If it isn’t the audiological terrorism they subject us to, their next “project” is apparently building a massive fence between our properties (which is more designed to conceal whatever it is they’re up to). They ripped out an old chain link fence and dug a trench just above us last Saturday. Guess what happened earlier today ? We had severe storms and the trench filled up with water and cascaded down the hill practically flooding our patio and the area around our A/C unit, and cut a creek right through the middle of our back yard...
...but wait...
...there’s more...
...I thought the fence was just going to be a higher version of the old one. I discovered some marking tape that stretched clear down from there and through the front yard and down to the road, a distance of about 150 feet. From what I saw of their “gestures” when 8 of them were standing outside one morning about 2 weeks ago, they intend to make it 9 feet high. That fence will cut off the view from the front of our house by more than 50%, make it impossible to see traffic on the street coming from the right side of the property, create a giant shadow and likely kill all the grass and vegetation in its wake. Between our two yards in the front (which has remained undivided for all those years we’ve been here), it creates a nice park-like situation.
I mean, who the hell arbitrarily throws up a 9-foot high solid wall for 150 feet through a front yard to the street ? In my entire neighborhood, there is only 1 house that has such a setup, and that’s only because it is right next to a short driveway and isn’t particularly distracting.
The good news is that the neighbors may be barred from building it because it also happens to be right underneath a power line that separates our houses, and nothing for 20 feet (10 feet on either side) can be built, and that goes for vegetation (the power company ripped out a shub that was directly underneath it that had been there for 25 years earlier this Spring). Utility vehicles have to have open access to the lines and to a pole in our respective backyards, and the fence would not allow them to access it without awkwardly coming through our backyard. The “line” the illegals marked out for the fence not only is within 10 feet, it is right under the power line and even crosses onto OUR property ! Absolutely outrageous.
Stay tuned... I keep wondering what’s the next dreadful thing they intend to do to ruin our respective yards and our peace. The neighbors from hell, and THEY don’t give a damn.
That’s one case where the city should step in, but of course they won’t.
I would urge some patience. Hopefully the city will start in on them and give them so much hell they’ll leave. I suggest you let the fence get about three fourths to fully completed before you drop the dime. Let them spend all their funds on the fence, before they have to tear it down. When they ask why you didn’t warn them, go ahead and tell them you’re sorry, and if they would have consulted with you on the fence you would have let them know about the ordinance and that they built across your property.
Then go inside your house, get a towel and laugh yourself to tears. It’ll be therapeutic.
Good luck. I’m sorry you’re having to go through this.
If I were in your position, I’d report them to the INS.
And the President of Mexico has some nerve, considering how his country treats illegal aliens who come in from its own southern border.