I don't especially like it but if that's the worst thing that has happened to you in 2020 you should count your blessings.

Wow. I don't hate it. I think I kinda like it..? Controlling how another person decorates their own property...I just don't get it. It's not like its a massive painting of a d**k. If the letter writer got given a taste of their own medicine you can bet they'd be shouting that it's their choice and how dare you, etc etc.

Imagine going out of your way to make someone's life more miserable, like this letter-writer. Imagine thinking you had the right to be such a complete a*****e. Some people choose hate all the damn time and it makes them miserable angry shells of human beings. Choose kindness; it's better for you as well as everyone else.

Until the letter writer starts paying taxes for the owner, they can kiss the owner's a*s

What's the yellow representing? The Sun? Also don't really like it, but as already commented on, it's not my house.

If resale value is a major concern for you then you probably don't give a c**p about your neighborhood in the first place.

The whinger doesn't even live in the same street? What an obnoxious and self righteous git

I think the person who wrote that letter would consider the Starry Night a low income ghetto graffitti. :D

It seems this Karen was not able to learn the proper use of capital letters... :D

A coat of paint can change this any time. Obviously the mean letter writing person has no art in their life and no life at home, looking for something that offends them. May they get ticked off more often and more art enter their life. Could be worse -- could be a mirror and they would have to look at their own ugly face as they pass by . . .

I hate to let my mind go there, but since they happened to call the garage door "ghetto", I have to wonder...do they think constellations are gang signs? o.O I see zero problems with this picture

Well, I don’t particularly like it, but it looks nothing like graffiti from the ghetto. Silly person obviously only knows the ghetto from tv.

i wish 'ghetto' painting looked like this!

What the f@ck? Nothing wrong with it. Bright and cheery.

I would post a sign in my yard thanking her for her personal knowledge of what the "hood" looks like and that you will repaint the door monthly until a letter of appreciation is sent.

Oh nooo the neighborhood looks good

It's someone not even on their street?! This is what you get outraged about in 2020? A painting on a garage?

If the letter writer is so concerned with property values and rules about exterior paint colors, etc they should just move to a neighborhood with an HOA where you can pay a committee to make rules that everything has to be beige and look the same

I don`t see anything wrong with it at all. In my opinion the person who wrote the letter has some issues....like a stick up the bum.

(distant yelling from UK) your mother looks like a low income ghetto

I was expecting something else

That’s such a mundane painting to say that about. It isn’t even graffiti style, it’s just normal art. I agree the art isn’t classy but it’s moreso because it looks amateurish and basic / childish. But it’s kinda cute in its own way and not offensive to the eye. I don’t think it will do anything to property values. I work in real estate but I don’t know much about how it is in England (I’m assuming by the spelling), but the object just isn’t enough of an eyesore or hindrance to being values down. It’s chintzy but real estate is about location mostly, and if this is just a regular neighborhood, location and proximity are what buyers will look at first. Not neighbor’s movable decorations.

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I like it. I wonder if they can come and do my garage doors.

Or they can just not look at the garage door!

That is really cool! And Karin, dear, it is people like you who devalue things

Never buy a house in a HOA.

IMO it is beautiful!

Not what I would put on my garage door, but definitely not worth complaining about. It’s not offensive, or anything. Damn, it’s not even on the complainer’s street!

It's really not good or attractive. And what the neighbors do does affect your house value. (Imagine losing $30,000 because of your neighbor?) However, the person who wrote this has never lived in the "hood". It doesn't look low-class, just looks like someone has bad taste. The person who wrote it sounds just awful. The person who painted that garage needs a new hobby.

Ugly

i love it, whoever posted the note needs to lighten up and mind their own business. unless there's a homeowner's association involved, people can do art on the outsides of their houses as long as it's not obscene or otherwise inappropriate, IMO.

Hey, if she ever gets bored and wants to tackle a bigger project, I got a double car garage door she can tackle next. I don't have to worry about neighborhood associations complaining or neighbors either.

While I wouldn't go so far as to write a letter like that I have been financially impacted to the tune of losing $100k because of neighbors who started making a bunch of questionable "design choices" and not maintaining their properties. It had been an established neighborhood that was quiet and full of older people who took pride in maintaining their homes and yards, but went downhill quickly. Since then I just make sure I buy homes in areas with very strict HOAs and my homes have all held their values. It was an expensive lesson learned.

I think it's AWESOME! The person who painted this garage door would be very welcome in my neighborhood! It's beautiful (but you have at least one disgusting neighbor, there's one in every neighborhood I guess."