Mum gets perfect revenge on neighbour who tried to control what she had on her drive

A mum had the "perfect response" to her neighbour's "audacious" request after moving into her new home. Moving house is stressful at the best of times thanks to the mountains of paperwork, legal fees, estate agent fees, and all manner of added costs and administrative tasks to contend with. Usually, it's all worth it once the new keys are handed over.

Moving day can be a grind, but it's generally tinged with the positivity and relief of being in your new home. Of course, the new neighbours can put a dampener on this, which proved to be the case for one family after they moved into a new house.

In a Reddit post titled "Neighbours tried to dictate what we could have on our drive", the mum explained after moving in, she and her partner had done their research.

They "paid close attention to the land registry documents" which clearly showed their "boundary lines", so they knew exactly what parts of the property were theirs.

She continued: "The house had very little in the way of outdoor storage and the kids' bikes were getting ruined outside.

"The property has a shared access drive [that] splits at the top, two spaces for our house (as per the deeds) and two for theirs [the neighbour's]."

The mum, who described herself as "quite an easy going person" wanted to inform her neighbours - an "elderly very religious couple" - of their plans to "put two bike sheds" on their drive.

The sheds would be small - "about two feet deep and four feet tall" - and wouldn't "cause any issues for their house" as they "sit below the fence line" and "do not block access".

Her neighbour had an unexpected response, though. The woman added: "He replied that it would not be acceptable, that as he owned the largest house then he had final say and that they were - his words 'the senior household'.

"Needless to say, we have two bike sheds on the drive and we've not spoken to the neighbours since".

In the comments section, fellow Reddit users shared their thoughts. One person said: "Haha perfect response to such audacity".

Another said: "'Senior household' [crying laughing emoji] what a muppet!!"

A third commented: "Imagine having the arrogance to tell your neighbours that. How ridiculous."

Someone else shared: "You were courteous and upfront. They responded with ego and made-up authority. Not your fault the conversation ended there."

Another person said: "I applaud your ability to not laugh in his face. I would have."

To which another Reddit user replied: "Me too. I'd have said, 'I'm informing you of what's going to happen, out of politeness. I'm not asking you for permission.'"

Someone else joked: "I would've insisted on appealing to the higher legal standing of whose dad was the biggest."