I begged my neighbours to build a taller fence for months – I think their latest move is ‘passive aggressive'
That's why one woman was forced to send hints to her next door neighbour to get the job done.
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Taking to TikTok, Emma Bailey explained that her neighbours had always said a taller fence was out of the question.
That's when she took matters into her own hands and added planters with bamboo screening to sort out the problem herself.
"They've always refused to build a taller fence, so I put a planter up and some bamboo screening. Suddenly… a fence is being built," she explained in the viral video.
"Am I happy? Yes. Does it feel slightly passive aggressive… also yes. Taking it as a win though," she added.
In the clip, Emma showed off the fence, which divides both gardens.
Because the gardens are on two levels, the lower part of the garden was very overlooked, which is why Emma decided to add the bamboo in a bid to solve the problem.
Bamboo grows incredibly fast, so is often used as a privacy hedge by homeowners.
But Emma's neighbours soon got the message and began to built their own extension on the existing fence.
After sharing the video, it turns out not everyone agreed Emma's neighbours were being passive aggressive.
One person commented: "I'm building a fence too and hope it wasn't seen as passive aggressive.
I'm being forced to tear down my loft conversion - my neighbours call it a 'monstrosity' but I'm going to fight back
"Theirs is open slats so you can see through, mine is closed so we both get privacy."
A second agreed: "My neighbour did this and our side looks a right mess."
"Your neighbour may have been nagging the other half to get it done and has used your efforts to get them to finally do someone," another joked.
Meanwhile, others said they wished their pesky neighbours would do the same.
"I'm praying mine build theirs ten feet high," one person quipped.
Another said: "We have a massive hedge between us you can barely see through, they still put up a whole 40ft fence their side."
And someone else wrote: "My neighbour ripped out our shared fence and replaced it with a post and rail. We put 6ft panels up."
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