Neighbours have amassed more than £100,000 in legal costs in a half a decade row over a wooden fence.
Jenny Field, 76, and Pauline Clark, 64, have been in a boundary dispute over a small strip of land between their homes in Dorset since 2020.
The feud ended up in court after Ms Field demolished a six foot high fence which separated their homes, claiming it had been moved one foot onto her land.
A judge ruled Ms Field had "no reasoned basis" for her claims after multiple court cases.
The judge ordered she pay Ms Clark more than £100,000 to cover her legal fees.
That total payment rises to £113,266, including damages.
District Judge Ross Fentem presided over the hearing at Bournemouth County Court on Friday.
He order Ms Field to sell her £420,000 detached bungalow in order to cover the bill.
Jenny Field’s home on the left and Pauline Clark’s home on the right
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Judge Fentem said: "The parties need to find a way of putting the entirety of this dispute behind them".
The dispute between the pair started in June 2020 when Ms Clark demolished and replaced the wooden fence between the two homes in a cul-de-sac in the suburb of Hamworthy in Poole.
Ms Field claimed the fence had been moved one foot onto her land and hired her own contractors two months later to tear it down.
Ms Clark opened up legal proceedings for damage, theft and trespassing and a judge ultimately ruled in her favour in a civil court case in December 2022.
The two homes from above
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Ms Field was ordered to pay £11,800 for the damage as well as £2,120 in legal costs.
But, the total she owed has now risen to six figures after further court cases which saw Ms Field attempting to overturn the decision.
In the latest hearing, Ms Clark's representative Anna Curtis told the court Ms Field had "no intention" of paying the owed costs, and requested an order for sale.
Ms Curtis said the dispute had been stressful for her client who had received private counselling to help deal with the situation.
Judge Fentem said: "This is a very long-running boundary dispute.
"The defendant has, in various ways, sought to relitigate the original case.
"Every attempt to relitigate has failed. She appears to be convinced some form of fraud has taken place.
"There appears to be no reasoned basis for the allegation."
Judge Fentem said there was no evidence in the documents that "any wrongdoing was committed".
"I have no confidence at all the claimant will be paid what she is owed except by an order for sale," he added.
Ms Field accepted she will have to put her three bedroom home for sale.
"I haven't got that sort of money," she said.
“I have estate agents coming round to put my home on the market for £600,000 so that I will have the money to pay the court."