Posted on 06/05/2024 10:59:45 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
Having a troublesome neighbor can be a headache. It can be a longstanding issue you must deal with until one of you moves out, but you can also find ways to solve the problem.
This was the situation for Reddit user Kid_Endmore. According to his account, a new neighbor demanded he remove his fence. He agreed after being threatened with legal action.
However, the neighbor returned a week later, requesting to have the fence back. Read on for the full story.
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My mother in law’s house overlooks a narrow river. The river takes a bit of a turn so the homes actually overlook the neighboring property.
Years ago my late father in law caught his neighbor moving the survey markers. He couldn’t fathom that the land he looked over belonged to my in laws.
My FIL had a survey done and told the neighbor very clearly that he’d prosecute if he tried to move them again. Then he moved a rusty old boat trailer to its new forever home on the lot line by the river.
We got rid of it after he died. The neighbor is still a jerk. He came out and yelled at me when I dared cut six inches of his lawn by mistake.
“BUILT fences that are between 6-8 inches or more INSIDE the pins. THESE ARE NOT “COMMON FENCES” that can “be used by each side”.”
Read this sage advice and learn.
You have all been warned.
If it’s all on YOUR property, it’s YOUR fence.
NOT a common fence.
We all want that extra 6”.
Well, here it is.
And his wife is a Metro Karen. When they first built the driveway to his house it went across my property. I had to go show their dumb contractor the survey markers that were put there. He has approximately 20 feet of road access.
They never restored the property to its pre-damaged state. It’ll eventually grow back over but between that and his septic guy tearing up my lawn with his equipment (he wasn’t at the right address)we have not been off to a very stable relationship.
Nope had a neighbor just like Anne. Her name was Jane, she from New Jersey and she’d do something like that in a heartbeat. She wrote an anonymous note to one our neighbors complaining because she didn’t like the color of their front door. She wrote to another neighbor complaining about the look of their fence and got into a legal battle with the neighbor on the other side of her about a fence she didn’t like. She hired someone to take it down while the homeowner was at work. Her reasoning was it was dilapidated and detracted from the look of her property, so she had the right to take it down. That one got ugly.
So yes, there are ‘Annes’ in the world and the are assholes.
She got what she asked for.
It just wasn’t what she expected.
All the reasons you and other people stated is why we moved to this house/property 13 years ago. The house had to be all redone. However, it is very rare around here to find a single family house with 600’ of road frontage on 12 acres. Especially being surrounded by properties of similar or larger size.
There are other issues though trying to maintain bigger properties. I now have a Massey Fergeson 37 HP 4WD diesel tractor. The 25 year old John Deere lawn tractor(that I bought when we moved to the previous house). I just bought a Scag 52” commercial lawn mower. It was taking me over an hour to mow everything with the JD. Now, I mow everything in .9 Hours. However, that Scag cost more than my first several automobiles.
I love to cook. I bought a three-story rowhouse near a huge farmer's market in a big city. From my third floor, you could see the tallest city landmark.
Then a guy moved in across the street, tore down the two-story rowhouse and built a four-story rowhouse, destroying my view of the famous landmark. Did I sue?
No. He was a big cheese in the local crime syndicate. But soon he went to jail for a mob murder. And eventually the city built an even taller landmark that I could see from my third floor.
Sometimes it's just better to wait things out.
I am at the end of a 1 mile dirt road in the middle of nowhere.
I would have bought the land had I known it was for sale (prior owner said he would offer it to me, but never did)
Had to laugh. I guess they're all like that. They certainly are in this neighborhood. Of special note was the lesbian down the street whose dog was named, I am not making this up, Peter. She would let the dog run free without supervision in spite of the county leash laws, then lean out the back door and yell at the top of her lungs, "Peter, come! Come! Come, Peter!"
Peter was free to roam on all our properties. Peter pooped wherever he pleased. Peter rushed up to tiny tots playing in their front yards. Peter menaced other neighbor as they tried to unlock their own front doors.
Eventually, because of Peter's owner, the HOA issued a list of rules about dog laws and courtesies. Guess who complained about discrimination against LGBT people?
So, WHY did they build so close to you?
Was there a view from there?
Or, some other reason to build on that particular spot?
Like the rest of the property was wet land.
the only thing I can think of is the utilities (mainly electric. everyone is well/septic and there is no natural gas) end at my other side of my lot. I don’t know if he had to pay by the foot or what. My house was already connected when I bought it. I know I have planted a row of “I don’t want to see you” trees along my side of the property line..
I water them a lot so they grow quickly.
Having a crappy neighbor is like living in hell. Everyday is unpleasant. I had two neighbors who were horrible horrible people. Loud, trashy, ignorant, and did I mention loud.
On the flip side nice neighbors are great. I had one where my driveway encroached about 2 feet on their side of the property line, so when they built a fence and had the surveyor make out the property line (something that hadn’t been done, probably ever) they just said, “No big deal,” and I moved a few sheds back and they built their fence. But geesh. I can’t imagine going to legal battle over a few inches.
I had a similar situation so that’s where the manure pile was placed...
Queer Dog People are Dog People cubed.
Had a chain link fence on my property, set back to be sure I was not on next door property. No surveying yet, but my property is “higher up” then next property. Came home one day, chain link fence was gone, and nicer looking wooden fence was up there, but moved closer to my house!
Talked to lawyer, he said “be nice”(no charge!!!)...so I got property surveyed...talked nicely to neighbor...he agreed to move it back to property lines, and I helped him to pay a bit for the move..Upshot, got better looking fence...and a bit more land than I had with chain link fence...overall a draw, but my neighbor and I have a congenial relationship instead of antagonistic....
I could be wrong, but it sounds like your parents (inadvertantly) claimed 80 square-feet of your neighbor's property through adverse possession.
If I were the neighbor, I would not have asked your father to move the fence. I would have asked your parents to sign a 10-year renewable lease for $1.00 for the 80 square-feet. This would eliminate any potential legal issues down the line, and everyone could be friends.
IT IS A FEDERAL OFFENSE TO TAMPER WITH SURVEYORS PINS/MARKERS. NO IF’s AND’s OR But’s.
Neighbor behind me in N Calif caught a new owner further west from him doing exactly that.
HE READ THE GUY THE RIOT ACT-—TOOK PICS-—AND THREATENED AN EXPENSIVE LAWSUIT.
Guy tried to bluff his way out of it, but MY NEIGHBOR worked for CAL TRANS & HAD A SURVEYOR THERE THE NEXT DAY. MY NEIGHBOR ALSO FILED PAPERWORK OF NEW SURVEY IN COURTHOUSE, along with info about the changed pins. PERMANENT RECORDS.
THAT FINALLY got the ‘new owner’s” attention.
YOU MESS WITH FENCING FOR LIVESTOCK & YOU ARE COMMITTING A FELONY.
That includes coming thru a gate & leaving it open.
I ran a known drug dealer off my N Calif property when he did THAT-—WITH my 12 ga.
Scotts Pine are good for a fast growing tree.
Then you plant another row of Colorado Blue Spruce behind them.
In twenty years you cut down the pine trees and leave the spruce
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