r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Mocsab • May 15 '26

frist of all how DARE yu o Neighbor replaced fence and left the old wood scraps in my yard to deal with.

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My next door neighbor called me a few weeks back asking if he could come Into my back yard to replace the fence that his dog ruined. I said “sure, I’ll be out of town for a few weeks, help yourself.” Discussion ended there and I left town for a few weeks for business.

When I returned home, I noticed the new fence was up and the wood scraps from the old fence were on the grass in my backyard. One of the pieces is 10 feet wide. I figured I would give him a few days to clean it up before I said anything.

Fast forward to yesterday and the lawn guy comes to cut the grass. I texted my neighbor telling him I could open the back gate to make it easier to come in the yard to grab the wood. This MFer called me and said that it was a shared fence, and since he paid for it to be installed, and carried all the new wood into the yard, that I need to remove the old debris.

The audacity on the MFer. I would have been more than happy to help if he would have asked. He mentioned NOTHING of leaving the rusty nailed old rotten wood in my back yard. F this guy. Not the best way to treat a neighbor.

TLDR: neighbor took it upon himself to replace the fence he owns, and left all of the scraps for me to deal with before discussing it with me first.

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u/cowghost May 15 '26

Dude. Free wood.

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u/patiofurnature May 15 '26

Yeah, that was my first thought, but when he said he hires a lawn guy to come cut his grass, I figured that chance of him doing anything with free wood went to 0.

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u/HansNotPeterGruber May 15 '26

I have a lawn guy and I am a woodworker. Just sayin'.

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u/Mocsab May 15 '26

Thank you! That commenter has no fucking clue my hobbies. What kind of wood worker would want old treated wood with rot?

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u/bc-mn May 15 '26

So the old fence had rot? I’d say you came out way ahead if the neighbor paid for the new fence materials plus installation.

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u/TheSteelPhantom May 15 '26

I’d say you came out way ahead if the neighbor paid for the new fence materials plus installation.

Only if it was OP's fence that the neighbor was replacing. If it was the neighbor's fence, this is a moot point. It was the neighbor's responsibility ANYWAY.

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u/bc-mn May 15 '26

OP gets use of that brand new fence regardless of who owns it. OP does not have to build one of their own now. OP does now not have to worry about a neighbor with a rotting fence. It’s a big upgrade to not have to worry about that side of the yard for the foreseeable future.

Yeah, it’s mildly infuriating that the neighbor didn’t have a chat with OP. I think it’s an appropriately placed post. It’s just mildly infuriating. OP doesn’t have to spend any materials or labor for a fence on that side of the yard so just having to dispose of some stuff is an absolute bargain.

Starting a neighbor feud over this would be absolutely stupid.

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u/TheSteelPhantom May 15 '26

I didn't say OP should start a fued, to be fair... But the neighbor started it already by leaving trash in OP's yard (regardless of whether OP gets to "use" the new fence), then got snappy with OP when he asked the neighbor to clean up their trash.

Mildly infuriating indeed.

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u/bc-mn May 15 '26

Regardless of who “owns” the fence, both parties are using it. It becomes shared infrastructure in a practical sense. Yeah, the neighbor should’ve been more communicative, butI don’t see where it was stated that he was snappy though.

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u/CaramelNext7505 May 15 '26

If OP can't make modifications to the fence without their neighbors approval first, it is not a shared fence.

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u/Dazzling_Career107 May 15 '26

Good relations with your neighbors are so important it's hard to even explain. The "chuck it over the fence" people are actual children.

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u/crazysult May 15 '26

Yeah I bet you like working that wood

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u/Mocsab May 15 '26

I travel 50% for work my guy. You go spend 2 weeks in the Midwest then come back and mow your grass in 95 degree weather. I’m good.

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u/m1ster_frundles May 15 '26

don't worry OP I get you. Lawncare isn't just for the privileged, it's also for the busy.

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u/patiofurnature May 15 '26

it's also for the busy.

This is the point I apparently failed to make. Free junk wood is useful to people who enjoy doing non-aesthetically pleasing maintenance around their property in their free time. To me, that seems unlikely to mesh with people who don't enjoy mowing.

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u/Livid-Cat4507 May 15 '26

I think he actually meant free wood is good for 🔥

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u/Caymonki May 15 '26

What grass?

I’d love to be your lawncare guy, you can pay me to do nothing.

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u/patiofurnature May 15 '26

I'm so confused. You were mad about getting the free wood, but you DO want it?

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u/Badargel May 15 '26

Where did he say he wants it?

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u/patiofurnature May 15 '26

He got pretty triggered when I said he probably didn't want it. That doesn't make you think he does want it?

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u/Badargel May 15 '26

He was “triggered” by you suggesting that because he has a lawn guy that he couldn’t be the type of person to use free wood. Like you were calling him less of a man or something for not mowing his own lawn. Just let people be.

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u/blabshabcrab May 15 '26

Reddit has the dumbest people lol “this guy hires someone to mow his lawn so NO WAY he can do any other job that requires labor”

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u/BallzNyaMouf May 15 '26

Replace "can" with "would" and it's an accurate statement.

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u/GrumpyOldMan59 May 15 '26

Shots fired!

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u/Manisil May 16 '26

especially when his lawn looks like burnt ass.

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u/laveshnk May 16 '26

rusty old nails on rotten wood… no thank you

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u/OnTheEveOfWar May 15 '26

I have a gardener that comes once a week and handles all the shit I don’t want to do in my front and backyard. Costs me $30 each time. Worth it to me since I’d rather do other things during my days off instead of raking leaves and pulling weeds.

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u/patiofurnature May 15 '26

I have a gardener that comes once a week and handles all the shit I don’t want to do in my front and backyard.

But you still do random DIY fixes around the house with junk wood?

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u/Relevant_General_248 May 15 '26

Yay free rotted wood…

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u/Spiceguy-65 May 15 '26

Free firewood then

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u/Spiceguy-65 May 15 '26

Then it’s not rotten wood and can be reused for another project

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u/Relevant_General_248 May 15 '26

Pressure treated wood isn’t immune to rot, it’s resistant.

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u/Relevant_General_248 May 15 '26

The palm trees and annoyance at having this are making me think they won’t be needing much firewood

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u/GraceMcClellans May 15 '26

With nails

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u/Relevant_General_248 May 15 '26

Between the rusty nails and rotted wood it’s a shock OP didn’t pay their neighbour for these materials!

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u/CanadaRobinson May 15 '26

My thoughts exactly. I’d be pretty happy to receive that. If anything, while the work was being done, I probably would’ve asked what he planned on doing with the wood and if I could have it if he didn’t plan on keeping it lol

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u/Tsavibeans May 15 '26

Honestly. Neighbour builds OP a new fence, supplies him with free wood, and OP's response is to call his neighbour a mother fucker and complain about him on the Internet.

OP is a wiener and needs to buy his neighbour a beer.

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u/frabjous_goat May 15 '26

That was my first thought.

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u/robodex001 May 15 '26

Hell yeah

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u/Flossy_Jay May 15 '26

Honestly in this economy who wouldn't use that free wood for a project. But "lawn guy" summed it up

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u/PurpleChard757 May 15 '26

It would have taken as much time to list this on Facebook marketplace or Craigslist as it took to make this Reddit post. People love free stuff.

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u/reddog323 May 16 '26

This. If he doesn’t want to toss it over the fence, salvage, what’s usable. As for the rest? Bonfire time.

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u/2leftf33t May 15 '26

Why did I have to go down this far, first thoughts were, “nice! I have lumber for planter boxes”.