I would bring up the subject of his dying plants and see what he says. He might not know what is going on and might be eager for your help. A soaker hose would have prevented those plants from dying. Life is so much better being on good terms with your neighbors. I'm surprised you don't know them very well as it is. I trade and sell plants with my neighbors quite frequently. My closest neighbor and I shared the cost and labor of a 650 ft. ranch wire fence topped with barbed wire. It also has a hot wire on the inside to keep his cows and horse from pushing on the fence to get at my plants. (It's always greener on the other side.) Good neighbors have good fences. Mike

Christine, I dearly hope you have me confused with someone else! I have dabbled in eBay, more as a buyer than a seller, under the name perfectplants for the last few years. I have a 100% positive feedback on about 89 transactions. Did I do a transaction with you that left you dissatisfied? If so, please let me know privately at sheila@perfectplants.biz. Perhaps you have me confused with perfectplantshydro or another eBay seller with a similar name? Please write back and help me clear my name!!! Thanks!

Hey we have a caterer called A Moveable Feast, too. I'm not good at this stuff. When we had a sandwich business many years ago, we called it JPB Enterprises -- the first initials of my son's name, my name and my then-husband's name. How about "Delicious" or "Delicious Dishes". Simple, easy to remember and tells the story. We have a nail salon here called "Polish." Same thing if you don't pronounce it like the name of people from Poland.

The OP risks his funds paid for the lot (and the lot too) if he deeds the lot to the builder and the builder is unable to finish The OP says, "One builder, who does a lot of spec houses, it looks like, said that his company would buy the lot, not us, and we would have the usual construction contract for a house that his company would build." Even if that were not the case it wouldn't necessarily be a problem. While not a common arrangement it isn't uncommon either, you just use an addendum to modify the quitclaim during breach or at the termination of the contract. Commonly the builder will accept a contingent quitclaim such that the deed only transfers if the buyer refuses to make final payment. It really isn't that unusual and I can't see any situation that an attorney would let you get into the situation you are suggesting. -------------- ETA: I did an addendum for a quitclaim on some property. I have a farm in an area that requires 10 acres to build (they are attempting to keep the area horse farms). We wanted to give the foreman an acre to build a house close to the farm. So we sold him one acre and quitclaim nine more, attaching an addendum that the quitclaim would reverse in two years unless he paid us a fortune.