Neighbors kids and paintball Guns!
nelda1234
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Comments (34)Oh yes, I live in an unincorporated area and am dealing with severe redneck neighbor problems for over 12 years now. I am convinced there are more "neighbors from he**" than normal neighbors in this world... welcome to our club. The joy of living in an unincorporated area is that nothing is a code violation unless it is a hazard to public safety (which the paintballs could be considered.) or a health code violation. No trespassing cannot be enforced without posting the no trespassing signs. Law enforcement will tell you that first off. Keep a charged up video camera on premises so you can catch them in the act. video is better than a still photo, but take photos of anything suspicious you see. (paintballed signs) Document and date all instances in a notebook used strictly for NFH documentation purposes. If you are doing construction invest the $500 in a video surveillance and put up a sign saying the premises is under video surveillance. Will discourage vandals and thieves for the most part. Construction in rural areas WILL get vandalized, it is a BIG problem here where we live. Make your local law enforcement (unincorporated usually means county sheriff) aware of the paintball problem. Or any other severe problem you are having. Don't call them for every little thing, you will have to roll with some punches now that you are out of city limits. it doesn't matter if you are just outside city limits... if you are unincorporated all sanity goes out the window at least in our county. We are living within 1 mile of $1 million plus homes. And I can write a book on what we are expected to deal with because of farm zoning. (that's another post though) Note: that we have had WAY more neighbor problems in our semi-rural unincorporated area than we had living in the city, so if you are moving to the country to get away from that... fat chance. Lots more vandalism for sure. Sometimes those country kids get bored and like to raise he**. In fact, get to know your local law enforcement agents. Mention you have small children and are worried about the paintballing. Have the law enforcement non-emergency number at the ready - on your cell phone. if you are out on the property, make sure you take the cell phone with you. If they confront YOU about anything. Don't get riled up, don't say anything. They will twist it around and make you the bad guy. Do not engage with an irrational neighbor. If you find they are continually unstable, contact them only through legal counsel or law enforcement. Get a fence put up all around the property. Get a good survey first though, don't want any neighbor crying about it. And they will - cause that is what NFH do! Electric or barbed wire is good. Or good old chain link. Document if the fence is compromised. These people have a big problem with people tellling them what to do. When you start to crack down on them - they get worse and worse and worse - an "I'll show you attitude". I can see how aggravated you would be at that minister's attitude. Nothing worse to me than religious people who can't practice what they preach. Are they reading the same bible we all are? Here's hoping your situation will get better and not escalate like mine is! Not to make you paranoide BUT some of these tips are to be used in "worst case scenarios" only, like if your neighbors DON'T back off. They are things I wished I knew when starting off in our unincorporated residence. Good luck!...See Morea little perspective on neighbors
Comments (17)My neighbor to the north of us is a nosey, old guy, with really weird behavior (like watching us all the time, and constantly making a point to tell me that he was on my property). He is bitter that we put up a fence, so he has sprayed grass killer along the perimeter of my fence because he doesn't want to have to trim where the mower doesn't reach, and in the process of spraying the grass killer, he has destroyed some of my plants on the opposite side of the fence. My neighbor behind us - her in-laws that speak little English harrass me everytime I go in the back of my garage by my woodpile. I have gotten into a screaming match with the mother-in-laws daughter simply because I threw one of the neigbor's kid's toys back on their own property. I was simply giving them back their belongings - nothing malicious. Next time any toys that are on my property are going in the garbage. It's not worth the effort to give them back. The people next to them steal my firewood (he happens to be an attorney), and brag about it to the people behind us who have the crazy in-laws. I have had to post a "no trespassing, Private Property" sign over my woodpile and put a tarp with stakes in the ground to prevent them from taking my property. This is an upscale neighborhood, so I think it's safe to say that "trailer trash" comes in all colors, shapes, sizes and income levels. We are looking for a home with lots of land, out of the city. I don't ever want neighbors again this close (we are on less than 1/4 acre). It's insane to not have any privacy from peering eyes and kooky neighbors....See MoreCorrect Forum for Troublesome Teenage Neighbor Question?
Comments (33)Focus on what you want, which I assume is for the kids to stay off your property. As others have said, you need to mark off your property with something especially if the kids are not sure where your property lines are. Don't think about anything else, what she said, who put a letter in what mailbox, and so forth. Also, if you ever get a face to face chat with her, even if a policeman is there, you'll really take the fire out of her if you say something kind like, "I know how difficult it is with teenagers, but I am concerned about my property. And I'm concerned about one of the youngsters getting hurt on my property." (Even if your heart isn't in it, if you reach out in this way, it can help defuse a situation.) I know you may have gone way beyond this possibility! :-) You are going to have to be the mature, reasonable one, because it sounds like she has her hands full. And also because you REALLY don't want this situation to get any worse than it is....See MoreNail gun? Hammer? Finishing nails for wood trim?
Comments (12)Hammer, nails, and nail set----making sure the nail set is the correct size for the finish nail being used(I have three different sized nail sets.) Since you already have the nails, it will be less expensive to buy a nail set---or a nail set set(A set of three or so different sized nail sets). You want to use a smooth faced hammer as well. There is a chance you will miss and dent the wood----but, with a pneunatic nailer there are several bad things that can happen as well----all worse than dented wood trim. Nail blowouts split the wood, or can stab fingers. Nails not buried far enough---a real bear to sink when that happens as most small nail sets are too large for air finish nails. Predrill just the trim, that allows the nails to go in easier as well as protecting from splits....See Moregoldenpond
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