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Comments (37)We've lived in our house for coming up on 25 years. We got new neighbors about a year ago. Occasionally, if our mail woman goes on vacation, we get all their mail. They get a bunch. Being neighborly we take it over next door and leave it between their storm door and main door on the side of their house. The had a lock installed on their mailbox when they moved in. No door in front. They're not home but we wouldn't bother them if they were. This a courtesy as the alternative, leaving it in our box with the flag up so it can be re-delivered could take days. They are virtually never out in the yard. Met the husband once when he had just moved in, but that's it. He called me over to tell me there were baby squirrels nesting in our yard because he sees them playing when he has coffee in his kitchen. He said he was worried they'd chew through our electrical wire. I thanked him for letting me know. But I didn't do anything because we've always had squirrels. Not sure what we're supposed to do. Well this year, instead of talking to us or sending us a note, they call city code enforcement. Why? Because our ashleaf spirea is hanging over their property line. In the past, neighbors usally do one of two things if anything hung over a fence on any side of our yard (three neighbors): 1) trim it (would take literally 15 minutes inclduing raking or putting in a yard waste can), 2) mention it to us. This would prompt us to offer trim it and clean up, or 3) let us know they'd like to trim it as a courtesy. They are early 30s and we are late 60s. Possibly they are hesitant to ask or find it awkward? I have no idea. The ashleaf spirea is beautiful with sprays of white flowers.I have actually deadheaded it after it blooms last year so that it looks its best. I talked to code enforcement and proposed that I bisect the plant. It will look bad on their side. Fortunately it is hardy so cutting it severely won't kill it. Each fall I cut it almost all the way back. It grows to 5 feet tall and 2 feet wide during each growing season. Strange way for new neighbors to behave among many families who have lived in our neighbor for decades. Thay are next to a street on the other side....See MoreNeighbor (from hell) Has Been Vandalizing My Property!
Comments (53)Yes this is an old thread, but extremely relevant; especially in light of Covid and all the insanity it is breeding. I have two nasty neighbors, so I got the luck of the draw. One on each side. The neighbor to the left was syrupy sweet for a few months, but that turned. The neighbor to the right is anal as all get out but feels as if he is entitled to encroach on our property, move things, dig our fence up because he felt it wasn’t level, take deck tiles he agreed to buy from me, but never made good on, mow over my outdoor area rug, and “accidentally“ destroy various things. The man isn’t crazy, just anal and entitled at 50 plus years old. Worse than a toddler. Never apologies or offers to replace what was damaged. I have felt like retaliating in several occasions, but I always pull myself together. My husband is now seeing things more and more. You are not crazy. Those that are calling you crazy must be “that crazy neighbor” to someone else or just plain evil and nasty. There are so many people in the world like this. A person entitled and miserable is extremely difficult to live by. I pray your situation has improved. We are hoping to move in a year or so. I will be sure to pay extra careful attention to the neighborhood and make certain there is ample distance between property lines. I want peace!...See MoreNeighbor’s stem going up, diggers don’t know what pipe this this.
Comments (15)Well, with that diameter it's certain it isn't someone's residential gas line, but in my area 811 identifies all lines, not just gas. Yes, it could be an abandoned pipe, but I would have done more digging to confirm that. It's easy for a contractor to not avoid checking into something that's not in their contract, and literally bury the problem. Doesn't mean it's a responsible thing to do though.......See MoreNeighbor's tree: his side of property line: needs to trim it. He won't
Comments (17)Thanks to everyone that responded. The problem is not one of "aesthetics"; i.e., lateral branches that "overhang" our property. The multiple vertical trunks and attendant foliage of the tree have grown straight up..ENGULFING the wires over the last twelve years. ATT's phone lines/cable co.'s wires have literally been embedded in the top canopy of this tree. The main drop(s) for the shared phone/cable lines run fairly parallel to the street. The single drop to our house runs perpendicular to this st. line, and our drop had run through the canopy of said tree. The cable tech came out to inspect causes for cable service degradation. He id'd the completely abraded line in the tree. He then re-located the attachment point for our drop farther away from the tree canopy. SCE came by 6 weeks later, to trim any trees that had grown into SCE's 18" clearance requirements. SCE did use a cherry picker to trim the very apex of the problem tree's height to clear that 18" distance. The ATT/cable wires embedded in the vertical trunks is screamingly clear NOW to anyone. Still, we cannot sign a contract with any reputable arborist (to clean up the tree further) because the tree is on another homeowner's property. The overreaching problem is one of disregard for other people's property rights: i.e., trespassing and causing damage to property. Historically, this neighbor had hired casual workers to trim the lower part of the tree and hedges and he did not give us any warning so that we could move or protect our specimen plants. His workers let the branches smash our landscaping, and then dragged them over our property attempting to clean it up. When we showed him the damage, he laughed and made jokes about the worker's ethnicity. All the guy EVER HAD TO DO was act as a responsible property owner and hire an arborist to properly prune back his tree years ago....See MoreRelated Professionals
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Hi everyone. Thank you for your replies. I do have a survey from when I purchase the home last year. So I do know that their water pipe is in fact over the line onto my side of the property line. I should have told the fence company to stop the construction and made my neighbors move the pipe instead of just moving my fence further onto my property.thia is my first property with a yard so Im still learning and trying to find the line between being assertive and pissing off my neighbors. I'm in TX so even though the land in on the other side of the fence it is still legally mine. I asked my real estate agent and they said it is fairly common for a fence to be more one way vs the other. I am adding a post to the side of my gate to basically marl it as part of mine. The neighbors will just have to remember that a silver of their backyard is actually mine. So if they decide to cover their backyard in concrete they need to stop before they get to the fence.
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