A woman shared her story of how she got revenge by planting Bamboo that overran her neighbor’s property after he refused to redirect his security light.
Small Town in Texas
She began by saying, “About 4 years ago, I used to live in a nice HOA in a small town in Texas. We enjoyed having only one neighbor over my backyard fence.
Beautiful at Night
She described the plot as about 2 acres, and the other side of the backyard led to a hay field. The stars were beautiful at night and clearly visible, because of almost no light pollution.
Security Light
This changed when her neighbor decided to install an incredibly bright security light over his back porch. It was directed right at her back patio and bedroom windows.
Tried To Ignore It
She tried to ignore it at first and put shades in the bedroom window. Outside on the patio, it felt like having a bright LED headlight in her face all night.
Consulted the HOA
She said, “I consulted the HOA about adding a privacy addition to my fence to increase its height, but they said no because it was already at the 8′ max allowed height. They said there was nothing in the bylaws about bright lights, so they couldn’t do anything.”
Diplomacy
The woman tried for Diplomacy, as she hated for this to be their first formal greeting after 3 years of back porch waves and ‘good morning’ greetings. She walked over and rang the doorbell with $20 in her pocket.
Polite Request
She said, “I politely explained how the light was causing a problem and asked if he could point the light down or in a different direction. I offered to buy him a case of beer (with the $20) out of good-will, and even a new motion-sensing light.”
He Agreed
She recalled that he seemed nice, and agreed to point it down. So, she patiently waited, giving him a month to get around to it.
Nothing Changed
After waiting a month, nothing changed. She went back to have another polite conversation and he said he had changed his mind and was going to leave it on every night, pointed exactly where it was, despite having accepted the $20.
Diplomacy Failed
She was upset that diplomacy had failed and started figuring out how to get her own back. She said, “If the military taught me anything, there’s always ways to adapt and overcome.”
Researching Bylaws
She started researching fast-growing plants to create big privacy walls, and reading through the HOA bylaws and city/state ordinances about what she could or couldn’t plant. It was also important to know if there were any repercussions for encroachment across the property line.
Bamboo Was the Solution
The woman read up on bamboo. Despite being very invasive, it would grow fast to make the neighbor’s house and light disappear from view. Also, there was nothing on the HOA/state/city books to prevent her from planting it or cause legal recourse if it spread and grew on his side of the fence.
Little He Could Do
She learned that the only thing the neighbor could do was cut anything that grew on his side of the line. So, she planted a lot of golden bamboo, which grows and spreads extremely fast in Texas.
20FT Tall
She didn’t care that it grows up to 20ft tall, or if it took over the fence line because his house was 15 yards from the fence while hers was 50 yards away. This was planted right against the fence and she only put a root barrier on her side to prevent it from spreading into her own yard.
Six Months
Within six months, his house and security light were gone from view,” she said. The sight was replaced by a pretty bamboo jungle row at the edge of her yard.
One Year Later
Within one year, he complained in a written and mailed letter that it was growing into his yard. This went straight into the trash with no response.
Rang the doorbell
When he rang the doorbell to complain in person, she looked at him through the window but didn’t answer the door. Two years later, she unexpectedly sold the house after being offered a career opportunity.
Bamboo Garden
She finished by saying “It’s been two years since I sold the house. I just checked the property on Google Earth and his entire backyard is bamboo.”
Twist of Fate
In a strange twist of fate, several readers commented that they recalled recently seeing someone else share a similar story. One said, “He was asking for legal advice about a former neighbor flooding his yard with Bamboo.”
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