2025-08-24T00:01:02Z

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Imagine waking up to find out your neighbor is literally siphoning off your rainwater without a word! That's exactly what happened to an unsuspecting homeowner in Australia, who stumbled upon a shocking revelation while visiting his beach house. He noticed a peculiar sight at the fence: a downpipe that was mysteriously connected to the gutter on his roof.

In a video shared online, the homeowner voiced his disbelief, saying, 'That downpipe is going to a bloody tank of the neighbour at the back.' Footage revealed a large green water tank in his neighbor's backyard, directly linked to his own rainwater system. 'I didn't put it there,' he exclaimed, frustration evident in his tone. 'They've literally put a tank here, connected it to my gutter to collect water. What the hell? Can they just do that?'

This situation escalated further as he recounted how he had actually removed the downpipe previously to connect the gutter to a smaller rain tank on his own property. It seemed that at some point, the neighbor had reconnected the downpipe back to their tank while the homeowner was away.

The homeowner described the neighboring property as a holiday house, which explained why he hadn’t seen the neighbors much. 'When I'm not here, then they're there,' he lamented. 'Then they go and do this s***.'

Feeling frustrated, he expressed his intention to remove the downpipe entirely to see what would happen next. But the drama took a fascinating turn on social media, where users were sharply divided. Some argued in favor of the neighbor, suggesting that if the homeowner wasn't using the rainwater, why not let someone else benefit from it? One user quipped, 'If you're not using the water, why not let someone else use it?' while another chimed in, 'What's the problem? Seriously.'

Yet, others sided firmly with the homeowner, insisting that it was his rainwater and his right to control it. 'It's your rainwater,' one passionate commenter asserted, while another offered a tactical suggestion: 'Change it, so it still looks like it's going to theirs, but it's actually going to yours.'