Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 20:51     Subject: Re:The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:Outhouse is utility. String is passive aggressive douche.


Piffle. String doesn't stink. In my (unfortunately extensive) experience, the foreman will be happy to have a notional fence set up to remind his workmen where the boundary is.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 20:39     Subject: Re:The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:Outhouse is utility. String is passive aggressive douche.

Property rights are subject to peer review and can only be exercised if the intent behind the action passes muster.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 20:28     Subject: Re:The A**hole neighbors of mine
Outhouse is utility. String is passive aggressive douche.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 20:03     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
17:55 - THIS.

OP, mind your own yard area. Your neighbor will mind theirs. Then you will have less assholes (yourself included) all around. YOu are not "entitled" to park on their side, you know it is common courtesy, but you refuse to take part. Be civilized. It will pay off later when (not if) something else comes up!

How old are you? You do not seem very wise, OP. Not pissing off certain neighbors = money in the bank.

Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 17:55     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
It makes me laugh that people think putting a shithouse on their front lawn is a perfectly reasonable exercise of one's property rights, but marking a boundary with string makes you an asshole.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 17:16     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't see the problem with your neighbor marking her yard with string. Have you seen the damage construction workers can do to a yard? Who cares if you brought in her mail, etc. That was very nice of you, but the marking of her yard has nothing to do with you - it has to do with the workers. BFD.




And unless you were prepared to pay for reconstruction of her lawn (not cheap), you might want to be grateful she did this.

OP, did you converse with your neighbors one-on-one to talk about your plans before you proceeded down the Bureaucratic Road and did everything "right?" Because, if you skipped this neighborly step or trying to get their buy-in, address their concerns at the front-end, you may have avoided these kinds of conflicts after-the-fact.


Their "buy-in" for my legal right to do whatever is in the bounds of the law to do with my own property? Sorry, that is not happening. WHen we did our renovation, we TOLD them we were doing X, Y, and Z, thanking them for being patient and to let us know if there were problems (there were not).

And, you all are being a bit overdramatic about the yard. It does not cost that much. BTDT. Yes, it is a nuisance and if there was damage, OP should pay for it. But, the neighbor's behavior was absolutely passive-aggressive.




I agree with this, but knowing how people are pains in the ass, you have to "tell them" in a polite way where you give the impression you will listen to their input. When I put my fence in, I made a big to-do of asking my neighbors for their opinion, etc.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 16:47     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't see the problem with your neighbor marking her yard with string. Have you seen the damage construction workers can do to a yard? Who cares if you brought in her mail, etc. That was very nice of you, but the marking of her yard has nothing to do with you - it has to do with the workers. BFD.




And unless you were prepared to pay for reconstruction of her lawn (not cheap), you might want to be grateful she did this.

OP, did you converse with your neighbors one-on-one to talk about your plans before you proceeded down the Bureaucratic Road and did everything "right?" Because, if you skipped this neighborly step or trying to get their buy-in, address their concerns at the front-end, you may have avoided these kinds of conflicts after-the-fact.


Their "buy-in" for my legal right to do whatever is in the bounds of the law to do with my own property? Sorry, that is not happening. WHen we did our renovation, we TOLD them we were doing X, Y, and Z, thanking them for being patient and to let us know if there were problems (there were not).

And, you all are being a bit overdramatic about the yard. It does not cost that much. BTDT. Yes, it is a nuisance and if there was damage, OP should pay for it. But, the neighbor's behavior was absolutely passive-aggressive.


Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 14:47     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I don't see the problem with your neighbor marking her yard with string. Have you seen the damage construction workers can do to a yard? Who cares if you brought in her mail, etc. That was very nice of you, but the marking of her yard has nothing to do with you - it has to do with the workers. BFD.




And unless you were prepared to pay for reconstruction of her lawn (not cheap), you might want to be grateful she did this.

OP, did you converse with your neighbors one-on-one to talk about your plans before you proceeded down the Bureaucratic Road and did everything "right?" Because, if you skipped this neighborly step or trying to get their buy-in, address their concerns at the front-end, you may have avoided these kinds of conflicts after-the-fact.


Their "buy-in" for my legal right to do whatever is in the bounds of the law to do with my own property? Sorry, that is not happening. WHen we did our renovation, we TOLD them we were doing X, Y, and Z, thanking them for being patient and to let us know if there were problems (there were not).

And, you all are being a bit overdramatic about the yard. It does not cost that much. BTDT. Yes, it is a nuisance and if there was damage, OP should pay for it. But, the neighbor's behavior was absolutely passive-aggressive.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 13:43     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
Please read the previous posts.... Yaaawwwwwn.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 12:31     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:I don't see the problem with your neighbor marking her yard with string. Have you seen the damage construction workers can do to a yard? Who cares if you brought in her mail, etc. That was very nice of you, but the marking of her yard has nothing to do with you - it has to do with the workers. BFD.




And unless you were prepared to pay for reconstruction of her lawn (not cheap), you might want to be grateful she did this.

OP, did you converse with your neighbors one-on-one to talk about your plans before you proceeded down the Bureaucratic Road and did everything "right?" Because, if you skipped this neighborly step or trying to get their buy-in, address their concerns at the front-end, you may have avoided these kinds of conflicts after-the-fact.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 12:12     Subject: Re:The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:That said, drainage issues are very expensive and aggravating. Our lovely neighbors regraded and set up their drainage with river rocks and all to drain into our backyard. Bastards! This is apparently not illegal. We spoke to them and they told us we should just regrade. Don't even get me started


Yup, my neighbor did the same to us. Asked my husband if it was "ok" to drain the water off his roof and house towards our property AFTER the guys had put in the drainage pipe. When we asked him to please reroute towards the ditch in front, he said it had already been done!


Ay yi yi. Thank you for at least posting this so I know I am not the only one with crappy neighbors. Our neighbors also had the option to drain toward their backyard and beyond which woukld not cause issues for anyone, but it was more work.



Same as you, there WAS another option, which would have involved more time and money. The neighbor didn't want to go this route and now his water is aimed at my yard. As I said, he asked us if it was ok, after the work was done.
Anonymous
Post 12/16/2011 11:49     Subject: The A**hole neighbors of mine
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
It's all about ME ME ME and more ME And how does it affect ME.




This is hilarious! Yes, OP, it's all about YOU YOU YOU - and you don't even see it!



hmmm. I think the OP can do what she wants to on her property. The neighbors are the ones who are being difficult. When you choose to live in a neighborhood (with presumably smaller lots), you are accepting that certain inconveniences may occasionally take place due to such a living environment. Your rights are protected through the HOA. Otherwise, shut up and deal.

You forgot to applaud the OP's next-door neighbor, who has the identical right to put up a piece of string on her own property (and to engage in lawn-care practices that don't meet the OP's high standards).


I don't care about the lawncare practices so long as the HOA doesn't have legit rules about regular mowing, etc. But the string thing just seems petty. It is not really exercising your private property rights but more just being a dick.

Shut up and deal.


It wouldn't bother me other than making me thing the neighbor is a dick and making me less likely to do favors for them going forward. I mean the idea of someone taking the time to put string up around their crappy lawn perimeter is just absurd .... but whatever, they can be dicks if they like.