Anyone else have a stupid next door neighbor?

[heRS]

Redneck country dweller here. No neighbor issues. Even the non-stop barking dog is so far away it's not really a problem.
I lived in town before though, had one nutty old lady neighbor that threatened to POISON my special needs nephew if he even came near "her" fence. Yes, gonna poison a 5 year old kid for coming near (not over, near) her stupid fence. I called the cops on her and after a 45 minute chat with her the officer came back to my house and said "Wow, she's nuts'.
Apparently one day she got mad at her doberman and throttled it, never been right since. Doesn't sound like she was not nuts before. We got her back though, had friends in a motorcycle club who would come visit us day and night on their very loud Harleys.
Then my landlord gave us a different house when we told him about the nutty threatening neighbor lady and that problem was solved.
Now, 20 years in the country and you couldn't give me a house in town.

[2001ragtop]

Originally Posted by MBS

...Any Advice and what would you guys do?

1) Some neighborhoods exist where the home owners do not mow their lawn at all. A landscape company comes to mow and they also come to take care of the leaves. All the homeowners pay a fee to the HOA. And in these type of neighborhoods, you are not allowed to cut your own lawn at all. This type of neighborhood is kind of expensive, but it pays for itself, in that NOTHING annoying at all happens in the neighborhood.

2) Option 2: You could call the cops and say you are COUGHING at your house, and that your food now has dirt on it. Neighbor puts dirt on your food by doing yard work that is unsafe. That sounds like a legal problem.

[TooCool5]

Originally Posted by POS Dakota

I have a stupid neighbor.
He drives a Saab.

I have two foreigner stupid neighbors.
This leave thing is mild considering I have endured 22 screws in my previous cars tires (3 yr period), branches throw on my back property, leaves blown also, ant infested branches at my foundation etc etc.
Do yourself a favor, get an in expensive security camera and point it at them,
Then install a "driveway monitor" alert system.
They will then know you are not playing around, and hopefully stop.

[john30506]

Originally Posted by MBS

See that is another thing , This guy says he is going to replace the fence . rips it down in May ,and has been like that all year now??? I have a dog so i bought a temp. fence with chicken wire that i rigged up after i got fiqured out that it it was not going to get done this year now., We use to have a 6 foot high fence between us 2. Like the old line , Tall fences make good neighbors

Maybe this would be a good opportunity to offer to help replace that fence. Then while you are working together talk to him neighbor to neighbor. I bet he has no clue exactly what pride your car, property and family bring to you. Who knows, he might even get a little pride in his stuff too.

Nah, who am I kidding. I must have walked through somebodys smoke...

[Fiveg56]

Originally Posted by knitetrain05

no one in here owns a garage?

That's what I was thinking.

[MagnumForceGB]

I have one across the street that is beyond stupid. Thankfully karma is getting him hard for all the BS lies he has spread about me and my wife. When we move in a few months I'm going to see about living in the country.

[thino]

simple anwer to your problem. STRAIGHT PIPES AND LONGTUBES. done deal

[redrocker]

what an asshole ! glad i have a garage to keep mine in.

[SnowVert]

I don't want to live in a neighborhood where I would have to go knock on the neighbors doors every time I went out to cut my grass... I understand the OPs pain especially since he had just washed his car, but this is part of living in a neighborhood without a garage.

I'd say try to work to a creative solution with the neighbor, open up the dialogue and have the discussion. If he is a reasonable person, he should make some effort to keep from mulching his leaves directly next to your car. If he isn't reasonable, then he will continue to do as he has done. Best of luck...

[leonm47]

Pray for him and love him in spite of. Just the way Jesus loves us in spite of ourselves.

[blackswan]

Finely mulched grass clippings are great for the lawn, not leaves.

Just saying.

[ActNup NY]

Hell with thxsgiving man. I would have cracked him upside his head. People are so damn ignorant man I swear. But you know what you took the high road and showed that you were the bigger person. Good for you !

[awfarley]

Rake your leaves in a huge pile for awhile and cover them with a tarp. Keep them there until the wind changes direction towards his house. Wait until your neighbor is outside doing something. Mow your leaves and blow that $hit all over his yard, cars, house, driveway and generally in his direction.

When he looks at you or notices, tell him you are just mulching your leaves because it's better for the lawn.

[DefianceDan]

Gees...and I though I had it tough. Got new neighbors this summer and after they were told they can't park on the street, they now drive through my side yard so they can park on their side yard.

Problem is I can't bring myself to talk to them about it because, after all, they drive a 4th gen Camaro. ::sigh::