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Neighbor problem
How would you handle this?
We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. This concerns lot boundaries. The neighbors on both sides of me would mow close to the center between the houses. My house is just 44 ft wide with garage in front. on a 88 ft wide lot. All lots are 88 ft wide. The one neighbors house is 36 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Other neighbor is 33 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Both neighbors like to mow super short which burns out their yards but they don't have to mow but once a week or bi-weekly this way. I like keeping my grass tall and mow twice a week. I finally had a survey done, of course the boundary lines are not the center between the houses. I have more side yard because my house takes up less space. Both neighbors seen the survey stakes and iron pipe. The one started mowing where his property leaves off instead of mowing part of my yard. The other neighbor continues to mow down the center. I wouldn't care but as I said he mows so cotton picken short he burns out my grass. I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Now, this guy is one of the originals in the neighborhood. Kinda getting up there in age, set in his ways etc. Don't know if he feels he has seniority for living in the neighborhood or what the problem is. He mows about 10-12 ft over onto my property. The whole neighborhood pretty much takes care of their places, except for the ones that mow so short dirt starts flying. Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? |
Rod wrote:
How would you handle this? We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. This concerns lot boundaries. The neighbors on both sides of me would mow close to the center between the houses. My house is just 44 ft wide with garage in front. on a 88 ft wide lot. All lots are 88 ft wide. The one neighbors house is 36 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Other neighbor is 33 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Both neighbors like to mow super short which burns out their yards but they don't have to mow but once a week or bi-weekly this way. I like keeping my grass tall and mow twice a week. I finally had a survey done, of course the boundary lines are not the center between the houses. I have more side yard because my house takes up less space. Both neighbors seen the survey stakes and iron pipe. The one started mowing where his property leaves off instead of mowing part of my yard. The other neighbor continues to mow down the center. I wouldn't care but as I said he mows so cotton picken short he burns out my grass. I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Now, this guy is one of the originals in the neighborhood. Kinda getting up there in age, set in his ways etc. Don't know if he feels he has seniority for living in the neighborhood or what the problem is. He mows about 10-12 ft over onto my property. The whole neighborhood pretty much takes care of their places, except for the ones that mow so short dirt starts flying. Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? You may have a bigger problem than you think. In some areas, local laws may give some form of property right to a neighbor who cars for and uses part of your land if you don't object. You could loose use or even ownership of that land. In some areas that is not the case. I suggest you may want to check this out with your lawyer. Even if this is not a legal problem in your area, you may be able to use your lawyer to help out. Maybe, the lawyer could provide counsel to you that you might be responsible for any injury the neighbor might have while mowing your grass, and therefore you must insist that he no longer mow your grass. You might even get a letter from your lawyer to the neighbor. That way you can put the blame on the law. -- Joseph E. Meehan 26 + 6 = 1 It's Irish Math |
I saw a neighbor put up a row of small evergreen trees in a mulched bed
along the property line. That same neighbor still mows over onto the other neighbor's property. Go figure... Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear |
Rod wrote:
Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? If you can't dissuade the neighbor from mowing your lawn and can't put up a fence, what about planting a hedge just inside your property line? Or a line of fast-growing trees? Or a vegetable or flower or rock garden? FurPaw -- "Like the reason a dog Has so many friends He wags his tail Instead of his tongue" - Aerosmith To reply, unleash the dog |
I'd go along with what another person said and plant a bed along the
property line. Just spray a strip of the grass with Roundup, let the grass die and plant some sort of hedge plant this fall. You could also put mulch around the plants to make it look better. Some good candidates (depending on where you're from) are Arborvitae, Yew, Forsythia, Privet, Red-Twig Dogwood, Juniper amongst others. Another poster commented about you losing the land because another had been using it. From my experience this does not hold true in a sub-division. The lots in a sub-division would not change shape because a guy mowed the lawn in the wrong place for a few years. Those sort of laws usually involve rural land use situations from my experience... Rob PA Rod wrote: How would you handle this? We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. This concerns lot boundaries. The neighbors on both sides of me would mow close to the center between the houses. My house is just 44 ft wide with garage in front. on a 88 ft wide lot. All lots are 88 ft wide. The one neighbors house is 36 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Other neighbor is 33 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Both neighbors like to mow super short which burns out their yards but they don't have to mow but once a week or bi-weekly this way. I like keeping my grass tall and mow twice a week. I finally had a survey done, of course the boundary lines are not the center between the houses. I have more side yard because my house takes up less space. Both neighbors seen the survey stakes and iron pipe. The one started mowing where his property leaves off instead of mowing part of my yard. The other neighbor continues to mow down the center. I wouldn't care but as I said he mows so cotton picken short he burns out my grass. I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Now, this guy is one of the originals in the neighborhood. Kinda getting up there in age, set in his ways etc. Don't know if he feels he has seniority for living in the neighborhood or what the problem is. He mows about 10-12 ft over onto my property. The whole neighborhood pretty much takes care of their places, except for the ones that mow so short dirt starts flying. Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? |
"Rod" wrote in message I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Hard to say for sure, but why not try a pre-emptive strike. Mow your lawn before he gets out there and perhaps he won't bother doing it again. You could put a few plantings in to define the property line for a BIG hint. |
Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your
yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. but by all means try some conversation first. Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply MUADIB® http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs. -- Oxford University Press, Edpress News |
"Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message ... "Rod" wrote in message I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Hard to say for sure, but why not try a pre-emptive strike. Mow your lawn before he gets out there and perhaps he won't bother doing it again. You could put a few plantings in to define the property line for a BIG hint. Just the opposite... the OP should fertilize and water the section being mowed so it grows faster than the neigthbor can mow it... -a|ex |
Joseph Meehan writes:
In some areas, local laws may give some form of property right to a neighbor who cars for and uses part of your land if you don't object. It's called "adverse possession", and would never apply to this type of situation. |
MUADIB® wrote in
: Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. This has to be the worst advice on this topic to date. If he or someone else were to be injured from striking a rebar he planted,he could be jailed,and severely fined,perhaps even lose his home. -- Jim Yanik jyanik-at-kua.net |
Rod wrote:
I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? Plant a hedge. -- dadiOH _____________________________ dadiOH's dandies v3.0... ....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that. Get it at http://mysite.verizon.net/xico ____________________________ |
MUADIB® wrote in message . ..
Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. but by all means try some conversation first. Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply MUADIB® http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs. -- Oxford University Press, Edpress News First, I wouldn't just let this go, as adverse possession laws may apply if you allow it to continue unchallenged and why should you put up with this, it's your property. Since you tried reasoning with him, I'd suggest getting your lawyer to send the neighbor a letter, explaining it's your property and you simply want him to stay off it. After that, if he still continues, I'd make sure there are clear markers in the ground and then, if he's mowing on your property, go out and take pictures of him doing it. If he does it again, then I'd take pictures and this time call the police. They will respond and talk to him. If that doesn't work, next time I'd call the police and file a trespass complaint. |
Get a can of fluorescent orange paint. Mark the boundary.
Keep it up. It won't hurt the grass. He'll eventually catch on. |
Did you ever hear of Adverse Possession, you better learn. He is caring
for "his "property in the eyes of the court. You need to stop him, put up some plants and take care of Your property. Has he put up plants or a part fence ? They must go. Yes I know about this, Im in court with a %$#@ ^&*% suing me. Write him a letter certified mail stating he MAY continue to mow if he does so at the proper height and that he has your permission to walk there, this will stop his Easement rights. He must aknowledge the letter and sign it . Learn at FreeAdvise.com Then again he could be innocent and ignorant. Be carefull or you will have a mess and an enemy on your hands. Bushes and plants are the quiet way of stopping him. |
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On 14 Sep 2004 21:21:58 GMT, Ed Clarke wrote:
| In article , | wrote: | | [snip] | | "Good fences make good neighbors" | proverb in "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost | Actually, that's what the *neighbor* says in "Mending Wall." The poet is disputing this. The whole point of the poem is "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." |
I think Frost meant walls make better neighbors than fences. :+)
Tom Miller wrote: On 14 Sep 2004 21:21:58 GMT, Ed Clarke wrote: | In article , | wrote: | | [snip] | | "Good fences make good neighbors" | proverb in "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost | Actually, that's what the *neighbor* says in "Mending Wall." The poet is disputing this. The whole point of the poem is "Something there is that doesn't love a wall." |
Chet Hayes wrote:
Phisherman wrote in message . .. I would either ignore the situation or plant a hedge. I'd prefer not "making waves" with neighbors. You have heard of adverse possession, haven't you? The laws vary from state to state, but basicly, if someone does what this neighbor is doing and it meets certain conditions, like it's open, notorious, hostile, (sounds to me like he's met those criteria) done for a long enough time, etc., then that person can have a legal claim to the property. At the very least, if he wants to allow it to continue, then he should get a legal opinion. But if it were me, I see nothing wrong with standing up for my rights and keeping someone else off property I own. Adverse possesion can occur, but I have never heard of it being applied in a sub-division with suburban sized lots. Such lots are relatively small and easily defined. It would be impractical and almost impossible for someone to grab 5 feet here and 10 feet there from such a lot. Adverse possesion occurs in rural and sometimes industrially zoned areas almost entirely. If someone is using a piece of another's land for a long enough time with the real owner making no attept to enforce his rights then occasionally that used portion of the land can become the possesion of the person using it. This does not happen in suburban lots even if some guy mows his neighbor's lawn for 50 years..... |
"Rod" wrote in message ... How would you handle this? We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. This concerns lot boundaries. The neighbors on both sides of me would mow close to the center between the houses. My house is just 44 ft wide with garage in front. on a 88 ft wide lot. All lots are 88 ft wide. The one neighbors house is 36 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Other neighbor is 33 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Both neighbors like to mow super short which burns out their yards but they don't have to mow but once a week or bi-weekly this way. I like keeping my grass tall and mow twice a week. I finally had a survey done, of course the boundary lines are not the center between the houses. I have more side yard because my house takes up less space. Both neighbors seen the survey stakes and iron pipe. The one started mowing where his property leaves off instead of mowing part of my yard. The other neighbor continues to mow down the center. I wouldn't care but as I said he mows so cotton picken short he burns out my grass. I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Now, this guy is one of the originals in the neighborhood. Kinda getting up there in age, set in his ways etc. Don't know if he feels he has seniority for living in the neighborhood or what the problem is. He mows about 10-12 ft over onto my property. The whole neighborhood pretty much takes care of their places, except for the ones that mow so short dirt starts flying. Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? Blow a hit of pot smoke in his face and just hope for civil war so you can legally kill the goddaMNED *******. This is a squatters technique that the government aides in using against people who do not fit to the dictations of the tyrants who rule the police states. I had a neighbor that put a driveway on my property. I complained to the government and they hit me with a baseball bat. But I cannot do anything about it because George Bush and the secret service already kidnapped me, drugged me and planted a microchip in my back. My family started the us military and the solution Grandpa Bomb had with George Washington to blow the hell out of them and send them back to Britian. **** em in their christian jew cop asses. |
"m Ransley" wrote in message ... Did you ever hear of Adverse Possession, you better learn. He is caring for "his "property in the eyes of the court. You need to stop him, put up some plants and take care of Your property. Has he put up plants or a part fence ? They must go. Yes I know about this, Im in court with a %$#@ ^&*% suing me. Write him a letter certified mail stating he MAY continue to mow if he does so at the proper height and that he has your permission to walk there, this will stop his Easement rights. He must aknowledge the letter and sign it . Learn at FreeAdvise.com Then again he could be innocent and ignorant. Be carefull or you will have a mess and an enemy on your hands. Bushes and plants are the quiet way of stopping him. Civil war is the only answer available. Only the strong will survive. Exterminate the christian jew cop government. |
"FurPaw" wrote in message ... Rod wrote: Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? If you can't dissuade the neighbor from mowing your lawn and can't put up a fence, what about planting a hedge just inside your property line? Or a line of fast-growing trees? Or a vegetable or flower or rock garden? FurPaw FICUS Bushes ruin grass the best. Civil War 2004 -- "Like the reason a dog Has so many friends He wags his tail Instead of his tongue" - Aerosmith To reply, unleash the dog |
"127.0.0.1" get.rooted@localhost wrote in message k.net... "Edwin Pawlowski" wrote in message ... "Rod" wrote in message I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Hard to say for sure, but why not try a pre-emptive strike. Mow your lawn before he gets out there and perhaps he won't bother doing it again. You could put a few plantings in to define the property line for a BIG hint. Just the opposite... the OP should fertilize and water the section being mowed so it grows faster than the neigthbor can mow it... redundant. Pour grass killer on 10-12 feet of his property to see how he likes it and hope for civil war so he could legally kill the christian jew cop squatter. The justice system is inept. |
"Jim Yanik" wrote in message .. . MUADIB® wrote in : Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. This has to be the worst advice on this topic to date. If he or someone else were to be injured from striking a rebar he planted,he could be jailed,and severely fined,perhaps even lose his home. -- Jim Yanik jyanik-at-kua.net Civil war is the best answer to rid the jew squatter problem. voodoo disease 666 |
"Chet Hayes" wrote in message om... MUADIB® wrote in message . .. Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. but by all means try some conversation first. Remove "YOURPANTIES" to reply MUADIB® http://www.angelfire.com/retro/sster...IN%20PAGE.html It's is not, it isn't ain't, and it's it's, not its, if you mean it is. If you don't, it's its. Then too, it's hers. It isn't her's. It isn't our's either. It's ours, and likewise yours and theirs. -- Oxford University Press, Edpress News First, I wouldn't just let this go, as adverse possession laws may apply if you allow it to continue unchallenged and why should you put up with this, it's your property. Since you tried reasoning with him, I'd suggest getting your lawyer to send the neighbor a letter, And support the jew court system? Bull. voodoo disease 666 explaining it's your property and you simply want him to stay off it. After that, if he still continues, I'd make sure there are clear markers in the ground and then, if he's mowing on your property, go out and take pictures of him doing it. If he does it again, then I'd take pictures and this time call the police. They will respond and Police suck. They are equal to dogs which is why they work together. talk to him. If that doesn't work, next time I'd call the police and file a trespass complaint. voodoo disease 666 |
"George Wenzel" wrote in message ... In article , trader4 @optonline.net says... I'd make sure there are clear markers in the ground and then, if he's mowing on your property, go out and take pictures of him doing it. If he does it again, then I'd take pictures and this time call the police. They will respond and talk to him. No, they probably won't. Property-line disputes are civil matters, not criminal ones. The police have FAR better things to do than worry about neighbours who mow each other's lawns. Yea like what my **** consists of. Death to the christian jew cop government Regards, George Wenzel -- George Wenzel, B.A. (Criminology) E-mail: lid E-mail address is munged. Instead of dot invalid, use dot net |
In article , Phisherman says...
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:59:08 -0400, wrote: Get a can of fluorescent orange paint. Mark the boundary. Keep it up. It won't hurt the grass. He'll eventually catch on. That should work and a good idea. See if he stays off the line. Remember you are trying to break someone's habit--sometimes not an easy thing to do! The hedge seems to be the best idea. You can tell your neighbor you plan on installing a hedge to help define the property line. Be sure you plant the hedge inside your property and not on the line (unless your neighbor agrees). But, I would not mention the hedge to the neighbor unless you really plan to do it if he does not comply. I've considered this (have one set of unfriendly neighbors), but then I would need to leave space to go over and trim the hedge - no? Then I'd have to maintain that.... Banty |
Banty wrote:
In article , Phisherman says... On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:59:08 -0400, wrote: Get a can of fluorescent orange paint. Mark the boundary. Keep it up. It won't hurt the grass. He'll eventually catch on. That should work and a good idea. See if he stays off the line. Remember you are trying to break someone's habit--sometimes not an easy thing to do! The hedge seems to be the best idea. You can tell your neighbor you plan on installing a hedge to help define the property line. Be sure you plant the hedge inside your property and not on the line (unless your neighbor agrees). But, I would not mention the hedge to the neighbor unless you really plan to do it if he does not comply. I've considered this (have one set of unfriendly neighbors), but then I would need to leave space to go over and trim the hedge - no? Then I'd have to maintain that.... Banty The OP has stated that he is not allowed to build a fence. How about a stone wall a foot or two high? Or even cheaper, how about a single line of rectangular concrete paving stones running along the property line with the tops flush with the ground? Kinda like a very narrow walkway. Since the stones will prevent grass growing at the line, there would be no need for the neighbor to mow beyond the stones and would provide a visual line of demarcation. |
Rod wrote:
How would you handle this? We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? "NO TRESSPASSING" sign. $3.00. |
"Yankee Rebel" wrote in message news:... "Rod" wrote in message ... How would you handle this? We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. This concerns lot boundaries. The neighbors on both sides of me would mow close to the center between the houses. My house is just 44 ft wide with garage in front. on a 88 ft wide lot. All lots are 88 ft wide. The one neighbors house is 36 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Other neighbor is 33 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Both neighbors like to mow super short which burns out their yards but they don't have to mow but once a week or bi-weekly this way. I like keeping my grass tall and mow twice a week. I finally had a survey done, of course the boundary lines are not the center between the houses. I have more side yard because my house takes up less space. Both neighbors seen the survey stakes and iron pipe. The one started mowing where his property leaves off instead of mowing part of my yard. The other neighbor continues to mow down the center. I wouldn't care but as I said he mows so cotton picken short he burns out my grass. I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Now, this guy is one of the originals in the neighborhood. Kinda getting up there in age, set in his ways etc. Don't know if he feels he has seniority for living in the neighborhood or what the problem is. He mows about 10-12 ft over onto my property. The whole neighborhood pretty much takes care of their places, except for the ones that mow so short dirt starts flying. Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? Blow a hit of pot smoke in his face and just hope for civil war so you can legally kill the goddaMNED *******. This is a squatters technique that the government aides in using against people who do not fit to the dictations of the tyrants who rule the police states. I had a neighbor that put a driveway on my property. I complained to the government and they hit me with a baseball bat. But I cannot do anything about it because George Bush and the secret service already kidnapped me, drugged me and planted a microchip in my back. My family started the us military and the solution Grandpa Bomb had with George Washington to blow the hell out of them and send them back to Britian. **** em in their christian jew cop asses. |
Banty wrote:
In article , Phisherman says... On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 15:59:08 -0400, wrote: Get a can of fluorescent orange paint. Mark the boundary. Keep it up. It won't hurt the grass. He'll eventually catch on. That should work and a good idea. See if he stays off the line. Remember you are trying to break someone's habit--sometimes not an easy thing to do! The hedge seems to be the best idea. You can tell your neighbor you plan on installing a hedge to help define the property line. Be sure you plant the hedge inside your property and not on the line (unless your neighbor agrees). But, I would not mention the hedge to the neighbor unless you really plan to do it if he does not comply. I've considered this (have one set of unfriendly neighbors), but then I would need to leave space to go over and trim the hedge - no? Then I'd have to maintain that.... You could put the hedge in a mulched bed that borders the property, but allows you room at the edge of the bed to maintain the hedge and renew the mulch periodically. Or you could plant something that grows slowly, tall and narrow, like arbor vitae, which needs no pruning. FurPaw -- "In a sense, we are hallucinating all the time. What we call normal vision is our selecting the hallucination that best fits reality." - V. S. Ramachandran To reply, unleash the dog |
"George Wenzel" wrote in message ... In article , trader4 @optonline.net says... Unless he agrees? Why look for more trouble. Here you have an unreasonable neighbor trespassing after being told not to, so why in the world would you tell someone to even consider planting a hedge to be shared with the neighbor? The neighbour was NOT told not to trespass. The neighbour was asked to raise his mower when he came on to the property. I think the first step, before anything else, is to speak to the neighbour and CLEARLY specify what is wanted - that the neighbour NOT mow the lawn past the property line. All the other suggestions (hedge, lawyer's letter, minefield, whatever) should come after this basic first step. No sense assuming that the neighbour won't be reasonable until they've been asked, in a clear and concise manner, to abide by the property line. WE told that to King George in the 18th century. WE had to send Ben Franklin to France to get them to help my family dying of starvation at Valley Forge by you rich loyalist tax sucking maggots. CIVIL WAR 2004 Regards, George Wenzel -- George Wenzel, B.A. (Criminology) Criminology my ass. Where did you get your edumacation? The Bible? E-mail: lid E-mail address is munged. Instead of dot invalid, use dot net |
"m Ransley" strikes again! Nothing useful OR authoritative...just drivel
for the sake of a post. "m Ransley" wrote in message ... Did you ever hear of Adverse Possession, you better learn. He is caring for "his "property in the eyes of the court. You need to stop him, put up some plants and take care of Your property. Has he put up plants or a part fence ? They must go. Yes I know about this, Im in court with a %$#@ ^&*% suing me. Write him a letter certified mail stating he MAY continue to mow if he does so at the proper height and that he has your permission to walk there, this will stop his Easement rights. He must aknowledge the letter and sign it . Learn at FreeAdvise.com Then again he could be innocent and ignorant. Be carefull or you will have a mess and an enemy on your hands. Bushes and plants are the quiet way of stopping him. |
In article , "Joe Fabeitz" wrote:
"m Ransley" strikes again! Nothing useful OR authoritative...just drivel for the sake of a post. And of course you had to quote all of it. If it hadn't been for you, I would never have seen it. Thanks for nothing. Just killfile Ransley. I think nearly everyone else here already has. |
Hey, just trying to "cleanse" the group. But you're right. Next time I'll
clip "Doug Miller" wrote in message m... In article , "Joe Fabeitz" wrote: "m Ransley" strikes again! Nothing useful OR authoritative...just drivel for the sake of a post. And of course you had to quote all of it. If it hadn't been for you, I would never have seen it. Thanks for nothing. Just killfile Ransley. I think nearly everyone else here already has. |
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 01:50:38 GMT, "Rod" wrote:
How would you handle this? We've lived here 17 yrs, rather a "newbie" in the neighborhood. Rest of neighbors pretty much lived in the area since the homes were built 30 yrs ago. This concerns lot boundaries. The neighbors on both sides of me would mow close to the center between the houses. My house is just 44 ft wide with garage in front. on a 88 ft wide lot. All lots are 88 ft wide. The one neighbors house is 36 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Other neighbor is 33 ft wide with a 21 ft side attached garage. Both neighbors like to mow super short which burns out their yards but they don't have to mow but once a week or bi-weekly this way. I like keeping my grass tall and mow twice a week. I finally had a survey done, of course the boundary lines are not the center between the houses. I have more side yard because my house takes up less space. Both neighbors seen the survey stakes and iron pipe. The one started mowing where his property leaves off instead of mowing part of my yard. The other neighbor continues to mow down the center. I wouldn't care but as I said he mows so cotton picken short he burns out my grass. I approached him and tried to make light of the subject by telling him "just keep coming over so I don't have to mow any side yard". After a couple times of him just continuing going down the center, I pointed out I had the property surveyed and would appreciate if he was going to mow my yard, please raise his mower when he comes onto my property. Now, this guy is one of the originals in the neighborhood. Kinda getting up there in age, set in his ways etc. Don't know if he feels he has seniority for living in the neighborhood or what the problem is. He mows about 10-12 ft over onto my property. The whole neighborhood pretty much takes care of their places, except for the ones that mow so short dirt starts flying. Oh, my neighborhood you can't put a fence up out front or side, just rear property fencing, which is from rear of house back. I sit with a 40 ft frontage, 26 ft wide on a 190' depth. I really don't want to fence the back yard. I got the survey to ease my mind, I've asked nicely, now where do I go from here? There is nothing else you can do to "be nice" with your prick neighbor! Many low IQ human beings just totally walk all over other peoples rights! Now you must decide...do you want to **** him off and continue living next to him? Here's an idea! Pull twine between your two property stakes on his side of your property. Carefully go down the line and use fluoresent orange marker spray paint to illustrate for him the property line. This should solve the problem the next time he cuts the grass! If he still comes over the line to cut the grass, get a witness to go with you to confront the *******. Ask him a pointed question..."Why in the hell do you continue coming on my property and cutting the grass?" Why? No matter what his response, tell him this is the last time you are going to warn him not to come on your yard to mow the grass. This is the tricky part...if he makes a threat against you have a witness on hand to hear what he said. This will enable you to get a judgement against him for your trouble if you have to take him to court. Just in case you need it, have your 357 Magnum nearby. Do not threaten him but it's amazing how fast you will get his attention if that Smith & Wesson is pointed right between his eyes...just say halt or I'll shoot you! Even low IQ persons understand how fast they will die after being shot. I hope you don't have to go that far but you never can tell. Regards, Bill |
On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:14:46 GMT, MUADIB®
wrote: Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. but by all means try some conversation first. This is the best idea I have seen! Bill |
I had a similar issue, and planted a line of small evergreens. Rocks would
probably work too, come to think of it. But the rebar wouldn't pull out..I like that one. "Bill" wrote in message ... On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 03:14:46 GMT, MUADIB® wrote: Conversation is best. Making sure your neighbor is aware that your yard is important to you, not just that you are taking over cause it's yours..............that kinda thing. If negotiaitions fail then buy some 3/4" re-bar and make some strong stakes to put up, string them for a while and make sure you put them in just far enough that your mower clears them and the neighbors mower will not If he ruins his mower it's his fault. Hell, red flag 'em for a couple of months too. make sure he has plenty of "signs" to read each time he mows so he can have a chance to get the message.It's your yard. but by all means try some conversation first. This is the best idea I have seen! Bill |
"mark" writes:
But the rebar wouldn't pull out..I like that one. actually you'd be suprised. I use rebar as stakes for our pavilion (tent) and while they hold really really well while in place and under tension, they come out with ease when it is time to pack. I've used anything from 1/2"x24" to 1"x36+" (which did require a knock or two with a sledge to remove). -- be safe. flip Ich habe keine Ahnung was das bedeutet, oder vielleicht doch? Remove origin of the word spam from address to reply (leave "+") |
Philip Lewis wrote in message . edu...
"mark" writes: But the rebar wouldn't pull out..I like that one. actually you'd be suprised. I use rebar as stakes for our pavilion (tent) and while they hold really really well while in place and under tension, they come out with ease when it is time to pack. I've used anything from 1/2"x24" to 1"x36+" (which did require a knock or two with a sledge to remove). Putting rebar in the ground in this situation is a very bad idea. Being short, at least partially hidden in the grass, they are an accident waiting to happen. Someone walking along could very easily trip, land on the rebar, and seriously injure themselves. |
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