Are your neighbors insane?

[BoodaGazelle]

If you do have good neighbors, you are very lucky!

[bjorn2bwild]

One thing I have learned to appreciate about renting these past 17yrs, is the ability to exit a bad neighbor situation with 30days notice. After three major downsizings, we are pretty nimble.
The present situation is one of our best - low density subdivision and the three closest neighbors are gone most of the time.
DW keeps in touch through a common Neighborhood Watch e-mail address, no real issues.

[msanniee]

That is the app that neighbors use where I live. Or at least I did use it before people took shots at me because I am from California.

And to think, all I did was point out that the streets in the subdivision are not private roads but public roads maintained by the county, and therefore the HOA cannot tell people to not park on the streets.

Wacka-doos. I can live without that app.

[maestro]

I've seen good and bad on NextDoor, but tonight, thanks to ND, our neighborhood won a HUGE victory before our city's zoning ordinance board. Long story short, ND informed us all about an 'under the radar' attempt to change zoning to allow variance of up to 15 people to live in a 'sober living' house (business) smack dab in the middle of our neighborhood. We came out in full force and it got voted down. Without ND spreading the word quickly, we wouldn't have known about this. Huge victory for the neighborhood.

[indiajust]

Sigh. Had a crazed neighbor that went into a screaming fit when I used his water spigot to clean off a tool, since my house only had one spigot on far side. Thought I would have to shoot him when he backed me into my own yard. I went to Home Depot, spent 40 bucks for PVC and and freeze proof spigot, and installed it the next day. Didn't speak to them for a couple years.

Had to send them registered mail copies of both our surveys when they tried to push the property line. I had a surveyor to restake the line, let the stakes sit a week before I dug up yard and flower beds to widen my driveway to line.

Later discovered he had tried the same stunt with the neighbor on the opposite side. A consistent ass.

They trained their kids to sing low-ball house prices as they went to school, and tried to "broker" my property for sale to strangers, at the low-ball price.

[Elbata]

I'm probably that crazy neighbor. I have two dogs, a golden (Lilly) and a lab. The golden is often off leash (I know, how irresponsible) and likes to wander in neighbors' garages/sometimes houses.

For some reason, my Indian neighbors are deathly afraid of dogs and one time my Lilly found her way into their house. I know I'm bad, but I couldn't stop laughing hearing them scream.

But I'm pretty good about picking up the doggies' business, and while I'm at it, I pick up other litter. So it's a bit of a wash. Most don't appreciate my dogs but don't realize why the neighborhood doesn't have trash.

[Uncle Albert]

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Originally Posted by maestro I've seen good and bad on NextDoor, but tonight, thanks to ND, our neighborhood won a HUGE victory before our city's zoning ordinance board. Long story short, ND informed us all about an 'under the radar' attempt to change zoning to allow variance of up to 15 people to live in a 'sober living' house (business) smack dab in the middle of our neighborhood. We came out in full force and it got voted down. Without ND spreading the word quickly, we wouldn't have known about this. Huge victory for the neighborhood.

Next Door worked the same for a grass roots efforts, here where I live, to prevent 20 acres of forest being converted, bulldozed and made into a boat storage facility. The neighbors rose up through Next Door, signed a petition and essentially stopped the owner in his tracks before it got to zoning. The owner now has said that will go for high end houses which is not as bad as the boat storage facility he originally proposed.

[RetiredAt55.5]

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Originally Posted by indiajust Sigh. Had a crazed neighbor that went into a screaming fit when I used his water spigot to clean off a tool, since my house only had one spigot on far side.

I dunno, I kinda side with your neighbor on this one. I would've asked first, and only if we were already friendly. Whether you only have one spigot is irrelevant.

But that's just me. I wouldn't have had a fit but I'd be annoyed.

[ponyboy]

Ah, the joys of living on 10 acres of wooded land. I cant see any neighbors...well, there are only 2 houses in the vicinity. The closest is around 300 yards away...which is too close imo. If I had to or if we do it again, we'll be purchasing 50+ acres and building right in the middle.

[ugeauxgirl]

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Originally Posted by ponyboy Ah, the joys of living on 10 acres of wooded land. I cant see any neighbors...well, there are only 2 houses in the vicinity. The closest is around 300 yards away...which is too close imo. If I had to or if we do it again, we'll be purchasing 50+ acres and building right in the middle.

+1. We live on the back of 7 acres. (there is a timber trust behind us that will likely never be developed) When the alarm company was doing the install, the guy asked if we wanted exterior alarms. When I asked why, he told me I didn't have any neighbor's close enough to hear them. If we have crazy neighbors we don't know them.

[gwraigty]

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Originally Posted by RetiredAt55.5 I dunno, I kinda side with your neighbor on this one. I would've asked first, and only if we were already friendly. Whether you only have one spigot is irrelevant. But that's just me. I wouldn't have had a fit but I'd be annoyed.

+1

A similar thing happened to me. When they started extending the development, a crew was extending the street near our house. I'd regularly hear water running for a short period. One day I looked out the window and saw a guy on the work crew filling up his thermos from our outside spigot. He probably assumed that no one was home, because we kept our cars in the garage. I went outside and let him know how I felt about him taking our water that we're paying for without asking. He got snotty with me, so I called up the builder and told them what was going on. It didn't happen again. I mean, plain and simple, it's stealing, when you don't ask permission.

[skipro33]

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Originally Posted by Elbata I'm probably that crazy neighbor. I have two dogs, a golden (Lilly) and a lab. The golden is often off leash (I know, how irresponsible) and likes to wander in neighbors' garages/sometimes houses. For some reason, my Indian neighbors are deathly afraid of dogs and one time my Lilly found her way into their house. I know I'm bad, but I couldn't stop laughing hearing them scream.

No probably about it. I could say a whole lot more, but the mods and admin already have tagged ME as one of the crazies here and I don't need to add to their duties today.

[jollystomper]

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Originally Posted by RetiredAt55.5 I dunno, I kinda side with your neighbor on this one. I would've asked first, and only if we were already friendly. Whether you only have one spigot is irrelevant. But that's just me. I wouldn't have had a fit but I'd be annoyed.

I agree. Even if something seems innocuous, we have always asked our neighbors first. Even when they have replied "you didn't need to ask for permission for that", we could tell they appreciated our consideration for them.

[RobbieB]

I only have 1 close neighbor and he's not insane, just a little stupid.

When they bought the place it had a nice sparkling pool in it. The pool was an in ground vinyl liner type and looked very nice. They drained it (possibly for child safety) dunno and then it became just a huge hole in the ground. Apparently the dogs destroyed the liner and he removed it.

As to child safety I still dunno as they put an above ground on the patio later.

So, for 10 years now my next door neighbor lives with a huge dirt hole for his backyard.

Amazing.

[kgtest]

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Originally Posted by Scrapr not gonna lie....I wish I could do this then yell Prepare to be boarded matey!

Lol.

[JoeWras]

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Originally Posted by RobbieB I only have 1 close neighbor and he's not insane, just a little stupid. When they bought the place it had a nice sparkling pool in it. The pool was an in ground vinyl liner type and looked very nice. They drained it (possibly for child safety) dunno and then it became just a huge hole in the ground. Apparently the dogs destroyed the liner and he removed it. As to child safety I still dunno as they put an above ground on the patio later. So, for 10 years now my next door neighbor lives with a huge dirt hole for his backyard. Amazing.

Whew! For a minute there, I thought you lived next to rayinpenn. But Ray filled his hole the next day.

[travelover]

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Originally Posted by gwraigty ......... One day I looked out the window and saw a guy on the work crew filling up his thermos from our outside spigot.........

If you get this upset over a thirsty man stealing a quart of water, you just might be the crazy neighbor.

[TrvlBug]

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Originally Posted by jollystomper I agree. Even if something seems innocuous, we have always asked our neighbors first. Even when they have replied "you didn't need to ask for permission for that", we could tell they appreciated our consideration for them.

+1000.

[gwraigty]

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Originally Posted by travelover If you get this upset over a thirsty man stealing a quart of water, you just might be the crazy neighbor.

Thanks for agreeing with me that he was stealing. He probably took several quarts across many days before I bothered to investigate. I don't remember all that each of us said, but it went something like this: I opened a window and said, "Excuse me, but what are you doing?" He got startled and angry right away. If he would have said, "Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't know anyone was home. Do you mind?" I would have been fine with that. Instead, he said something snotty, so I said, "We're paying for that water." He said, "What do you want, a dime for the water?" in a snotty way. So I said, "No, I don't want your money. I would have liked you to ask first. Then you could have all the free water you want." It still could have been salvaged, but he walked away, still angry.

If you plant a vegetable garden, does that give your neighbors the right to take what they want without asking permission? BTW, if you think that's being upset...that's nothing. IIRC, I had 1 toddler and 1 infant at home at the time and was probably sleep deprived and massively short on patience. Can I plead temporary insanity?

I do try to pick my battles and not make every little thing into one.

[Gumby]

Both my immediate neighbors undertook major construction when they first bought their houses. Their work crews used our water regularly during the construction. Yes, it added marginally to our water bill, but they were our new neighbors and we were happy to help them out.