Neighbors with junky looking blue tarps NOT helping curb appeal here

[Anonymous]

If this is our neighbor selling the house, the tarps are not why the house is not selling. Its easy to blame the tarps but that is not the issue.

[Anonymous]

Maybe you should fix the problems with your house first before worrying about your neighbor's tarps OP. People don't turn down a house because the neighbors protect their property from the rain/snow. That would be a first.

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Anonymous wrote:No sane buyer would reject your house for this. They may appreciate having neighbors who take care of their stuff enough to protect it in the winter.

Why collect junk outside? Op aren't there garages? If not, aren't there basements? The neighbors seem kind of backward, only doing what they have to to get by. I can see why you are moving, but I hope the potential buyer doesn't feel the same way.

Reading comprehension, PP. OP didn't say there was junk. She's complaining about the look of the tarps. For all we know, there could be thousands of dollars worth of nice patio furniture under there. Or a valuable cord of oak being seasoned for the fireplace. Or a fire pit or pool or whatever.

Right - because the way to "protect" something "valuable" is with a $5 trap that looks awful. You're that neighbor, aren't you?!

Tarps are actually excellent at protecting things from the elements. You sound incredibly dimwitted if you think that because a tarp is inherently inexpensive it can't do the job it was designed for. Name me some products that would serve this purpose better than a tarp??

I can "name me" several. One of which is a newly composed shed, or any number of structures designed for holding firewood, specifically. A tarp over anything is slovenly and cheap looking, as if you are looking to spite your neighbor. Is it you?

I wouldn't spend $1000 to build a shed to house my $200 in firewood. And you think they should build a shed to house their patio furniture as well? LMao you really are that person . I'd rather spend that money elsewhere. Don't be a fool and try to sell your house in winter I guess, hopefully lesson learned.

Don't be a fool with this PP as the slob neighbor. Lesson learned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you should fix the problems with your house first before worrying about your neighbor's tarps OP. People don't turn down a house because the neighbors protect their property from the rain/snow. That would be a first.

It's December. OP's house could be perfect, for all you know.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:No sane buyer would reject your house for this. They may appreciate having neighbors who take care of their stuff enough to protect it in the winter.

Why collect junk outside? Op aren't there garages? If not, aren't there basements? The neighbors seem kind of backward, only doing what they have to to get by. I can see why you are moving, but I hope the potential buyer doesn't feel the same way.

You would put a wood pile into your garage or in your basement? I wouldn't.

There are some things that simply need to be left outside and if you want to keep them dry - you cover them with a tarp.

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Anonymous wrote:No sane buyer would reject your house for this. They may appreciate having neighbors who take care of their stuff enough to protect it in the winter.

Why collect junk outside? Op aren't there garages? If not, aren't there basements? The neighbors seem kind of backward, only doing what they have to to get by. I can see why you are moving, but I hope the potential buyer doesn't feel the same way.

Reading comprehension, PP. OP didn't say there was junk. She's complaining about the look of the tarps. For all we know, there could be thousands of dollars worth of nice patio furniture under there. Or a valuable cord of oak being seasoned for the fireplace. Or a fire pit or pool or whatever.

Right - because the way to "protect" something "valuable" is with a $5 trap that looks awful. You're that neighbor, aren't you?!

Tarps are actually excellent at protecting things from the elements. You sound incredibly dimwitted if you think that because a tarp is inherently inexpensive it can't do the job it was designed for. Name me some products that would serve this purpose better than a tarp??

I can "name me" several. One of which is a newly composed shed, or any number of structures designed for holding firewood, specifically. A tarp over anything is slovenly and cheap looking, as if you are looking to spite your neighbor. Is it you?

I wouldn't spend $1000 to build a shed to house my $200 in firewood. And you think they should build a shed to house their patio furniture as well? LMao you really are that person . I'd rather spend that money elsewhere. Don't be a fool and try to sell your house in winter I guess, hopefully lesson learned.

Don't be a fool with this PP as the slob neighbor. Lesson learned.

I have no tarps and don't store anything outside....I just don't think speeding a lot of money to store something of little value is reasonable or smart. You're a fool if you do, and you're a fool of you think it has anything to do with why the house isn't selling.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Maybe you should fix the problems with your house first before worrying about your neighbor's tarps OP. People don't turn down a house because the neighbors protect their property from the rain/snow. That would be a first.

It's December. OP's house could be perfect, for all you know.

And it could need work. The only thing we know for sure is that the tarps are not the reason the house isn't selling.

[Anonymous]

It's the time of year.

[Anonymous]

I keep as much crap in my back yard as possible. If the neighbors try to complain about not being able to sell their house, I'll just blame them.

[Anonymous]

Well if there are heaps of junk laying all over their yards and covered by blue junk that would be pretty bad. But it doesn't sound like that is the case at all.

Covering a wood pile to keep it dry is pretty standard.

[Anonymous]

^blue tarps (not blue junk)

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Anonymous wrote:Well if there are heaps of junk laying all over their yards and covered by blue junk that would be pretty bad. But it doesn't sound like that is the case at all.

Covering a wood pile to keep it dry is pretty standard.

Very subjective.

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Anonymous wrote:Well if there are heaps of junk laying all over their yards and covered by blue junk that would be pretty bad. But it doesn't sound like that is the case at all.

Covering a wood pile to keep it dry is pretty standard.

Very subjective.

Not really. Rusted out motors and car parts laying all over the yard (like a junkyard) would be different than a blue tarp thrown over a wood pile or patio furniture.

There is a difference between junk and trash strewn all over the yard and someone using a tarp to cover up a pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Well if there are heaps of junk laying all over their yards and covered by blue junk that would be pretty bad. But it doesn't sound like that is the case at all.

Covering a wood pile to keep it dry is pretty standard.

Very subjective.

Not really. Rusted out motors and car parts laying all over the yard (like a junkyard) would be different than a blue tarp thrown over a wood pile or patio furniture.

There is a difference between junk and trash strewn all over the yard and someone using a tarp to cover up a pool.

Maybe.

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Anonymous wrote:Well if there are heaps of junk laying all over their yards and covered by blue junk that would be pretty bad. But it doesn't sound like that is the case at all.

Covering a wood pile to keep it dry is pretty standard.

Very subjective.

It's not subjective at all...its either a junkyard, or they are covering specific things of value (outdoor furniture, dry firewood, etc). You may not like tarps, but it's still standard. NP btw.