Just need to rant

[j_b_fischer]

So my neighbor decided to call the city inspector and tell them I was parking on the grass. My driveway is one car width of concrete and one car width of gravel, the gravel got weeds in it that I have not had a free day to pull out yet because she let her dandelions (she has no grass that I can see just dandelions) grow for over a month (I have had to mow twice in that time frame) and they spread into my gravel. Last night she got out her mower and mowed only the front yard so she didn't get cited (city ordinance here says no more than 12 inches high and her's were at least 16"-18" over most the yard) and then called the inspector.

Some people need to stop worrying about others so much.

Ok my rant is over now.

Here's a thought ... go to your neighbor and apologize for the weeds in your driveway and explain that you have taken care of them (the vegetation killer idea mentioned early is a good one). Then ask her if she needs help with her lawn and offer to cut her grass. If you can afford to spend a couple of bucks, then offer to put down weed killer (not vegetation killer) and grass seed ... in other words, killer her with kindness. I know it's a long shot, but take away her excuses to complain and she has to stop complaining.

 

[jttheclockman]

There is plenty of room in this country to not be packed so close together. Did you know that if you divided up Texas into 1/2 acre lots you could give every citizen in the USA one of those plots. There are approximately 172 million acres in Texas according to a google search. Texas is huge! I have to visit that state before I die that is for sure.

Could you imagine if we all lived in the country and had acres of land around us with no neighbors??? We are going to need a bigger country!!!! It's The neighbors that are always wrong. How is that???? For every story of the bad neighbor I am sure there is a story of a good neighbor and when having that neighbor sure came in handy.

How come no one RANTS about that??? People!!!!!!!!!!!!

So why doesn't everyone move Mike and then you won't have rants like this. Oh yea there will be something else to spend 5 pages of ranting on. Smitty can get his protractors out and divide this country's land up equally for us all and we live happily ever after. I was being facetious. Man you people are impossible.

 

[Smitty37]

There is plenty of room in this country to not be packed so close together. Did you know that if you divided up Texas into 1/2 acre lots you could give every citizen in the USA one of those plots. There are approximately 172 million acres in Texas according to a google search. Texas is huge! I have to visit that state before I die that is for sure.

Could you imagine if we all lived in the country and had acres of land around us with no neighbors??? We are going to need a bigger country!!!! It's The neighbors that are always wrong. How is that???? For every story of the bad neighbor I am sure there is a story of a good neighbor and when having that neighbor sure came in handy.

How come no one RANTS about that??? People!!!!!!!!!!!!

So why doesn't everyone move Mike and then you won't have rants like this. Oh yea there will be something else to spend 5 pages of ranting on. Smitty can get his protractors out and divide this country's land up equally for us all and we live happily ever after. I was being facetious. Man you people are impossible.

We are impossible?? Don't you think we might have been being a little facetious too?:biggrin:

Since getting married just short of 51 years ago I have lived in an apartment with no land; In a development house on a 1/3 acre lot; In a country farm house on 15 acres with another 60 acres remote from the house; in a mobile home on a 1/4 acre lot; and, currently in a development house on about 1/3 acre again. I grew up in three different houses in a small town one was considered to be "out in the country". I lived for two years in a small city apartment after getting out of the service and before getting married. Quite a variety of living space.....where I grew up, people did just what ever they pleased with their property - no zoning ordinances of any kind, no state regulations of any kind and it was a nice place to grow up, the people were not very well to do but the homes and most properties were well kept and pleasing to look at. Neighbors rarely if ever complained about neighbors. The same town now, has both local zoning and statewide regulations in place - covering the new development that has taken place, overall it looks no better and they have constant bickering between neighbors, including the old part of town which has changed very little since I lived there..

 

[Sub Vet 10]

Have yet to tangle with the HOA here yet but I'm sure it's not a long time off.

 

[raar25]

I guess I am one of those neighbors everyone hates. I am trying to sell my house and we have two people on the street that leave piles of old stuff lying on the curb with a sign next to it that says free with 7 cars on the front lawn and in the driveway and various broken lawn equipment sitting on the front lawn. So prospective buyers get to view their junk before they get to see our house. So I will complain to everyone who listens, police, town health, the owners themselves anyone because I am tired of getting feedback from people that they love the house but they dont really like the neighborhood. Normally I dont give a cr...p about what people do in their own property but right now it is affecting me .

Ok now I am done ranting as well.

 

[Waluy]

I guess I am one of those neighbors everyone hates. I am trying to sell my house and we have two people on the street that leave piles of old stuff lying on the curb with a sign next to it that says free with 7 cars on the front lawn and in the driveway and various broken lawn equipment sitting on the front lawn. So prospective buyers get to view their junk before they get to see our house. So I will complain to everyone who listens, police, town health, the owners themselves anyone because I am tired of getting feedback from people that they love the house but they dont really like the neighborhood. Normally I dont give a cr...p about what people do in their own property but right now it is affecting me .

Ok now I am done ranting as well.

The thing is my lawn has looked nice since I moved in (with the exception of weeds growing in my gravel). There is never a junk car or piles of debris (I actually ordered a second trash can from the city because I knew I would fill one constantly and have extra bags that would sit if I didn't.) In the roughly two months I have been living in this house I have fixed the eye sore of a front porch, trimmed all of the over grown bushes and trees, turned the garden area back into a well maintained garden instead of a dead patch, painted the house, hauled off construction debris that had been sitting for months before I moved in, and before she called the inspector I was working on redoing the dilapidated shed in the back yard. I think considering it is a house I am renting I have already done plenty to raise the aesthetics of the house and neighborhood. At the very least I feel she should have come and talked to me about it and she would have known I had plans to fix the gravel section this summer after fixing what I saw as the more important things.

After all I am not a hard neighbor to get a hold of, I am outside most days for at least a few hours fixing and repairing things because I like to take pride in the way my house looks. Most Saturdays I can be found outside all day long working on things.

 

[j_b_fischer]

1 - You sound like a great neighbor and tenant. If youever want to move to Michigan I'll see what I cando to get you to live next door!!!

2 - Tell you rneighbor just what you told us ... that you would appreciate a chance to fix/clean sometinhg before the inspectors are called. "...and BTW, is there someting I can do for you ... (back to my killer with kindness idea posted earlier) ..."

As my father used to say ... there nothing better than a good [tenant, landlord, neighbor, pastor, boss] (take your pick), and there's nothing worse than a bod one.

Good luck.

 

[edicehouse]

I just thought of something. Maybe they were called on HER, and she thought you did it for some reason, and she was "getting even".

 

[Waluy]

I don't think so I have met most of the people on the block and aside from her it seems to be a pretty close knit community, everyone helps everyone else and all the kids play together. But its all good I got my gravel spread last night and will continue to do what I do and hopefully one day she will see all she has to do is talk to me if something is bothering her.