What an A-hole. Guess he can’t afford a saw.
And those damn screws.
Buckfence ass bitch
I had a uncle who could have cut those perfectly with a chain saw.
Are you sure that’s not your fence?
Yes I’m sure.
Then its facing the wrong way
Not every county, city, or location has this rule.
I imagine that’s still their property, given the fence in the foreground, but those screws sticking out could have been a great slip-and-fall style multi-million dollar lawsuit my just cutting yourself a little with a “rusty” screw. My building HOA got sued for less before I moved in, and insurance just caves without checking if it’s legit since that can just up the premiums.
Pound the nails out so they’re back on their side. Harmless, but gets the point across(maybe).
Perhaps the neighbor is just going for a taller fence… Over time.
Yes the screw length would be a big concern.
He’s trying to make each new board seam like an escalation
Neighbor is slowly transitioning to better fortifications, barbed wire will come in after the fence is taller /s
I wish I was lucky enough to be a homeowner complaining about 2 mismatched fenceposts
I also wish the same for us both. But I’d like to remind you, people who rent can also find themselves complaining about the neighbour’s mismatched fenceposts
Good news is that many landlords excel at this level of craftsmanship.
The 3 inch nails protruding through the rails are much more complaint-worthy than the too-tall pickets.
They don’t even come close to the home owners fence bro
What if they were 9 inch nails instead? I’ve heard people like them
Check where you are, because come on, that’s the whole point of this community
Wait, are we in mildyinfuriatinghomeownerproblems?
There are things I can relate to, and this is not one of them. Hence my comment
I’m more than mildly infuriated I will likely never own a home.
Have you tried looking for a home somewhere undesirable
I was thinking Ohio, but sure
Please keep spreading this narrative. Gotta keep housing prices down. Got an awesome price on my new house several years ago.
The main driver of the “I’ll never be able to buy a house” narrative are mortgage interest rates, which are transient. When rates go back down, people will suddenly be able to afford many more options. But yeah, every now and then I look at how much house I could buy in Michigan…
Yup. And people keep posting from the hottest markets in the US. “I can’t believe the prices in Palo Alto!” Live in a rural area and have a shitty commute like the rest of us.
One of the issues with that is that unless you are WFH, you would very likely have to find another job that is commutable. With local salaries more of less being intertwined with the housing, (see cost of living) the new job would also very likely put you in the same position you started with.
have you looked into the United States department of agricultures direct loan program?
I don’t know if you meant for it to come off this way or not, but to me it reads like you’re saying people who own homes shouldn’t complain about small things. Someone else always has it worse. That doesn’t mean those who are better off have no right to complain about things that annoy them (especially on the community made for complaining about mildly infuriating things).
I think it’s the fact OP is calling their neighbor an asshole for fixing their fence in a less than perfect way that really irked me. I get annoyed when privileged people want to play the victim; it’s something I know I should work on, but right now it’s a part of my character.
I get you. Until I noticed the spiked aspect of the new boards I didn’t see the problem. A repaired fence > unrepaired fence. I think it’s great.
What screws?
yeah i’d go hammer them back in. safetyfirst
Has a nail gun but no table saw
“Screws? Where we are going, we don’t need screws”
Yeah, Id be going back out there with a hammer and poking those nails back through the board just enough to make it flush. let the neighbor loose an eye if they want to half ass that.
I read it as “they can’t afford saw and screws”
bend them over before they change their mind
Clinch them like you are building a boat?
Cut the screw ends off and toss them back on his side of the fence so he can find them with his bare feet.
Reverse them and let him bang into the fence
So they have a hammer but no saw
Jesus your life is soft. Boo fucking hoo.
Fence is there. Yay. Thanks, neighbor, for fixing it.
congrats everyone!
we found the neighbor!
This sub is called “mildly infuriating”, not “holy shit I’m out of my mind angry at this”
Didn’t notice the screws?
There are no screws.
… those are nails
Fair enough. Cant easily tell on mobile.
Its crazy how many peeps here cant see there are two separate fences with a no mans land gap between. It’s really weird because Ive seen this on properties more often then I would’ve expected I would.
One of the most common scenarios ive seen this is when neighbor A has a pool and put the required perimeter fence for the pool but not at the property line. Also the pool and fence would be installed first. Then neighbor B put up a fence after and told the cobtractor to run their property line. I say contractor because they do as told by person paying, if it was diy fence by owner theu wouldve talked to neighbor and butted the fences back to back w/ no gap. It’d explain the neighbor not caring about the protruding screw out the back because they’ve never seen a single person between the two fences the entire time they put the fences up.
Other scenarios are quick fix to contain animal till full fence replacing is installed. Or neighbor with bucktooth fence, from the picture angle, looks like they have no sight line to that part of fence from house and said fucked if I care.
Had similar scenario this summer at new house. Solution? We built a 10 ft fence.
Just add more wall when needed.
I don’t know many places that permit 10 ft fences. In more urban areas, you’re limited to six or eight feet.
Texas suburban cul-de-sac, one side is road facing with tree/shrub coverage so it’s not obstrusive from the roadway.
The yard also sits probably a foot down from the main ground level so it doesn’t look out of place, the alternative would have been a 6/8 ft fence with like 2 ft vine trellace
the alternative would have been a 6/8 ft fence with like 2 ft vine trellace
That’s what those of us who want a taller fence without breaking regulations do.
The rear neighbors are also the type of people to be out on a Tuesday afternoon day drinking and listening to overly loud music from a culture I’m not too hot on; so more noise barrier was necessary.
Fence of Theseus…
