Love the small pond water feature and find it very interesting and creative the way you have used the stacked blocks to hide the back of the waterfall. The entire garden is wonderful. You obviously have the talent and have created such a beautiful garden.

This ended up being a lot more work than we originally anticipated, but the overall process was very straightforward. We had also originally planned to have 12 foot 6x6 posts but when we stood one up, we realized it was WAY too tall, so we cut them all down to a 10 ft length. I would have preferred a nicer wood, however, we didn't want to spend that much money on it and went with regular pressure-treated wood.

Two disclaimers before I start. First, I am not your attorney and this is not legal advice, this time I thought I needed to say that. Next, I tend to be fairly aggressive in stopping this type of BS before it starts taking up too much of my time. ----- If this were one or possibly two neighbors I would advise ignoring it and just moving on. However, at some point it becomes a self-reinforcing problem and I suspect with three neighbors participating you may be at that point. In those situations they don't need your participation in order to have drama, they can participate in the drama with each other and may attempt to escalate in order to get a reaction. In some of these situations their need to prove you are the bad guy will extend to outright criminal behavior in order to get a reaction from you that they can use to prove they were "right about you all along." I am going to focus on one thing specifically and relay what I would have done. Again, this works for my personality but may not for yours. Harassing contractors (yelling, threatening, hovering, spraying with a hose) The above is what I see as your most actionable thing. Especially spraying with a hose as technically that is assault (not saying that you will get a prosecution for it). I would instruct the general contractor that if anyone on the job gets sprayed with a hose that contractor should immediately stop working until they have dried sufficiently to work "safely." Please call the police to report the incident and present me with a separate bill for all the charges related to that delay. I would then present that bill to the neighbor as actual damages caused by their action. I would hand the letter to them as well as mail a copy. When handing it to them I would simply say, "I will give you a chance to settle this but I sincerely hope you don't because I want to escalate it." The whole point of this is to get all the actions out in front of an authority figure. If your side of the story is accurate the judge is likely to do you a solid and issue a warning to them, even in small claims court. This is essentially reporting the bully to the principal. Usually that stops these kinds of problems. Publicly shaming them on the internet is the other option, I just don't love that option as it can get away from you. I guess my only real advice is listen to your attorney but do let him help you stop this now if he thinks he can. Otherwise it is very likely to continue to get worse.

Reading your post made my hair stand on end & I wasn’t the one who got ”zapped”! I strongly suggest that your first call is to an electrician to come out & locate wires & power source. I’m not kidding! The electrician will tell you if the wiring is rated for outdoor use & how to set up outdoor plug ins or lights using that wiring. Please!