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created by Any_Turnover_4962 on 09/03/2025 at 08:25 UTC
3758 upvotes, 155 top-level comments (showing 25)
Spotted recently. House next door was for sale. Is this a legal thing, or just pettiness ?
Comment by tilt at 09/03/2025 at 08:32 UTC
3248 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I'm guessing sign people are in dispute about something like boundaries and the neighbour has had enough and is selling up. Sign people want to a) be petty and ruin the sale and b) make sure the new neighbours are primed and ready for the dispute.
Comment by BsyFcsin at 09/03/2025 at 08:28 UTC
2980 upvotes, 12 direct replies
They have a neighbour dispute
Comment by BitterOtter at 09/03/2025 at 09:09 UTC
274 upvotes, 6 direct replies
Maybe it's just me, but if I was interested in the house that is likely for sale then I'd ask the sellers about the dispute and what has happened, making it clear that it isn't a deal breaker for me, then I'd go and knock on the neighbours door, introduce myself, explain I'm interested in next door and ask them for their side. Even if they are petty cunts, you might well be able to see the value in resolving the dispute on purchase and keeping them quiet, and if you've done that you can hold it over them in the future if you have to. Worst case you can make an assessment of the situation and then decide if you want to put up with a small amount of arse ache for the sake of a property you really want.
Comment by Cute-Cress-3835 at 09/03/2025 at 08:33 UTC
604 upvotes, 5 direct replies
This is a perfect sign. It can never be wrong.
It is accurate when there is the initial dispute.
When the initial dispute is resolved, it is still accurate, because the neighbours say there isn't a dispute, but the signs say there is. So there is a dispute!
Comment by oniwastaken at 09/03/2025 at 08:43 UTC
250 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The sequel to 3 billboards outside of ebbing missouri.
6 billboards on a wall in Dursley.
Comment by vms-crot at 09/03/2025 at 08:52 UTC
47 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Someone is selling their house and the neighbour wants to make sure that any prospective buyer, knows there's an ongoing dispute because it'll make it harder to sell until resolved.
They're trying to use that as leverage to get what they want faster. The seller will want to sell so they'll need to resolve the dispute.
Comment by Snikhop at 09/03/2025 at 08:28 UTC
256 upvotes, 1 direct replies
If I had to guess I'd say they have a neighbour dispute, but I'd need to see a few more signs to be certain.
Comment by TheOriginalSmileyMan at 09/03/2025 at 09:18 UTC
169 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Ah, reminds me of when our new neighbours moved in (from London of course) and immediately disputed the boundary because it looked like the fence line had been moved over to their side halfway down the garden.
I was broadly in agreement since it did look odd and it was only six inches or so, so we agreed to go halves on a boundary surveyor.
Full on compoface from the neighbour when the surveyor confirmed that not only was the far boundary correct, but in fact the near boundary was encroaching on *our* property and needed to move.
Luckily this was just before the new fence was due to be installed since they'd unilaterally decided that the perfectly good existing fence wasn't tall enough (one of the first signs of a Londoner infestation in your town is the sudden appearance of eight foot walls and fences everywhere)
So they paid for a brand new fence to remove half a foot of their own garden. Galaxy brain move
Comment by clever_octopus at 09/03/2025 at 08:51 UTC
20 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I'd like to have an argument, please
Comment by rubikssquare2 at 09/03/2025 at 09:55 UTC
18 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Goosnargh? Been up for a good 6 months and been wondering the same
Comment by NedRed77 at 09/03/2025 at 08:28 UTC
387 upvotes, 11 direct replies
Trying to cause any potential buyers to think twice I would think. So not petty, just being a cunt.
Make living next door a nightmare and then make it hard to escape. These are probably very terrible people.
Comment by PorkieMcSword at 09/03/2025 at 09:31 UTC
25 upvotes, 0 direct replies
We had some absolute shitbag neighbours next door until about 3/4 months ago. They'd screamed and sworn at the kids playing outside and slandered everyone in the street to anyone who would listen, reported people to the council for non-events that everyone else just accepted, then finally got banned from the only pub in the village because of their shitty attitude, after they'd alienated themselves from everyone in the village. And they thought everyone else were cunts except for them. They fucked off back to the south east from whence they came, and the new neighbours that replaced them are great.
Everyone else in the village gets on great, as we always have done 😃
Comment by Mister_Snark at 09/03/2025 at 08:35 UTC
34 upvotes, 2 direct replies
There is a disagreement over how good a mechanic Kylie actually was. (Kids, ask your parents)
Comment by scrotalsac69 at 09/03/2025 at 08:46 UTC
37 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Lynn, these are dispute people
Comment by Any_Turnover_4962 at 09/03/2025 at 13:53 UTC
8 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Seen as there’s interest. This is the house that’s for sale.
Comment by beano656 at 09/03/2025 at 08:56 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
It'll drop the property value of the person selling, one last fuck you. Also highlights you'll be moving next to somebody with a printer. So if you like mowing the lawn at 5am, this might be the house for you!
Comment by Adventurous_Rock294 at 09/03/2025 at 08:35 UTC
24 upvotes, 2 direct replies
If legit, the sellers should advertize to potential buyers the nature of the dispute. Unless imaginary on the part of the sign writers.
Comment by Hyperguy20 at 09/03/2025 at 09:07 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Just makes me think of this
Comment by Dduwies_Gymreig at 09/03/2025 at 08:52 UTC
11 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I can’t believe Amazon cancelled Neighbours either but I’m not putting signs up, Amazon delivery drivers don’t care.
Comment by lastaccountgotlocked at 09/03/2025 at 09:34 UTC
9 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Someone using their mobile while driving.
Comment by V65Pilot at 09/03/2025 at 08:39 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Now I'm invested and need to know more.
Comment by J4MEJ at 09/03/2025 at 10:04 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
In my experience (I have only seen this once before), where I was caught in the middle due to my job - the sign neighbour was the one who was in the wrong.
They just don't know how to accept that.
Usually this arises from planning permissions.
Comment by RhinoRhys at 09/03/2025 at 11:39 UTC
7 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They're fucking up a sale of a house. Which if they hate the owners, seems like a pyrrhic victory.
Comment by Skilldibop at 09/03/2025 at 08:51 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Going to hazard a guess their neighbours are trying to sell the house. You legally need to tell your buyers about disputes with neighbours.
Neighbours are trying to put off as many potential buyers as possible to fuck them over.
Comment by kaththegreat at 09/03/2025 at 11:10 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
This is by me and I’m soooooo nosey about it
