Neighbor’s barbed wire to keep kids and pets off lawn

[Anonymous]

I'd think your best bet is the HOA. You'd need approval for something like that. But HOA are run by volunteers so there's only so much a lot of them will do. Run for the HOA board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the homeowner is brilliant. He's playing by the rules. He doesn't want kids and pets on his lawn/property.

OP--what exactly is your issue?

It won't be so easy for the homeowner to do yard maintenance, though. And the HOA almost certainly does have rules about that.

in a TH community in Loudon like OP's everyone maintains their own little square of grass

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the homeowner is brilliant. He's playing by the rules. He doesn't want kids and pets on his lawn/property.

OP--what exactly is your issue?

It won't be so easy for the homeowner to do yard maintenance, though. And the HOA almost certainly does have rules about that.

in a TH community in Loudon like OP's everyone maintains their own little square of grass

How do you maintain your own little square of grass when there's barbed wire looped all over it? Very carefully, I guess...

[Anonymous]

I've had so many kids come into my yard to climb my trees and stomp on my flower beds -- and their parents don't tell them to stop. It's big pet peeve of mine, and I finally had to tell kids myself to get off my lawn and stay off before their parents would do anything about it. I think that guy is brilliant. Too many parents are not teaching their kids boundaries. It's forcing homeowners to take the issue into their own hands.

Get your kids off my lawn!

[Anonymous]

Honestly. I'd collect money from the neighbors and offer to buy them a short picket fence. For a small TH front yard and spreading the cost among many it would be the simplest solution to addressing both parties concerns.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the homeowner is brilliant. He's playing by the rules. He doesn't want kids and pets on his lawn/property.

OP--what exactly is your issue?

It won't be so easy for the homeowner to do yard maintenance, though. And the HOA almost certainly does have rules about that.

in a TH community in Loudon like OP's everyone maintains their own little square of grass

How do you maintain your own little square of grass when there's barbed wire looped all over it? Very carefully, I guess...

My guess is the looped wire is along the perimeter. The main block of the lawn is probably still accessible from the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly. I'd collect money from the neighbors and offer to buy them a short picket fence. For a small TH front yard and spreading the cost among many it would be the simplest solution to addressing both parties concerns.

OP here. Ironically fences are outlawed in front lawns!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the homeowner is brilliant. He's playing by the rules. He doesn't want kids and pets on his lawn/property.

OP--what exactly is your issue?

It won't be so easy for the homeowner to do yard maintenance, though. And the HOA almost certainly does have rules about that.

in a TH community in Loudon like OP's everyone maintains their own little square of grass

How do you maintain your own little square of grass when there's barbed wire looped all over it? Very carefully, I guess...

My guess is the looped wire is along the perimeter. The main block of the lawn is probably still accessible from the house.

Yeah I got this impression too. My guess is that there’s a garden bed border and that’s where the barbed wire is. That’s probably why he’s so angry that dogs and kids are trampling his landscaping all the time. I bet there’s no barbed wire on grass. It’s probably on garden beds of flowers and bushes. Those only really need maintenance once or twice a year so it wouldn’t be too cumbersome to have barbed wire over the mulch.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've had so many kids come into my yard to climb my trees and stomp on my flower beds -- and their parents don't tell them to stop. It's big pet peeve of mine, and I finally had to tell kids myself to get off my lawn and stay off before their parents would do anything about it. I think that guy is brilliant. Too many parents are not teaching their kids boundaries. It's forcing homeowners to take the issue into their own hands.

Get your kids off my lawn!

Did you try throwing one of your slippers at them? And shake your old raisin fist in the air at them?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'd sling bags of dog poop at the razor wire.

That’s funny but illegal.

If he gets you on camera you could be facing major legal issues. And you know a guy who’s irritated enough to put up barbed wire is very likely to have a security system.

....so, the highest level of stealth is required....

+1. Challenge accepted. Ready player 1. https://www.amazon.com/Beeman-Marksman-Laserhawk-Folding-Slingshot/dp/B000MD68JM/ref=sr_1_6?s=sports-and-fitness&ie=UTF8&qid=1540387166&sr=1-6&keywords=sling+shot

I love how you think!

[Anonymous]

BS> Pics or it never happened!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly. I'd collect money from the neighbors and offer to buy them a short picket fence. For a small TH front yard and spreading the cost among many it would be the simplest solution to addressing both parties concerns.

What neighbor would give money for someone else to buy a fence? I would never in a million years do that and I would feel like a complete idiot asking for someone else to do so. However, I don't let my kids play on others' lawns.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is really funny actually.

What is the problem? Keep your kids and pets off his lawn and there is no safety issue.

NP. When you live in a TH community this isn't a realistic expectation. Young kids run around, parents don't keep them on leashes like pets, and while parents must teach their kids to respect others property the fact is one kids mistake shouldn't land them in the hospital getting stitches.

I have barbed wire embedded in my front garden for the same reason. Kids who cut themselves have needed only a tetanus shot, not stitches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly. I'd collect money from the neighbors and offer to buy them a short picket fence. For a small TH front yard and spreading the cost among many it would be the simplest solution to addressing both parties concerns.

OP here. Ironically fences are outlawed in front lawns!

I would hate this in my neighborhood but from a distance your neighbor is kind of brilliant.

I bet if he had gone to a HOA meeting and complained that kids and dogs were messing up his landscaping and he wanted to put up a fence, they would have unanimously voted to deny the request. And Now? ... Well that looks like a pretty attractive offer.

This guy is kind of awesome.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think the homeowner is brilliant. He's playing by the rules. He doesn't want kids and pets on his lawn/property.

OP--what exactly is your issue?

It won't be so easy for the homeowner to do yard maintenance, though. And the HOA almost certainly does have rules about that.

in a TH community in Loudon like OP's everyone maintains their own little square of grass

How do you maintain your own little square of grass when there's barbed wire looped all over it? Very carefully, I guess...

My guess is the looped wire is along the perimeter. The main block of the lawn is probably still accessible from the house.

Yeah I got this impression too. My guess is that there’s a garden bed border and that’s where the barbed wire is. That’s probably why he’s so angry that dogs and kids are trampling his landscaping all the time. I bet there’s no barbed wire on grass. It’s probably on garden beds of flowers and bushes. Those only really need maintenance once or twice a year so it wouldn’t be too cumbersome to have barbed wire over the mulch.

OP here. No. It's in the grass. There are several rows in the grass the entire way around his little lawn and then it's curled up around light posts, etc. There is a lot of barbed wire. We aren't talking about one nice row.

I don't really see an issue with kids and dogs in this area. It's a great neighborhood otherwise.