rude neighbors

[Rhett&SarahsMom]

we have one that used to have at least three Macaws. All we heard for a few summers were those birds squawking. Her house glows at night from all the fish tanks she has. She also has something like 10 house cats. A dog that she hasnt taken for a walk in months(but at least she is no longer just letting it run free in the neighborhood) But now she has it tied to her back step railing 24/7 because she doesnt want to fix the holes in her fence.
Oh and she hasnt put any trash out in 5 weeks now.

I can only imagine what the inside of that once meticulously maintained house looks and smells like.

The neighbors directly on her property line now mow the lawn since she has NEVER done it in the 2 years she has been there. And another neighbor has pulled the nearly 4 ft tall weeds from the side walk in front of her home. It looked SO terrible.

The dog officer has been called many times. The BOH has been called. But nothing has been done. I Can see her back yard from my daughters bedroom window. The weeds in her back yard are nearly as tall as the 6ft privacy fence!

 

[FlockEweFarm]

I am a big believer in the use of butric acid flybags as an educational tool for jerky neighbors, of course, I am in a rural area, and I can hang 10 flybags directly upwind of his patio as a punative measure for yelling at my children. Last time he called code enforcement I got the EXACT measurements for where the coop could be located, and that is exactly where it is, 25 feet off the front of the property, 10 feet off the property line and 50 feet away from an occupied structure, and oddly enough, directly upwind of his hot tub, it would have been so much nicer further back in the pasture, but what the heck...he showed an interest in its location. I am still considering the billy goat pen for that side of the yard as well. I gave up trying to be nice, the guy is a tool, he beats his wife, keeps his dogs in tiny little kennels all day long and lets them yap all night without doing anything about it, and he terrorizes neighborhood kids. I made friends with my other neighbor that I used to have issues with, and she thinks he is a scrote as well, so we are a united front that just might be able to foist him off on some H.O.A., where he would be much happier, instead of a rural neighborhood where people actually have lived for 40+ years, with critters, before he came along. You have my sympathy.

 

[max13077]

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They would self destruct.

Some of my students parents sound like these people. They thrive on conflict. They literally think they're better than you. So they can do whatever/say whatever and by god, you'll stand there and take it.

That is a great idea though....

Has a certain "hold cookies in one hand, while flipping them the bird with the other" sort of vibe to it.

 

[SpottedCrow]

Some people just live to make others unhappy...

new neighbors have moved in and now all of the sudden we get a notice to call the animal shelter
they complained about firecrackers and every thing
the first thing they did before move in was put up a big privacy fence and made a law firm with the other neighbors about cutting down trees
They think they moved into the city and bought an expensive house so they are to good to deal with people who have lived here for a while

If you can have your birds according to the zoning or the health/animal codes, then the newbies can go tinkle up some twine...​

 

[joebryant]

Posts like this make me REALLY appreciate my great neighbors. We all used to have one that nobody could tolerate; he finally moved and some great ones moved in. "Good riddance to bad rubbish."

 

[Oblio13]

On our street, I'm the bad neighbor.

 

[pdsavage]

whats with the cutting down trees part,is he saying you cant cut down a tree on your own property?
Im confused about the cutting down trees...

 

[orcasislandchickens]

I'm on the other side of the fence on this one. And it hits pretty close to home. I'm new in town. Our house is small and lovely and well kept, but the neighbors have never even given us a chance. They and some of their relatives wanted to buy our lot. It had been for sale for years when we bought it and built but since they considered it "theirs" there is no making peace.

Unfortunately they seem like realy nice people until you live next to them. They spread rumours about us and do things like prune our trees on our property out of "thier view" (we can't catch them redhanded unfortunately) and any other nasty mischief they can think of. The whole point being to drive us out of town, or at least make us terribly unhappy and uncomfortable while we live here.

The gang mentality of the other neighbors has been appalling. Many have made it clear that they consider us undesirable interlopers. We are kind, clean, calm, and quiet, but they are unhappy for their freinds. Of course the chickens get a mention as do the dogs, the condition of our yard, etc, etc, etc.

Too bad for them, we were considered great neighbors at our last house. You know the kind that you could trust to give your kid a ride home if their bike broke down downtown, or turnoff a leak at your house call you at at work and wait for a repairman for you.

There seems to be no making peace, and we have gone our own way. Frankly we have had to take so much from these people that we will never consider any of them freinds. Oh and we are NOT moving.

 

[jadude]

Thanks for the replies
A problem is we are keeping the chickens although it against the ordinence but there is very minimal sound and smell.
the reason is that they want them gone so they feel all fancy and pretend that they have high status
thanks


and by the way we have awesome neighbors on the right who adore the chickens and love the eggs

edited last sentance

 

[miron28]

jadude they will get over it!