A WOMAN has left people with their jaws on the floor with her epic yard makeover – however, trolls are all pointing out to the same issue.
Lauren Eden Elizabeth, 24, took to TikTok to proudly share how she spruced up the shared backyard, which set her back around £700.
Lauren used fake ivy rolls to cover a grubby wall – which she was convinced ”has been there for a hundred years”[/caption]
Other new features in the space included string lights, as well as stunning plants for a pop of colour[/caption]
As the savvy TikToker was well aware that this was a shared space, she first ensured to divide the yard into two equal pieces – and only modernised her half.
In case the landlady does turn up, Lauren remained hopeful she’d be okay with the overhaul – as the transformation is making the backyard ”look better”.
As well as removing all the debris, the proud flat owner – whose property costs £125k – built a shed to store all the bicycles.
The epic backyard glow-up also included a visit to The Range, where Lauren purchased two sets of faux ivy fences for £24.99 each and a hand brush for £4.99.
The TikToker, who posts under the username @laurenedenelizabeth, used the fake ivy rolls to cover a grubby wall – which she was convinced ”has been there for a hundred years”.
Showing off the new greenery, Lauren said: ”I think it makes the space look so much better.
”It’s gone from a concrete jungle to a little rainforest.”
The phenomenal makeover also saw Lauren fork out £400 for a gorgeous garden sofa and a matching table from JYSK – a Danish furniture retailer with over 2,000 stores worldwide.
In the clip, Lauren also added that the landlady is currently looking for a tenant for the flat below – which is why she was so eager to spruce up the backyard in the first place.
”Downstairs is back up for rent – hence why I’m doing this garden transformation because I just want to mark my territory,” the 24-year-old admitted.
In the end, Lauren completed the backyard overhaul with an outdoor rug she had snapped up from B&M for £18, beige cushions, LED string lights for a tenner and artificial floral hanging baskets for £12.
Other new features in the space included string lights, stunning plants for a pop of colour and a storage box for all the cushions for when it starts to rain.
”Lastly, I got some lights and a solar lantern, and a set of shelves just to add some more storage to the garden.
”I honestly don’t know what I’m gonna put on these shelves – maybe some tools. But then again, it is a shared garden – so they’ll probably get stolen.”
The Top Five Reasons Neighbours Squabble
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- Broken fences – top of the board was broken fences and whose responsibility it was to fix it
- Parking: one of the leading drivers of neighbour disputes, with 54.1 per cent of people having issues with people parking in front of their house, parking bay or driveway
- Trees – complaints about a neighbour’s tree cracking your garden path was also common with nearly half of participants finding it frustrating
- Bin wars – outdoor bin etiquette continues to ignite the most furious debates between neighbours
- Nosy Neighbours – some people have their eyes and ears at the ready to have a peek causing problems for others
‘I can see trouble ahead’
Posted earlier this month, the epic makeover has already gone viral, winning Lauren (@laurenedenelizabeth) more than a whopping 1.7million views and close to 94k likes.
But while the backyard was now turned into a sanctuary, hundreds of social media trolls all had the same complaint.
One person warned: ”It’s a shared garden so you can’t expect other tenants not to use this space, I can see trouble ahead.”
Someone else agreed, writing: ”I’d be mad if someone put all that plastic in my shared yard.”
”Yeah nobody is going to let this fly. If it’s not for everyone, there’s not a chance they’ll allow you to keep this. Be so for real,” a third said.
”What has happened to community? It’s a SHARED garden space… you can’t ’mark your territory’ and assume the tenants who will move in should just accept they can’t use the garden space because you’ve put a sofa and table there,” a viewer said.
But not everyone had an issue with the glow-up, as one fan hit back at the trolls, writing: ”I don’t understand why everyone is mad.
”She changed it from a trash alley into a clean, pleasant, usable space. If this was my neighbour I’d be like oh cool looks nice. And who would be so entitled to use her things?? Strange.”
”You’re cleaning and making it look lovely, why would anyone have an issue,” someone else was baffled by the criticism.
