Man Regrets Building His Driveway When Neighbors Get Their Revenge

Neighbors can be a blessing. Who hasn’t ever forgotten to close their garage door and a neighbor called you to let you know? But some neighbors can be a total nightmare, too.

Just ask Reddit user u/diypackraft, who shared a story about his friend’s dad, who gave a new neighbor a taste of his own medicine after he built a driveway across someone else’s property without getting permission.

A Straight Driveway Was Out of the Question

Reddit user u/diypackraft paid a friend of his a visit at his dad’s house. But the Canadian neighborhood where he was living had a serious problem. “A straight driveway is not an option because it would be steeper than the building code allows,” he recalled.

Each House Was Similar in the Neighborhood

The small Canadian suburb was a quiet neighborhood full of families, so there weren’t often many disputes or fights. That is why the property dispute between two neighbors got so heated, and why the ending bit of revenge was all the sweeter.

The Neighborhood Was Quiet Before

The home of the elderly couple was a small, but comfortable, house without too many unnecessary luxuries.

Next to them was a vacant lot that had no house on it, but when a new homeowner moved into the neighborhood after buying the piece of land, they quickly showed themselves to be anything but neighborly.

The Neighborhood’s Tranquility Was Disrupted

A nice elderly couple had lived down the road from his friend’s house for several years. Right next to their home there was a vacant lot, which was eventually sold…