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I used my fence to get petty revenge on my neighbours after they made my life in my dream home a living hell
A HAIRDRESSER who received homophobic abuse and death threats got a colourful revenge against his neighbours from hell.
Mykey O'Halloran had five men show up in the middle of the night saying they'd kill him if he painted his dream home rainbow colours.
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But that didn't stop the proudly gay Aussie from making his home a colourful paradise.
Since last year, Mykey's been adding more colour to his property, and three weeks ago, he posted a time-lapse on Instagram as he painted his fence all colours of the rainbow.
He wrote: "On cloudy days, I paint my fence more rainbow & more and more at every chance I get. Got a chunk of it done today…
"I had the gutters and the side of the house finished a few weeks back, now I’ve just got the pavers, a whole lot of fence in the backyard, two water tanks, 3 sheds, a gate and a whole new front fence to go."
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"Estimated finish time: 2050," he joked.
The colourful fence is the latest addition to the hairdresser's rainbow home in Melbourne, which got painted with the help of 100 neighbours after the attacks.
Mykey had finally saved up enough to buy his dream beachside home in February 2021, but that was when some people in his community started to make his life a living misery.
He told The Sun Online: "About a month after I moved in, five men turned up in my back garden at around 10 o'clock at night.
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"They had heard that I was going to paint my house in rainbow colours and they didn't like it. They threatened to kill me and tried to beat me up."
Mykey had never met any of the men before and was stunned by the outburst.
He said one of the men, who he found out was his neighbour, was being held back from attacking him by the others.
"They got really aggressive and violent and homophobic," he went on.
"They called me a 'gay c***' and said 'if you paint that house, see what happens because next time it won't be so nice'."
His neighbour told him: "If you f***ing paint that house rainbow I will come back and kill you."
Following the sickening homophobic assault, Mykey said he went into a "full shock trauma response," breaking down crying and locking himself in the house before ringing the police.
Officers arrived around five minutes later and went to interview the neighbour.
Two days later, he was charged with unlawful assault and threats to kill.
In July 2021, he pled guilty to the lesser charge of unlawful assault and was convicted.
Mykey slammed the decision to hand his neighbour a fine of just $2,500 Australian (£1,418) as "just a slap on the wrist".
However, thankfully, the community came together following the row in the best possible way.
"I wrote about the attack on social media a day after it happened and it went viral," he said.
"People saw what happened and they wanted to help me paint my house.
"A paint company reached out and donated 40 litres of paint to help me paint it rainbow.
"Around 100 people came to help me paint my house and we had a barbecue. A group of tradesmen volunteered a whole day of work to help."
The inside of his house is similarly decorated, with colour rainbow colours in the kitchen and bathroom walls and cupboards.
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Mykey frequently shares videos of his hairstyles with his 820k followers and 192k followers.
He works for hair colour company Manic Panic and has travelled to the US after being commissioned to colour wigs at Ru Paul's Drag Convention.
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