Her Neighbors Told Her The Way Her House Looks Is Ruining Their Property Value And Now This Single Mom Is Telling The Internet She’s Upset
A single mom recently revealed that her neighbors told her the way her house looks is ruining their property value.
She tried her best to do something about it and felt quite embarrassed by what they had to say to her.
Now, she’s telling the internet she’s upset and simply doesn’t know what else she can do in this situation.
She started out by saying that she lives in the country, and there are only 3 houses close to hers. 2 of those houses are across the street from her, and 1 of those houses is right next door to her.
Her next-door neighbor has a brand new house with 6 bedrooms, so it’s pretty impressive. Their lawn is perfectly manicured to boot.
Meanwhile, her house is a very simple, older, country-style cottage. Her neighbors decided to sell their house, and their real estate agent came over to say to her that her house was making the worth of their house go down.
She isn’t sure if they were not quite telling her the truth with this, but she agreed to put some of her money and time into trying to spruce her house up so it would not impact her neighbors being able to sell their property.
“…We don’t have a relationship, I’ve sent them a card and vouchers every Christmas and they’ve never so much as said hello,” she said about her neighbors.
“Tbh, my house isn’t exactly the neatest, my dad cuts the grass for me about once a fortnight, but when it’s due it can get v long (I personally don’t mind this, in fact, it attracts bees and butterflies, and I like it).”
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“The paved areas are always weedy, and I live right beside the roadside that’s busy with lorries and tractors, so everything’s covered in dust and dirt.”
This has never bothered her because she only really sees it all when she drives by.
“After they spoke to me I was embarrassed so I went out and bought hanging baskets and some window boxes.”
She got some inexpensive flowers for the baskets and window boxes, and by the time she bought that and the rest of the things she needed to plant them, she spent a little more than $100.
She also got the front wall of her property and the windows of her home pressure washed. Everything looked great for 2 weeks, but then all of the dust came back and made it all look dirty again.
She doesn’t have the time to make everything look incredible every week, since she’s a single mom with 4 children.
She has basically no help or support, even though her parents help her when they are able to do so.
“My parents do what they can, but I’m already exhausted and overwhelmed with housework and everything I have to do to keep our lives ticking over,” she continued.
On top of all that, she’s a full-time student and wants to spend any free time she has completing her school projects so she can continue getting great grades.
“These things are eating up all my time yet I feel like I have to spend every free minute keeping the front of my house immaculate for my neighbor’s sake.”
“It’s making me anxious, exhausted and I feel like I’m being looked down on by my neighbor’s and their potential buyers.”
Here’s what the internet had to say to her.
“I’d just stop and not bother with the confrontation. They’ll have seen the original effort, if they get snippy then they’re being unreasonable.”
“STOP!! Go to them and say directly (or write a note to leave); “I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since you approached me about my yard, and while over the years we did not become friends, I at least reached out at Christmas with cards and vouchers.”
“Yet the only time you’ve reached out to me is to ask to help YOU sell your home by doing more work in my yard. Did you know I am a single parent of FOUR?”
“Did you know I am on a fixed budget? No, because you never got to know me. Yet I am so kind that I have spent money, time, and sleepless nights over the last several weeks trying to keep up appearances for YOU–the same people that have ignored my family’s existence for years.”
“Frankly, I am finished and honestly you should be ashamed. If you’d like to pay for someone to cut my grass or do some other yard work, put up a natural barrier to the road to stop the dirt I can’t control from landing all over – you are welcome to do so; as long as I have the final say on anything beyond cutting the grass.”
“Otherwise, my yard is what it is — best of luck and have a nice life.”
“I feel like this letter is a bit overkill. Why not just tell them you’ll keep the flowers alive and the house free of garbage but if they want it to look pretty they can hire a gardener to do work that you approve and sign off on prior because you simply can’t keep up with the labor.”
“I wouldn’t upkeep it just for their sake. It will only mean someone buys the house thinking it’s like that all the time and then complains when it isn’t.”
“You’ve got more important things to be thinking of and you did get flowers and things so you shouldn’t be breaking your back every week so they can sell their house.”
“If people looking around the house don’t like it because of your house then I’d say it’s better off they don’t buy it, and that you don’t give anyone a false impression.”
“Unless they plan to share some of the proceeds with you (haha) then it’s on them to figure out a way to sell.”
“I am assuming your property is in compliance with any applicable laws and codes (it doesn’t sound as if there are many, or any, out in the country where you are) so just be yourself and stop worrying about it.”
“If it is that huge a deal to them, perhaps they could offer to send a crew around once a week to do your property until theirs sells.”
You can read the rest of what the internet had to say to her here.
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