How did this turn out? |
Agist and sexist. Not sure what my age and gender have to do with anything. The annoying neighbors are older than me (except for their kid obviously) and I'm a man, baby! |
I'd also put a lock on the gate. What terrible parents that child has. |
OR they could just lock their gate. |
Where do you live? Alexandria? The west end? |
How bizarre of her, but you were sweet to take her the wood. |
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One of our neighbors used to sneak into our high fenced gated backyard to rake leaves. We were all in single story homes so the only way they’d know if we hadn’t gotten to it was by peeking. It was bizarre. They also handpicked all the leaves out of their lawn instead of raking. No single leaf stood a chance.
I did lock the gate after chasing her out once though. It was the only time I caught her in the act. It got weirder but too much to write. |
We had this crazy neighbor Debra. She would do crazy stuff in her yard and get estimates on work she never had done. Every week it was a new rant about something that was wrong. I would try and hide from her. Her husband was so nice and calm.
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I posted about it at the time. Crazy, volatile, psychotic back neighbor. Our houses back up to each other and we have a pool that’s enclosed by a screen. Outside that screen for five feet is a row of bushes, on our property (you can’t have a screen enclosure closer than that.) Back house goes up for sale and real estate agent mulches our back bushes to match the mulch in the other house. I called and asked what the what, don’t do that, it gives the impression their property line goes all the way to the screen. She apologized and then these psychotic people moved in. This row of bushes (which gives us privacy) became his hill to die on. But if you dropped a blade of grass, or placed one foot over his property line he would literally lose it. Our landscaping company was doing annual spray treatment and he came out with a knife threatening him. He’s threatened to shoot us. It’s surreal.
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Put a lock on the gate, it's cheap and immediate. The kid will climb the fence, but at least he won't let the dog out.. After that, pursue whatever remedy you like with his parents. |
My neighbors are like this. I’m convinced I am going to witness the death/dismemberment of one or both of their kids. We live in a main artery into the neighborhood and the kids dart into the street constantly. My kitchen sink faces their house so I see it all the time. They also dart into the street WHEN THE PARENTS ARE THERE so I know saying something will accomplish nothing. They half heartedly say “be careful!” or more often say nothing. It’s insane. We had my mom come and watch the dog once for a week while we were away. When we arrived back home, literally as we were coming in the door, she says “what the hell is wrong with your neighbors?!? Those kids are gonna get killed by a car!” |
Did you get the police involved? That’s extreme. |
Yes we did. He abuses his kids too and I’ve made multiple calls when I see it. The knife incident was recorded but because he didn’t jab the knife while threatening him they couldn’t do anything about it. But what they said the last time was - if we come out one more time because of any threat to that house we will arrest you and figure it out later, your choice. He’s been remarkably quiet since but we always have an eye out. |
Lock on gate. Do it now. |