Thomas Entwistle, 27, and his wife Rebekah, 24, described the enormous wooden fence as 'like the Berlin Wall' as it has spoiled the view from their house in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Music teacher Thomas was dumbfounded to discover the wooden barrier standing just 2ft from their front door and living room windows.
It is believed the eyesore was erected by a nearby farmer who is in a long-running legal dispute with the developer who built the home.
Thomas and Rebekah moved into the £220,000 four-bedroomed property on Persimmon Homes Brook View, just before Christmas.
They arrived home from an 11-day honeymoon in the Dominican Republic earlier this month to find their home's outlook blocked by the intrusive wooden panel.
And they say that since their return, their lives have been ruined by the fence - and they are even considering moving out.
Furious Thomas understands the fence was erected by the owner of nearby Upper Mickle Hay Farm in a dispute with Persimmon over land borders.
However, Persimmon insists that none of its development encroaches on land it does not already own.
Thomas said: 'This was our dream home and now it's turned into a nightmare - it feels like we are imprisoned in our own house by this fence.
'We are being held hostage in a land dispute which is nothing to do with us.
'Rebekah and I have just started our own business and had to fight to get a mortgage and then to get this house.
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