Would you buy a house next to this?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I've considered mental health and, of course, financial reasons. Neighbors have talked to her directly about this. Her child goes to an expensive private school, and the business seems to be thriving. It does not seem that mental health is the cause. It is just a mystery. Our neighborhood has been gracious, for many years, and saw the humor when the skeletons were the only items on the lawn, but now they are in disrepair, and there are layers of other holiday decorations in addition to the trash. We will contact the city about rodents. Thx.

Of course it's mental illness. Successful people can have ADHD/autism and be hoarders and generally unable to keep a home. The mentally ill aren't automatically disabled people in group homes, OP. My very financially successful husband has a hoarding problem and would totally let the house and yard go to seed if I wasn't there.

The irony is that she is successful in real estate and staging. When she goes to sell this home, we can guess that her yard will be well-kept and staged. In the meantime, neighbors selling around her will suffer.

Sounds very much like ADHD and hoarding: she's great at short-term tasks (putting a home up for sale and making it look nice), but bad at long-term upkeep. I think she can't even "see" what's wrong with her home compared to the neighbors', OP. Not unless you very specifically point out the differences, and then she'd feel momentarily bad about it, but wouldn't have the bandwidth to actually do much, unless there was a deadline to work towards and a financial incentive. There's a reason she's good at her job, it's what her brain naturally tends towards.

The google maps street view is... interesting. Wow. In *June* 2022 the skeletons are all there, and they are still there in Oct 2023. Nothing more recent since 2023, but obviously they went up before June 2022 and sounds like they have been going strong since then (in addition to everything else). Yikes. Bizarre.

To add, in June 2022 the skeletons are adorned with flowers (flower crowns, floral necklaces). I guess to match the floral wreath on the front door? So weird.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I've considered mental health and, of course, financial reasons. Neighbors have talked to her directly about this. Her child goes to an expensive private school, and the business seems to be thriving. It does not seem that mental health is the cause. It is just a mystery. Our neighborhood has been gracious, for many years, and saw the humor when the skeletons were the only items on the lawn, but now they are in disrepair, and there are layers of other holiday decorations in addition to the trash. We will contact the city about rodents. Thx.

Of course it's mental illness. Successful people can have ADHD/autism and be hoarders and generally unable to keep a home. The mentally ill aren't automatically disabled people in group homes, OP. My very financially successful husband has a hoarding problem and would totally let the house and yard go to seed if I wasn't there.

The irony is that she is successful in real estate and staging. When she goes to sell this home, we can guess that her yard will be well-kept and staged. In the meantime, neighbors selling around her will suffer.

Sounds very much like ADHD and hoarding: she's great at short-term tasks (putting a home up for sale and making it look nice), but bad at long-term upkeep. I think she can't even "see" what's wrong with her home compared to the neighbors', OP. Not unless you very specifically point out the differences, and then she'd feel momentarily bad about it, but wouldn't have the bandwidth to actually do much, unless there was a deadline to work towards and a financial incentive. There's a reason she's good at her job, it's what her brain naturally tends towards.

The google maps street view is... interesting. Wow. In *June* 2022 the skeletons are all there, and they are still there in Oct 2023. Nothing more recent since 2023, but obviously they went up before June 2022 and sounds like they have been going strong since then (in addition to everything else). Yikes. Bizarre.

To add, in June 2022 the skeletons are adorned with flowers (flower crowns, floral necklaces). I guess to match the floral wreath on the front door? So weird.

I hear you about the trash, but I think this is fantastic.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. I've considered mental health and, of course, financial reasons. Neighbors have talked to her directly about this. Her child goes to an expensive private school, and the business seems to be thriving. It does not seem that mental health is the cause. It is just a mystery. Our neighborhood has been gracious, for many years, and saw the humor when the skeletons were the only items on the lawn, but now they are in disrepair, and there are layers of other holiday decorations in addition to the trash. We will contact the city about rodents. Thx.

Of course it's mental illness. Successful people can have ADHD/autism and be hoarders and generally unable to keep a home. The mentally ill aren't automatically disabled people in group homes, OP. My very financially successful husband has a hoarding problem and would totally let the house and yard go to seed if I wasn't there.

The irony is that she is successful in real estate and staging. When she goes to sell this home, we can guess that her yard will be well-kept and staged. In the meantime, neighbors selling around her will suffer.

Sounds very much like ADHD and hoarding: she's great at short-term tasks (putting a home up for sale and making it look nice), but bad at long-term upkeep. I think she can't even "see" what's wrong with her home compared to the neighbors', OP. Not unless you very specifically point out the differences, and then she'd feel momentarily bad about it, but wouldn't have the bandwidth to actually do much, unless there was a deadline to work towards and a financial incentive. There's a reason she's good at her job, it's what her brain naturally tends towards.

The google maps street view is... interesting. Wow. In *June* 2022 the skeletons are all there, and they are still there in Oct 2023. Nothing more recent since 2023, but obviously they went up before June 2022 and sounds like they have been going strong since then (in addition to everything else). Yikes. Bizarre.

To add, in June 2022 the skeletons are adorned with flowers (flower crowns, floral necklaces). I guess to match the floral wreath on the front door? So weird.

I hear you about the trash, but I think this is fantastic.

I chimed in about the google maps street view and again about the flowers, I'm not OP.

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On Apple Maps view, you can see the Easter egg balloons in the trees and the skeletons are wearing pastel decorations around their necks. The house looks like it was painted from yellow to blue and doesn’t look bad in the recent view but yeah, I’d be annoyed with so many out there all the time and I’m quirky

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So I did the google maps thing and there is only one other house truly facing this one. The one next to it is set further away with a good amount of distance. Based on that, I'd not be bothered. The house across is not kept super well either, and the chain link fence is an eyesore regardless of the skeletons.

The whole neighborhood is pretty charming but not for people who like things very neat and tidy as many yards seem overgrown. So I doubt it's a major deterrent.

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People are leaving those giant skeletons up in other cities. I wonder if they are a pain to break down and put back up.

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Anonymous wrote:People are leaving those giant skeletons up in other cities. I wonder if they are a pain to break down and put back up.

They're a PITA to store. Ask me how I know.

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If there is food trash attracting rodents, you just need to alert the city

This, call 311 and ask how you go about it. Other than that there’s nothing you can do except go over and nicely offer/pay to put everything away while your house is on the market.

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Anonymous wrote:Hypocritical realtor has allowed the yard of her personal home to become a neighborhood horror show: She's had 5 collapsing 15-foot skeletons up for 6.5 years, rotting Christmas decor everywhere (and, for the past 2.5 years, giant inflatable pink Easter eggs hanging from trees, currently popped or deflating), rodents from food trash on front yard, and neighbors can’t sell homes nearby. No HOA. Do neighbors have any legal options to get this cleaned up?

This is an old picture (again, these skellies have been up for almost 7 years). Current state is MUCH worse, but this link at least shows the skeletons: https://www.redfin.com/MD/Silver-Spring/9215-Worth-Ave-20901/home/10966316

What neighbors can't sell their house nearby? There is only one house on the market in that neighborhood currently. It was listed in January of 26 for about $250K over what the house is actually worth. The listing agent also didn't appear to use a professional photographer. The reason the house isn't selling has nothing to do with the house you mentioned. And, man, you belong far away from civilization in some rural area if you are this triggered by this house. And no, I'm not the realtor who owns the house although I am a realtor who lived close to her for several years and was never bothered by her yard.

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She only painted her home in response to a legal complaint which was found to be warranted under county law. You may never have been bothered by her home, but look at her home today. Her dog was eating the food trash when I went by earlier. The two-year old oversized Easter decor is deflating. You may not be bothered, but others are. Curb appeal is central to her line of work, and a kindness we offer our neighbors.

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My mind is absolutely blown by the number of posters who say they aren't bothered by essentially permanent (though decaying) 15 foot tall yard skeletons. Wild.

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Anonymous wrote:Does she work for a company? If you've already politely spoken to her, I would call her employer and tell them you're going to post negative reviews about her unless she cleans up her yard.

I don't mind neighbors who don't have a green thumb, who have ugly lawn furniture, who store broken cars in their driveway, or who take too long to take down their holiday decor. But 6.5 years of 6 foot skeletons isn't reasonable. Come on now.

She owns the company, which is the only reason I do think it could be mental health. This behavior just makes no sense otherwise. But, our interactions do not signal mental health issues in any other way. Sigh. I believe we will have to live with this, for longer...

Post negative reviews on google business page.

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Anonymous wrote:She probably has mental health issues, OP, if she cannot keep her home in sanitary conditions.

+1

This was my thought.

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Anonymous wrote:Mind your own business.

You might be able to address the food trash. Unlikely to be able to address out-of-season holiday decorations.

Sorry, we plan to sell our house in the next 12 months. This feels like our business as it will affect how prospective buyers perceive our home's value.

Your neighbors don’t have any duty to maintain your property values. You should’ve bought in an HOA if you weren’t prepared to live near people who keep out Halloween decorations year round.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not buy a house next to this nonsense. She sounds like an inconsiderate jerk. I’d start an anonymous FB account and NextDoor account and start posting photos of her yard, and her name and profession, with comments.

Hot place in hell for people like you ...

Anonymous cruelty designed specifically to interfere with someone's livelihood is a nasty thing. You send that around you might not like what comes around.