He Kept Removing His Neighbor’s Property Markers: When He Tried to Sell His House, There Was One Thing He Couldn’t Move
Trying to sell his house for almost $100,000 more than his neighbor believed it was worth, a homeowner began clearing leaves beyond his property line to make the yard appear larger. With no fence separating the properties, the cleared lawn appeared to extend to the neighboring driveway. His neighbor installed markers showing where the boundary ran, but the seller kept removing them. After several attempts, the neighbor brought in something the seller couldn’t throw into the woods.
The Property Line Was Three Feet From His House
In a Reddit thread on r/ProRevenge, user u/circadianhistory described how his father discovered that the seller’s front lawn ended about three feet from his house.
Both families had lived without a dividing fence for years. Their children played together on a swing attached to an old tree near the boundary.
Concerned that prospective buyers might believe the extra land came with the house, the father checked the official property lines and installed small stakes with orange ribbons.
By the next day, the stakes had disappeared. He found them in nearby woods, put them back, and confronted the seller.
Four Iron Rods Buried Eight Feet Deep Didn’t Stop Him
When the markers disappeared again, the seller left a note asking the family to let him continue presenting the larger yard to buyers.
Instead of replacing the small stakes, the father bought four 12-foot iron rods and drove them about eight to nine feet into the ground, leaving the exposed ends marked with orange ribbons.
After spending a weekend away, the family returned to find all four rods missing. Someone had dug them out and thrown them into the woods, leaving holes in the lawn.
Installing more boundary markers had failed, so the father decided to bring in something the seller couldn’t remove by hand.
A Junk Car Arrived Before the Prospective Buyers
Rather than buying more markers, the father visited a junkyard, purchased the stripped frame of an old car for its scrap-metal value, and arranged for a tow truck to deliver it to his backyard.
He positioned the wreck beside the property line, about four feet from the seller’s house.
Later that afternoon, the seller arrived with prospective buyers, who stopped to look at the car frame.
After the buyers left, the seller confronted his neighbor and threatened to contact the police and homeowners association, claiming the wreck was reducing his property’s value.
His neighbor responded that he would explain the repeated removal of the boundary markers.
Both men reached an agreement. The seller would pay to have the car frame removed and transported away. According to the Reddit post, he stopped removing the markers and blowing leaves into the adjoining yard.
Whether the house sold or reached its asking price remains unknown.
Would you have kept replacing the property markers or brought in the junk car to stop the seller?