Pats300zx
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I have lived in a townhome for the last 13 years and spend a lot of time on my lawn and home as I do my cars. I always found it rewarding to have folks stop you on the street and tell you how nice your home looked. My former neighbor was a single mother and I pretty much took care of her lawn for her with fertilizing it (at my own expense) and taking care of a large tree and island that separated our properties.
I love spending time outside doing stuff so for me it was very relaxing and therapeutic.
My former neighbor recently moved and a single 30-35 year old male moved into the home. Everything seemed to go fine until one day when he told me that he was having the property surveyed to see where the exact property line was. I didn’t really know what to say and basically shrugged it off. I had an idea where the property line might be but really didn’t care about it all that much. It wasn’t like I was putting up a fence or something. It’s a small townhome so it really didn’t bother me. As long as my home looked good that was all I cared about. We had a great neighborhood. Folks would cut each others grass if others were on vacation etc.
Well this week I come home from a very hard day at work to see several large stakes throughout my property with large flags at the top and “PROPERTY LINE� written up the side. Imagine a elongated regtangle and the property line going from a portion of it diagonally. The surveyor who designed the property must have had a martini lunch that day cause I can’t figure out what he was thinking when the lines were drawn.
Based on the survey, I was actually shocked to find out how much property I might have lost and that the large island with the tree that we shared was actually my neighbors. I knew the tree might be on the line and I had planted nice flowers and bushes in the island which made both of our homes looking good.
The other day I am out cutting my grass as normal and the next door neighbor comes flying out of his home ,runs down the steps, and starts screaming at me. He starts pointing his finger in my face and yelling that can’t I see where the property line is and what am I doing. I responded that I was just cutting my grass like I always do. He proceeds to rant that he paid a ton of money to find out where the property line was and I should be respecting his property. I told him that I am cutting my grass and to get out of my way and proceeded to keep cutting. My neighbor proceeds to get a video camera and video tape me for 45 mintues cutting my grass. At times I may have crossed over where the property stakes were.
When I was done he continued to scream and ask why I wasn’t respecting his property. To keep the situation from escalating I told him “whatever� and to basically stay on his property and leave me alone.
I see this problem escalating and getting ugly. They guy is not the type to care for his property (ie no flowers, scrubs, etc). He bascially cuts the grass and that’s it.
I have thought that its possibly time to move. I can’t stand the tension that is going to occur on a daily basis with this “wacko�.
Any Autopian input on this one and what I should do to keep my insanity???
I love spending time outside doing stuff so for me it was very relaxing and therapeutic.
My former neighbor recently moved and a single 30-35 year old male moved into the home. Everything seemed to go fine until one day when he told me that he was having the property surveyed to see where the exact property line was. I didn’t really know what to say and basically shrugged it off. I had an idea where the property line might be but really didn’t care about it all that much. It wasn’t like I was putting up a fence or something. It’s a small townhome so it really didn’t bother me. As long as my home looked good that was all I cared about. We had a great neighborhood. Folks would cut each others grass if others were on vacation etc.
Well this week I come home from a very hard day at work to see several large stakes throughout my property with large flags at the top and “PROPERTY LINE� written up the side. Imagine a elongated regtangle and the property line going from a portion of it diagonally. The surveyor who designed the property must have had a martini lunch that day cause I can’t figure out what he was thinking when the lines were drawn.
Based on the survey, I was actually shocked to find out how much property I might have lost and that the large island with the tree that we shared was actually my neighbors. I knew the tree might be on the line and I had planted nice flowers and bushes in the island which made both of our homes looking good.
The other day I am out cutting my grass as normal and the next door neighbor comes flying out of his home ,runs down the steps, and starts screaming at me. He starts pointing his finger in my face and yelling that can’t I see where the property line is and what am I doing. I responded that I was just cutting my grass like I always do. He proceeds to rant that he paid a ton of money to find out where the property line was and I should be respecting his property. I told him that I am cutting my grass and to get out of my way and proceeded to keep cutting. My neighbor proceeds to get a video camera and video tape me for 45 mintues cutting my grass. At times I may have crossed over where the property stakes were.
When I was done he continued to scream and ask why I wasn’t respecting his property. To keep the situation from escalating I told him “whatever� and to basically stay on his property and leave me alone.
I see this problem escalating and getting ugly. They guy is not the type to care for his property (ie no flowers, scrubs, etc). He bascially cuts the grass and that’s it.
I have thought that its possibly time to move. I can’t stand the tension that is going to occur on a daily basis with this “wacko�.
Any Autopian input on this one and what I should do to keep my insanity???
But since he's so insistent on you keeping off the property, I guess you should just keep your own side of your property to prevent further animosity. As BigAl3 said, you certainly don't want to start a feud with your neighbors, it's gonna get ugly. Wow... the more I read, so more I'm disgusted. HE TOOK A VIDEO CAMERA??? That's just.. insane. He barely knows you and he's already looking to take legal action to prevent you from touching his property?
Do it when he is at work one day or something. Keep the grass together and put it back when you are done. I do this all of the time at my day job.