Neighbors from hell during our construction process
Linda
4 years ago
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Downstairs neighbors from hell!?
Comments (3)If there is a vacant unit, ask the landlords if you can move into that. That would be the simplest thing to do. Ask the landlord to come over for a meeting. Show them the rugs, explain everything you do to keep your daughter quiet. Tell them that the constant complaints and police harassment are not acceptable. Ask the landlords what they are going to do to make the downstairs neighbors quit bothering you. Start complaining about the downstairs neighbors. For a week or two, document everything they do that is in violation of the lease, and all their noise. Record the dog barking, take pictures of the cars blocking you in. I can't believe the landlords didn't know about the people downstairs. They have a choice--keep the unpleasant people down stairs and have people move out of the upstairs unit as quickly as possible, or deal with the downstairs people and have a quiet building. Also, check with the police to see if there is any consequence for the downstairs people if they continue to make false claims against you....See MoreDealing with interfering neighbor during home sale...
Comments (41)"XP has bowed out of doing anything about it, although she recognizes that it's a problem, because she is still good friends with Nosy's husbabd and doesn't want to cause tension." It seems that XP is being let off the hook a little too easily. Does XP care if the house sells? Since she is a co-owner and is on good terms with the husband (and still lives in the area), it only seems fair that she be involved in helping to solve this problem. Why should you take all the heat? Nosey's husband needs to be made aware of what his wife is doing. I'd ask XP to talk to the husband and realtor and let them know that if Nosey doesn't stop interfering, you will set up a motion activated camera that takes a pic of everyone who comes into the yard, and get a restraining order against her. I'd hand out flyers to the other neighbors. Offer them a commission if they can steer a buyer your way. I'll bet they aren't crazy about Nosey either. See if any of them would be willing let your realtor know when they see Nosey trespassing or bothering any other potential buyers. They should be able to do this anonymously so Nosey doesn't start pestering them too....See MoreNeighbors from hell
Comments (48)Logic, I could tell you so many stories. They were so smart and very clever. My little female had a fascination about opening doors and gates. We watched with our own eyes as she learned how to kill the batteries in the collar just by keeping it beeping. The collar emits a warning beep prior to the shock. It gives the dog a chance to back-up. She would keep moving back and forth making the collar beep. After about 100 times, the battery would fail. She would jump on the gate and open the latch and off she went. Even the IF people couldn't believe it but came to the house to watch her from the window. The stories written here are so sad. I can't imagine living next to people like those discussed. I don't know what I'd do. We always had large properties and dogs. We always had fences. Although I never cared for the look of chain link, we always planted shrubs to hide the fence. We spent extra for attractive gates. Most people will not open a gate when dogs are present, even if friendly. I'm a great believer that good fences make good neighbors. Jane...See MoreWhere do you measure a room from during the framing process?
Comments (17)This is interesting because in my interior design program, which did involve complete reworking of floor plans and interior construction, (albeit in existing structures), we dimensioned from the finished surface. (So framed dimension assumed you were leaving space for drywall or finish material). The construction documents were keyed or notated as such, but you can see there would be a difference: an 84" wide room measuring as a finished dimension would mean the framing was 85" or 85-1/2" apart depending upon drywall thickness. I chose 84" because that is the minimum dimension for a habitable room excluding kitchens and baths in my local, as is 70 square feet. So if the room was framed for 84" finished you would end up with a habitable room, and if it was framed for 84" stud wall to stud wall, you would end up with 83" or 82-1/2" which would not be a habitable room if the inspector measured. This is why the key and the notations and such things such as "do not dimension directly from drawings" are so important....See MoreLinda
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