Mad at your neighbor

[gad5264]

I wonder what kind of fued this stems from?

[Ken Massingale]

That makes me wish I had a neighbor!

[movnup]

I have a neighbor story to share .... we have low voltage yard lights along a hedge between two lots. I couldn't figure out why the lights seemed dimmer than normal at night. My neighbor painted the lenses with white paint because he said the light was shining in his bedroom window (they're 11 watts each). I asked him to replace the lights he damaged but he refused and planted four finzer bushes to block the light instead after I removed all the paint and cleaned them up.

My wife and I were tempted to go to yard sales this summer and pick up very ugly yard art and put it along the lot line (trools, gargoyles, pink flamingos, etc). We had a few good laughs of what would be appropiate for a jerk like this so I can relate to the picture above.

[newood2]

because he said the light was shining in his bedroom window (they're 11 watts each).

Any type of light, no matter how dim will interfare with some people's sleep. I for one can only fall asleep in total darkness in the confine and comfort of my bedroom. Absolutely no lights, moonlight starlight,streetlight, nightlight etc.But strangely enough I will find myself dozing off standing up holding a strap in a subway car on the way home from work.
My neighbor complained that the security light at the rear side corner of my house was shining in her bedroom. No problem, I adjusted the position of the light and resolve that complaint.All I'm saying, not knowing issue and the relationship between you and your neighbor, different things affect different people in different ways. But you may have a point, there are some neighbors you just can't work with to resolve an issue. Good luck with the yard art, but don't forget the law of reciprocation.

Howie

[Ed62]

My neighbor painted the lenses with white paint because he said the light was shining in his bedroom window (they're 11 watts each).

Maybe you should just paint his windows black. No, never mind. I didn't really suggest that. We have excellent neighbors on both sides of us, but one of them will be moving in June or July.

Ed

[maxparot]

I have 1 neighbor that has no respect for the other in the neighborhood. Our backyards are against each other and he used his as a contractors yard. He also likes to throw parties regularly with loud Mexican folk music playing at all hours. He put in a chicken coup with roosters crowing mornings and evenings. Additionally he uses his home as a boarding house with the faces living there changing every so often. Their boarders were using BB guns and slingshots in the backyard.
When he and his wife moved in my wife and I tried to be good neighbors and say hello. They claimed not to speak english. Since the problems started we have found they actually do speak english fairly well. We have had to get the town and police involved in the past. I think it is over now. (Time will tell) I think without the extra income they may be selling their house soon.
The town has told them stop using their backyard as a construction yard. And his home is single family residencial so no boarders. The police told them no loud parties, no firearms (BB guns and slingshots included) and no roosters allowed on their property (Their lot is too small to keep fowl far enough away from my property by town ordinances)

[Bruce Cohen]

Hey Max,

If they don't really quit, try the following:

Invite about 10 or so large male friends over and have them all wear sunglasses and blue INS windbreakers.

Play Lynard Skynard CDs REALLY LOUD 24 hours a day.

Get a couple of Claymore Mines and string the trip wire about 5 feet from their rear door.

I vote for the last option.

Bruce

[jziegler]

I think I need one for my neighbor. Total jerk. We live in town, so most parking is on the street. He acts like he owns the spot in from of his house, and has knocked on our door a few times, demanding that cars parked there be moved (not even knowing if they were guests of ours, just assuming). Of course, his son (and for a while after we first moved in, his step daughter, I think) park in front of our house all of the time. He's constantly screaming at someone, either his wife, or his step-grandson, who I think they have adopted. Using really foul language. He goes to work at around 5 in the morning, and he makes a ton of noise leaving, revving the engine on his old truck endlessly. He also revs the engine when he parks the truck. At least it doesn't backfire like his old old truck did.

And, the first night be bring or newly adopted dog home, he calls the cops (apparently multiple times) to complain about her barking.

I think that I got most of it. Of course, he's been here longer, but he's a rented that hates this town and wants to move, we bought the house and are doing everything that we can to make it a great house. I keep on hoping that he finds a place to buy in another town and moves.

Jim

[maxparot]

Play Lynard Skynard CDs REALLY LOUD 24 hours a day.

I set up a stereo system for my back patio. It's 200 wpc with 4 speakers and can get loud enough to stop them from holding a conversation let alone hear anything else in their backyard.
I usually start with Aerosmith - Don't get Mad - Get Even
followed by Jimi Hedrix - The Star Spangled Banner
Lynard Skynard is in the playlist

[Mrs. Wallnut]

I wonder can you order those like that or do you have to wait till the bushes grow and trim them yourself. Because if you can order those things like that and just plant them then I will order 2 dozen for around my house.


We have a similar story about a dog and a neighbor who doesn't like our Choc. Lab and thinks that he is mean (the dog). So now we have to keep him on a rope run so that we don't have the sheriffs dept. visiting us every day. That is our bad neighbor this time around. I have had a few others that I would like to......well lets just say they weren't nice thoughts at the time.

[jackellis]

A friend of ours has designed a nice home in an upscale neighborhood in Farmington using indirect outdoor lighting. All lights either face his home or face down. He points out, correctly in my opinion, that outdoor lights should not be aimed away from one's home. My wife and I will now have a discussion about using carriage lights outside.

We're lucky in that we have very good neighbors. One time a neighbor justifiably got after us for parking a car outside their home (most people here put their cars in the garage, but we owned three at the time). The next-door neighbors had three kids that were a little boisterous at times and we'd always find kid stuff in our yard but hey, they're kids. Unfortunately they've moved - back to India until their kids are a little older.

On the other side we have three teenagers and a garage band. They tolerate my woodworking machine noise and I tolerate the band. If only the lead singer could sing on key, all would be right in the world.

I'm normally a bit of a curmudgeon but I can handle kids being kids so long as they're under reasonable control. Since we don't have kids, a little kid noise is actually kinda nice.

[gerti]

We have a similar story about a dog and a neighbor who doesn't like our Choc. Lab and thinks that he is mean (the dog). So now we have to keep him on a rope run so that we don't have the sheriffs dept. visiting us every day. That is our bad neighbor this time around. I have had a few others that I would like to......well lets just say they weren't nice thoughts at the time.

Sorry, but letting your dog roam on your unfenced premise is (at least within city limits) pretty irresponsible. It make the life of anyone walking their dog a nightmare. Your dog may be friendly, but the other dog may not take kindly to a nose up it's behind.

[Texas splinter]

Mad at your neighbor

We can't complain about our neighbors, of course the closest one is approx 200 yards from our house.

[Mrs. Wallnut]

Sorry, but letting your dog roam on your unfenced premise is (at least within city limits) pretty irresponsible. It make the life of anyone walking their dog a nightmare. Your dog may be friendly, but the other dog may not take kindly to a nose up it's behind.

We are in the county and there is no leash law or anything like that. We have quite a few friends who are in law enforcement and have said we are not breaking any law with letting our dogs roam around. As a matter of fact just in our little neck of the woods within about 6 acres of neighbors there are 4 or 5 other dogs that run around and are not any better than our dogs.

If we were in the city then I probably wouldn't have a dog because there is no room for them to run around.

[mater]

I could have used a couple of those bushes over the years.