Being a homeowner is a blessing and a burden – especially when rude new neighbors threaten the status quo.

When a surly landowner tries to cut corners with new construction, it ends up benefiting the homeowner nicely.

Read on for the full story!

a good fence from a bad neighbor.

My friend lives on a decently large lot that’s been in her family for a couple generations. It used to be outskirts farm land, but development has been encroaching for a while.

Her house was built by her grandparents, and she bought it when they both passed.

It’s kind of old and it needs a ton of work. She’s doing it a little at a time as she can afford it.

Then came new construction in the neighborhood.

A while ago, the lot next to her was bought by a developer. They cleared the land to dirt and some apartments or something are going up soon.

There was a pretty old chainlink fence separating the very long property line, and the new landowner decided to replace it with a block wall.

The landowner knocked on her door one day to ask if she wanted to go halfsies. She said she’d like to, but apologized and said she doesn’t have that kind of money.

The landowner didn’t take kindly to this news.

He got pissed she couldn’t share the cost and said he was going to tell the contractor not to finish the side of the wall she could see, so the mortar would be all glooping out and look terrible.

Fast forward to the day the building crew shows up to construct the fence. They knock on her door.

The tables start to turn.

The cleared land now has zero water access and they can’t complete the job without it.

She confirmed with the foreman that the landowner had told them not to finish one side of the fence.

The foreman agreed that if they could use her garden hose for the day, they wouldn’t make her side look crappy.

Not only that, they also paid her $100 cash for the water, which they no doubt then billed to their client as part of the job.

It sounds like things worked out alright in the end!

Let’s hear what Reddit had to say.

This user suggests the contractor probably got a kick out of the developer’s poor planning.

The homeowner made out like a bandit and the developer looks like a fool!

She came out the clear winner in this situation!

When you’re nice, good things come your way.

With a bit of luck and a garden hose, the homeowner managed to avoid an eyesore and even made a profit!

A little luck and a good attitude goes a long way.

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