What an A-hole. Guess he can’t afford a saw.
And those damn screws.
Not everyone is handy or knows how to use tools. Instead of a passive aggressive post on Lemmy. Perhaps talk to your neighbor comment on the fence posts and offer to fix it or show him/her how to fix it.
“Hey how is it going neighbor,I saw you fixed the fence. Love the new wood, did the hardware store not have the right length? Yeah that is a bummer, I have a saw, I’m sure I could help you get those planks evened out in a few minutes if you’d like.”
If they are a dick after that then post away.
The proper way to address them is “Neighbor ____” with the blank being their first name. I will let the very educational comic Pearls Before Swine illustrate:
I have particular skills
I agree with all the people saying cut the screws flush. Its a safety problem and you’re doing him a favor
Cut the screw ends off and toss them back on his side of the fence so he can find them with his bare feet.
bend them over before they change their mind
Ain’t that America! Home of the free, baby! Busted old fences for you and me!
Weird, I assumed this is some British petulance. I wonder.
This is just book-version Hermione Granger
book-version Hermione Granger
*Pre-densaugeo
There’s nothing like arborvitae or boxwoods to create a green wall of serenity that hides an ugly neighboring lot or fence. Takes a few years to establish, but man, it’s well worth it. You never see the neighbor’s bullshit again.
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 had a uncle who could have cut those perfectly with a chain saw.
What screws?
“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”
As someone with buck teeth, I see no issue.
We love a smile with character!
I wish I was lucky enough to be a homeowner complaining about 2 mismatched fenceposts
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
Check where you are, because come on, that’s the whole point of this community
Wait, are we in mildyinfuriatinghomeownerproblems?
I’m more than mildly infuriated I will likely never own a home.
Have you tried looking for a home somewhere undesirable
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.
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…
have you looked into the United States department of agricultures direct loan program?
There are things I can relate to, and this is not one of them. Hence my comment
Good news is that many landlords excel at this level of craftsmanship.
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
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.
You can easily get rid of those nails sticking out with just a hammer.
Hit it from the top. Cover your eyes. Hit it from the bottom. Hit it from the top. Off it flies, good luck finding the broken off piece.
No bolt cutter needed.
a dremel is really handy for shit like this.
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.
He probably decided he didn’t have a way to cut those 45 degree angles and so there was no way to make those boards like the rest.
Cut it off the bottom then?
And use way shorter hardware to affix the boards.
