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The original was posted on /r/AmItheAsshole by /u/FastImpress3004 on 2023-09-25 20:02:34.

We had new neighbors move in a while ago. Up until this point I had no issues with them. Young couple, no kids, large dog that barks no more or less than any other dog. About a week ago they started painting the fence between our properties. I happen to know the fence is on MY property so they had no right to paint it.

I went back and forth on whether I should say or do anything. At first I thought maybe it wasn’t such a big deal. They were only painting the side facing their lot. However as it turned out they were doing that in preparation for painting their house PINK. The rest of the houses in this neighborhood are regular house colors. Grey. white. Tan. It looks god awful.

This just didn’t sit well with me so I went over and told them that the fence they painted is actually MY fence on MY property. They were slack jawed and mumbled “ok” and so I said you’re going to fix it, right? They said they “didn’t know how” and asked if it was “really that big a deal.” I told them fine, why not just let me come onto THEIR property and mess around with THEIR things?

Then they asked me why I didn’t say something before they were finished and I told them that it isn’t my job to do their research for them. That they should have known better when they got the land survey done at inspection. They said they “waived inspection” which again, it’s not my fault.

They asked how they could fix this and keep the fence the color they’d chosen as it would mean one side of the fence wouldn’t match the others. I said tough shit, it’s not my problem. I told them that I would be kind and give them the weekend to fix the fence. AITA?