A woman is seeking advice after discovering her neighbours have been throwing secret parties in their pool every time they’re on holiday – and they’ve been doing it for years
A woman has been left outraged after discovering her ‘entitled’ neighbour has been throwing secret parties in their pool when they’re on holiday.
She explained how she visits her family’s lake house for a week during the major holidays – but didn’t go for Memorial Day because there was flooding around the lake this year. She ended up staying home on July 4th to help a family member who had been discharged from the hospital just days earlier.
On Reddit, she explained: “Normally, we open the pool in early May and leave it to keep it open until the end of October. But this year our weather was off and we had a very cool and very wet month of May and then June went straight to 100+ temperatures.
“I am currently on a medication that makes it difficult for me to tolerate being in the sun and heat for an extended time. Plus we have been helping two extended family members who are having health issues. So because of this, we haven’t had our pool opened yet this year.
“Now several times in June the little girl next door has seen either my husband or myself outside and she has asked when we are opening the pool. We first told her maybe later, but the last time (yesterday) she asked and I said we are probably just not going to open it this year, and she started crying.”
Confused, the woman started to wonder why the girl reacted so strongly toward this news, especially since she had never invited her to play in her pool. She added: “I didn’t understand why she was crying over us not opening our pool.
“I spoke with the neighbour on the left later and apparently our neighbours on the right have been having a small family party at our pool every 4th of July when we are gone. They have always cleaned up really well afterward and because we have scheduled pool maintenance and weekly yard service occasionally things are moved around in our yard and we never thought much about it.
“The neighbour on the left thought we had given the other neighbour’s permission to use our pool.”
While she granted her neighbour permission to enter her garden to retrieve balls or toys that made their way over the fence, she never once invited them to play in their pool. So unsure how to handle this situation, she has taken to social media to ask users what they would do to put a stop to things.
She added: “I’m annoyed our neighbours have been using our pool without permission, but my husband is happy I am letting him get more gadgets around the house. Now do we confront the neighbours and let them know we know they have been using our pool, or just wait and see if they say anything about our new security cameras?”
In response, one user said: ” I had this problem. When I left town I put up a warning sign that stated the pool was being chemically treated and it was dangerous.
“Of course, I did no such thing. All I did was put up a sign. One day I got a call from an ER because someone snuck into the pool and claimed they were injured by the chemicals. I told the doc they were faking it as the only thing I put up was the sign.”
Another user added: “Lawyer here, though not yours. You need to put up ‘no trespassing’ signs, tell your neighbours they are not allowed on your property without explicit permission, and change the lock to the gate. Now that you know, you are on notice and could be held liable if they are injured visiting your pool. Sucks, but it will be much less trouble than a lawsuit.”
A third user said: “I don’t know what would be more fun – to tell them upfront to not use the pool, or to not say anything and next time you find them on camera using your pool, just calling the police for trespassers on your property to surprise them.”
