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80 acres and the guy built right next door. What an Ahole.

I have 12 acres now. My neighbor to the north has 55. To the east has 20. The guy on the south has 10. His house is all the way in the back of his lot. Mine is close to the front. So, my closest house is 500’ away. You can only see its lights in the winter when the leaves drop their trees. Across the road there is a brook that is protected as conservation. So, there is not a house for a 1/2 mile in either direction. Yet, I am in a town that was settled in the 1740s.

I was a little concerned last year when the 55 acre property went up for sale. Mostly because it has 1700’ of road frontage. They could have subdivided it without putting a road in. I finally met the new owner a couple months ago and he said they had no intention of breaking it up. That was the reason they bought it to have a farm in the country with chickens, goats, etc. Their house is about a 1/4 mile from mine. However, the part that abuts mine sits on a hill about 30’ higher and would overlook my backyard.

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.

Their house is about a 1/4 mile from mine. However, the part that abuts mine sits on a hill about 30’ higher and would overlook my backyard.

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.