‘Real mess’: 101-year-old grandma in bitter fence feud

A 101-year-old Gold Coast woman says she’s been left in a neighbourhood feud after a new fence was built, sparking a bitter boundary stoush she fears she can’t afford to fix. Nala, a great-great-great-great-grandmother who has lived at her home for about 60 years, says she agreed to a new fence for privacy and security, but never agreed for it to be built inside her neighbour’s yard rather than on the boundary line. MORE NEWS Billy Slater’s wild new life after footy Tradie cracks property market with $3k side hustle ‘Un-Australian’: The parking act dividing neighbours “I might be 101, but I know what side of the fence I’m on,” she told A Current Affair. For Nala, the issue is not just a fence line. It’s the strip of land left between the old boundary and the new structure, a leftover patch she says was never part of the deal and one she does not want. The centenarian says she was happy to agree when her neighbour offered to replace the ageing fence at his own cost, describing it as a practical fix to improve privacy and security between the two homes. Nala, aged 101, takes a stand in feisty backyard fence blow-up. Picture: A Current Affair Her late husband built the original low-ri...