Neighbours have the potential to make home life very pleasant or very uncomfortable, depending on how annoying their habits are. One man revealed how he’s been exacting his revenge on the noisy next-door residents for the last four years.
Sharing his story of sweet retribution, he explained that getting the keys to his new home was a dream come true. However, it quickly became a nightmare. He wrote on Reddit: “I was excited to be a new home owner. But shortly after moving in I started to become aware of my next door neighbors. They would constantly be throwing parties well into the AM hours.
“Their lawn would be covered in trash the next day and it would blow all around the neighborhood. At first I though maybe they’re just throwing some housewarming get togethers to get settled in, so I gave them some slack and let it slide. Unfortunately this was only the beginning.”
He revealed that three or four days a week there would be excessive noise and he called the police so much that they were on first-name terms. He added that he’s also submitted complaints to the local authorities but it kept on happening.
The final straw was when the people living there threw a children’s birthday party and used a PA system. He wrote: “I don’t live out in the country, in fact, we’re in the city limits and the houses are quite close to each other. Not to mention the back yards aren’t even that big. Why on Earth would these people need a PA system of all things?
“Well the noise was absolutely unbearable and this time it was the entire street that called in noise complaints. When the cops arrived and were talking to the owners of the noise house, they straight up told the cop ‘I don’t care’.”
Completely fed up, he complained once more and threatened legal action after which the residents were fined and the parties completely stopped. Deciding that the punishment for the crime wasn’t enough, he decided to exact some revenge of his own.
He wrote: “The guy next door is a construction worker and has a brutal weekday schedule. Weekends are his time to relax. For the past 4 years, every Saturday I’ve been mowing my lawn at 6:00 AM, starting on his side.
“Sometimes I just sit there and chill on my phone for about 10 minutes while the mower is running right outside his bedroom window. Saturday mornings are my favorite time of the week.”
Readers of the story were impressed with the man’s revenge and shared their own tales of retribution. One person replied: “That is how I trained my neighbors 2 doors up to go easy on the parties. If they had a loud party past a reasonable time. The next morning was yardwork for me. Lotsa noisy yardwork. Chainsaws and all. This year they been pretty good. My yard is looking shaggy I suppose I ought to mow it at reasonable time of course.”
Another person suggested: “Ahhh…suburban spite! I hope you are chopping wood and sanding stuff as well. Buy wood and cut it with power tools just for the noise. Then use a nail gun too. You don’t need to be building anything, just making noise.”
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