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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here. This is the most entertaining thread ever, with nuggets of very helpful insights. Thanks, DCUM forum. The odd thing is we had no idea this new neighbor existed until months after he moved in, and the previous resident didn't mind us leaving them there. We didn't know there was a new occupant in that house.

We can't modify the fence because--and this is tough to explain in text--the sides and back of the fence are indeed shared with two other houses. The fence predates our arrival. If the three of us had the cash, maybe we'd collectively tear it down and start over. We all are affected by this new neighbor's position (it's not just our trash cans). He has his property deed on his side, and none of us dispute that. As for generating the good will of his new neighbors, well, that's another story...[/quote]

Hold on: how do you get your trash into your garbage cans if you can't access the alley from your backyard?[/quote]

By this, it sounds like multiple neighbors put their trash cans twice a week (probably all day) in the other neighbors yard.  I'd be pissed to.  Each neighbor needs to fix their fence with a gate or move it in enough to have room for the trashcans.  Simple.  Its not that expensive and you could DIY.[/quote]

Maybe you'd be pissed, but you would have done due diligence and inspected the alley before purchase and realized this was going to be an issue.  that's what I did before I put an offer in on the row house we have.  I saw that neighbors would likely be needing to block access to my back yard with their trash cans, but I bought the house any way and we all just deal with it.  People do their best to put them in a place that doesn't block my access but the trash collectors are in a rush and people are gone to work by the time the trash is picked up.  Everyone takes their cans back off the alley at the end of the day so it is just a couple days a week that it is a problem. My advice to the OP-- Just put the cans in the alley (but off the neighbors grass) and hope for the best as everyone struggles to maneuver their cars around the cans while the neighbor's precious precious little strip of grass isn't marred by the cans.  Eventually the new neighbor will realize that it really isn't that big a deal to just let people park their cans on his strip of grass.  [/quote]

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