Reddit Stories - The RESIDENT became EXTREMELY upset when we CONSTRUCTED a barrier on our land

Episode Date: July 14, 2025

#redditstories #askreddit #aita #relationships #neighborconflict #propertydispute #communicationissues #boundarydisagreementSummary: The RESIDENT was EXTREMELY upset when we CONSTRUCTED a barrier on our land, sparking a heated conflict. Tensions rose as boundaries were challenged, leading to a breakdown in communication and escalating the dispute.Tags: redditstories, askreddit, reddit, aita, tifu, neighborconflict, propertydispute, communicationissues, boundarydisagreement, conflictresolution, communitydrama, angryneighbor, landownership, propertyrights, disputeescalation, boundarydispute, communicationbreakdown, neighborhoodtensions, propertyline, neighborissuesBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/reddit-stories--6237355/support.

I hope you enjoy this story. The resident became extremely upset when we constructed a barrier on our land as it prevents her from intruding through our garden. She has contacted law enforcement, submitted inaccurate complaints, and is causing distress. Us. We used to get along great with our next-door neighbor. For context, she is an older Polish woman who lives alone and is very OCD about her grass. She will pick up leaves as they fall down from the tree and pick up leaves off her grass. grass even if it rained. Anyway, she has a front fence that she didn't run all down her property line. She stopped it at the front so her whole right side of her home is exposed next

to ours, then picked up the fence when her backyard begins. We had more than a few times where strangers would enter the side of our house and actually try and enter our home. So my husband decided to put up a front fence. At the time my neighbor was redoing her backyard fence and she knew my husband also wanted to do his backyard fence so she recommend her guy. As she followed up to see if my husband called the guy to get the work my husband told her that he did and that he also asked the guy for a quote for the front as well. She immediately lost it. Since then she has been acting so crazy. It started with her calling the alderman and she wrongfully accused us of taking her land. The alderman came and spoke with us and sided with me and my husband. The problem is that she

wants to use our front walkway that's on the side of our house to access her right side of her property. The side that she didn't fence, so she fenced herself out and has always just went on our property to access her side. She's mad because with our fence she can't just walk in and go to her side of her house anymore. We told her we would give her a key and she said no. Since she accused us of stealing her land, we didn't feel comfortable about allowing her to come and go off our property anymore, but she didn't care. She called a handyman to install a security camera and he worked on our side of the property and she didn't ask. I asked the guy to please inform her for any future work she will need to ask us for permission before she enters our

property. The security camera was to watch us because she was so paranoid we would build a fence. This Saturday we had the company begin work and she totally lost it. She harassed the workers telling them to stop work and she was accusing us of stealing land. She threatened to report them to the city and to call the inspector on us. My husband had to stay outside with guys as they worked and when he went in she would come back out and harass them. Then she called the police. For police cars came. I don't know what she told them but it was not the truth because the cops sided with us and told her to stay inside and not bother us. Then Sunday she paces looking at our fence posts staring. She looked at our fence posts like ten times on Sunday and then she was

pacing our backyard and we have her on camera just staring and pacing and starting in. So creepy. Then Monday she is walking and starting again and she stops on of our neighbors and starts complaining to him about our fence right in front of our house. She continues pacing and staring through the day. Then later that Monday a guy comes and she walks him to our house and he starts looking at our posts. My husband came out this time and asked the guy who his was and why he was interested in looking at our property. He told us that he is a realtor and a good friend of hers, and he came because she called him telling him that we stole her property from her and accused us of putting posts on her property, which was all lies. We immediately showed him our proof,

and he agreed with us and tried to mediate with her explaining that we are legally able to build and that she can extend her fence so she is not blocked out. She just said no, no, and didn't want to do that. So my husband just left we made sure everything was reprimed. Then today. She came outside and stared at our property again just pacing. She did the same in the backyard. Then she went to the front and started flagging down neighbors who she never talks to and starts to complain about our fence calling us bad people and that we are stealing her land. She is acting so malicious. What do I do? It's crazy. Edit. So I called the police to see what she accused us of on Saturday. They said that she alleged we were encroaching on her

property and blocking her egress. The claim was noted as false by the police. Update, March 20th, 2025. It snowed and the neighbor came out with her hair curlers and her hair and her pajamas and slippers no jacket so she was in some hurry and went to the front of our house to stare while she was on the phone. Not sure what information she needed from staring at our posts, maybe she needed our address. Looks like she's trying to call someone else on us. She is straight loosing it as she knows the fence will be completed as soon as weather is better. Additional info, Boop clarifies the drawing of the fences. Boop, sorry yes, the drawing isn't the greatest. But to help explain she has a six feet iron fence in the front of her property. It goes all the way down the left side of her house,

but on the right side she stopped the fence at the beginning of her house and curved it in. So it's leaves the right side of her house not fenced all the way until the end of her house. She then continues the fence and curves it in when her garage begins. She is upset because with our front fence she can't go on our property to get to her side. Every day she is out staring and calling people to her house to look at it and complain. Update 1, April 10, 2025. Our fence has been up for a week and a half. The neighbor surprisingly did not bother the workers when they put the panels up. I was so surprised so that's why I didn't really do an update because I was like okay. This is over. Finally she must have come to her senses. Yeah, I was wrong.

On Tuesday I was coming home from picking up my child from school and some man ran out his car and shouted if I was the owner of the home. I asked who he was and he stated he was from the city building in code enforcement while also briefly flashing his ID at me. I then proceeded to tell him that I am the owner and why was he here? He stated that he received a complaint about a building violation and that our fence is too tall and we must cut it down from six feet to five feet. Keep in mind my neighbor's fence is taller than ours BTW. I told the inspector that three licensed contractors that we contacted all informed us we didn't need a permit, but that if they were wrong we would gladly comply of course and or apply for the needed permit. He stated that

there is no possible way the city would approve it. And I told him we would, we would will work with the city and find a solution, we don't want to cut corners and want to do it right. My husband then comes out and gets informed on what's going on and then my husband asks the inspector for his email or business card so we can follow up and work together to fix it. The guy refused to give us any card or email to follow up with him. He told my husband all the information is on the city website. Why do you need my information for? He was very rude. I know how to talk with people so I told him. Look I get you come across a lot of people who argue back and give you a hard time so you're on guard.

But I assure you we don't want to argue and we want to fix this issue he then calmed down and told us he has kids too and he understand why we need a fence, etc. He then told us he would give us 48 hours to get a permit and then he left. Once I got home I reviewed the camera footage and the inspector entered our property and did not ring the doorbell to try and speak with us. He just trespassed and was walking around looking at our property. He didn't measure anything. Nothing. So I began to get suspicious. I then remembered when my neighbor threatened us and the workers saying she had an inspector friend and she was going to report us.

On top of that, why didn't the inspector want to give me any information to follow up? So weird. Then he tells me to get a permit in 48 hours? He didn't even tell me which one. And if he said the city would not approve it, why didn't he tell me to apply in 48 hours? in 48 hours. Things just seemed off. I'd so then I went to do my research. I contacted my Alderman's office and asked for assistance in applying for a permit. I wanted to make sure we did the right steps. After we apply for our permit, I asked the representative if they could look up the complaint

for me because the interaction with the inspector seemed suspicious. She agreed and looks up the report. There was a report made 17 days ago by our neighbor, before our fence panel, were up, that our fence was not on our property line. The report said nothing about fence height. She also told me there was no inspector assigned to the case and that it was still open pending investigation. So that's weird. I'd maybe he was legit and didn't update the case, but it's all not adding up. So the alderman agrees this is weird and states that they are going to get someone from downtown involved to speak with my neighbor because she is harassing us and it's just too much. The report she made was false.

Our fence posts are on our property lines. We have our Platts survey that proves all of this. In addition to all the other things listed in my other Reddit posts that she has done. So today I'm just minding my own business like I usually do and I get a notification on my camera. I see someone sticking their hand through my fence pointing at my back and moving down my fence repeatedly doing the same thing. So I go outside and calmly ask the women, do you have any questions about my fence that I can help you with? I see that you're sticking your hand through and pointing she tells me I'm your neighbor down the block. I was just speaking with your next door neighbor and she has a problem with your fence.

I let her know that the neighbor's claims are bogus and that we now have a permit for the height of our fence and I have a survey of our property proving we are on our property line. I told her that the neighbor is crazy and if she has any concerns to please speak with me. As I turn I see my neighbor in her bushes by her door. She was outside the whole time and stopped the neighbor as she was walking her. her dog to complain about our fence and spread false claims again. Then the neighbor leaves and immediately stands and stares at our house looking at the permit displayed on our front door. This is getting crazy and I really didn't want to do tit for tat, but I reported her illegal

basement apartment which is not a false allegation because her zoning does not allow for a basement apartment. She also does not have two entrances. I really didn't want to do it, but she is really pushing me to become a person I don't want to be. I want this all to be. I want this all to be over already. Praying she can finally understand reality soon. I will update if anything else happens. Additional information from OOP who has received the translation of the audio file. OOP, I got the translation. Here it is if you're interested. Women, is my crazy neighbor man, is her realtor friend she called over to look at my house and complain. It looks like he was trying to actually help us and she was getting mad at him. He was most of the

trying to mediate with her allowing us to close the back fence that has always been closed for over 20 years, but now that she is mad, she is not allowing us to close it because she owns a couple inches of property next to her garage that is unfenced and open to our property, so in order to close it off from the alley we need to close. It on her few inches of property or else someone can slip through. Easily. She is just using that as leverage. Doesn't matter to us we can just fence it straight down our property if we have to and she will have awkward fenced in boxes on the side of her house and she can't get in. Makes no sense she is just using that as leverage because it's all she has. That's the backstory on the back, L-O-L and below in the transcript woman.

It's mine, man, yeah, but you use this. M, the rats were running in front of the garage. W, he should catch those rats M, okay, today. W. Curses, I'm sorry. The rats were running M. Does it bother you? Why? W. Yes, it bothers me and he will destroy it. Because he is so mean and it will. M, but he asked you and you agreed W. No, nobody talked to me about it. They just put up the fence, English part, W, cries, Jesus, on, no, no, M. And now what's bothering you? That it'll be open or that it'll be closed. W, what that?

M, so if he closes it and puts something. It'll be safer for you and for M, W. But, but it's mine M. Why does that bother you? W, it bothers me because I'll have the entrance there. M, where? W, from that side M.

But from that side you block the entrance yourself. W, I'm going home because it's too. too cold. Are we going? M. Wait a second. W. No, no I don't want to talk to him. I'll talk to someone else. I'm going to go to the City Hall M. What do you want them to do? To put here. W, I'll just sort this out. I'm not giving up M. To be honest I'll tell you, I live in a building far from the downtown and I've done something? To my neighbors too. They have, something near their house. W., but why are you talking to them? You came to see me. M, you know what, I think you could stand your ground but it doesn't make sense because he w. Yeah, I'll stand my ground

and he will do the same. You know what? Nobody asks me for my permission and do what they want M. He said that he asked, for permission, W. You know what? I'm saying M. But why do you need the entrance to the garage from this side? W, they did everything? Nobody asked me. It's mine M. But you should look and see what you did to the neighbors. Something with the entrance? W, this had been like this since the beginning, do you remember? M, but today someone could come to you and tell you, take down something? W, then I'll take it down M. That would satisfy you?

W, you know what, I'm going home, M. If I were you I would let him, to do that thing, W. And I won't M, but it'll be safer, and he will put a fence here W and no. M, so you will have W no. Nobody asked me and I won't allow it, so. I'm going home, I'm cold M. I'll go with you soon, W. You shouldn't be the one sorting this out, English Part, Update 2.

April 29th, 2025. I know it's been a few weeks since my last update. A few of my neighbors actually found my post, so to protect the privacy and security of myself and my neighbor I removed my old posts because there was pictures and videos that I didn't want getting shared to neighborhood platforms. I mainly made my post to vent and get feedback and didn't intend on it getting so popular it made it around the world and back to my block, L.O.L. But I do appreciate the support and advice from everyone. On to the update, so a lot has happened in the past two weeks. To start the workers

came back to paint our fence and weld some mesh on the fence. Our neighbor freaked out and thought the workers welded our fence to her post. She called our mediator, representative from the alderman's office. She came out to check and immediately saw that we did not connect her fence post to ours. Then our neighbor got mad and started demanding for us to personally show her our fence plans and permits. We had our permit on our door. She got more mad and used a racial slur towards me and my family and keep in mind she said the racial slur about us to the representative of the aldermans office. So it has been documented. That same day an officer from the city department from building and code enforcement showed up to our house again. It was a different guy

this time, he told us that there was a report made alleging we were building a whole new garage without a permit. We haven't changed our garage at all. It's the same as when we bought our home and it's clear to anyone it was not just built. The building inspector immediately closed the case. At this point our neighbor is being malicious and is making false reports to harass us. What really worries me is that if we ever want to sell our home these reports stay on record even though they are false and dismissed. After this we did a FOIA, Freedom of Information Act, for any 311 reports for our address. She made three reports to the City DOB, Department of Buildings, all made in March and all made before our fence panels were even put

up. She alleged we built a new garage, that our fence posts was not on our property line, and that we had installed a side fence without building permit. All false allegations. Keep in mind we adjust the posts up March 18th and our panels didn't get put until April 5th. We also didn't build the side fence she is talking about. Yet. So she did a complaint in advance assuming we have no permit. Can't even make this stuff up, it's insane. Then she made a false allegation to a police officer and told them my husband was yelling and screaming at her

and throwing his hands up intimidating her during a time she was talking to her neighbors. Then the said neighbor walks to her car at the same moment her and the cop are talking in my neighbor points telling the cop to go ask the women, our neighbor from across the street. The cop goes over and talks to her and the woman tells the cop my husband didn't do what was alleged. Then the cop goes back over and tells my neighbor that the witness to the alleged incident says nothing like that happened. I also had the video and audio recording of that conversation. My husband went outside because she involved three neighbors at this point calling them over talking about our fence and us. He went outside to talk to the other people and not her.

Even his body language in the video was not aggressive and he was not talking to her directly at all. After he told the neighbors what is happening, our side, he left and let them continue talking. Yet she wants to actually lie and try and put him in jail. So glad I have every interaction recorded. Same day she gets very erratic and upset that things didn't go her way, that she comes outside while I'm outside and starts singing, humming like an opera singer. She has never did this before and it was just weird. I ignore her as I always do and just let her be. Then she decides to go inside and get her purse to pretend like she is going somewhere

and goes across the street intentionally avoiding crossing in front of the neighbor who told the truth to the cops. They were outside on their porch. I assume she is now upset with them because they told the truth. Then she goes and talks to their next door neighbor who was just watering her grass. She proceeds to talk about our fence and us to them. I saw it all plain as day because I was outside. I let it go because I want to avoid her as I always do, but it was so annoying. Then she leaves and literally five minutes later she comes back in her house.

She just went around the block and pretended to leave to just talk to another neighbor about us and just slander us and paint us as bad people. I honestly cannot understand this behavior. Then same day she calls someone over to come look at our backyard. I literally can't catch a break with her. We aren't doing anything wrong. Our fence is permitted by the city. She is just mad that she can't walk down our property as she did for 28 years to reach the side of her house that she fenced herself out from and she can fix, but she refuses and instead blames us.