preventing you from painting your side of a neighbor's fence, even if they own it.
