1. make a flower bed or put up a nice little fence

2. put your sprinkler on everytime he parks in front of your house. make it so his car gets soaked and he cant get to his car without getting wet himself. a few days of that and he should get the idea.

 

rp, i feel for you.

i am going through a very similar situation with a neighbor. they park all over the street, and have left cars in front of my house for days at a time. (while leaving their driveway empty).

they have parked in front of my mailbox, which i have found stops the mailman from delivering to my house. there are no laws in my town about leaving a car parked on the street.

though with the grass i have quite the opposite problem. they rarely cut, and they couldnt give a crap about what their yard looks like. i have the same issues as you with taking care of my house/yard. everything is neat, always.

i have had a few discussion with my neighbors about the car parking, and its not that they are vindictive, its more that theirs heads are up their own butts. they are clueless.

they are doing a project on their home, and have used my driveway a few times without my consent to bring heavy equiptment into their yard. that didnt set real well with me either, and i spoke to them about that too.

it sucks having neighbors like that, but i cant seem to think of a plesant solution either. i am trying to tolerate the little crap so it doesnt turn into something really ugly.

 

Hey RP,

I completely agree with you, that would drive me nuts!

1. Mowing Problem:
A permanent fix is using a small hedge type shrub and mulched flower bed that will define the property line and prevent his extra mowing.

2. Parking Problem:
So there is really no home owner's association? If so, that would be the easy fix as I'm sure it's breaking some type of rule. If you've really asked him multiple times about this, then park the Blazer or the F150 in that spot for a few days to get the point across that it's yours and he is not welcome.

This has to be a topic where he can use it 100% of the time or 0% percent of the time. Where you get into trouble is saying it's OK sometimes. Sometimes to him might be 17 days with a 1 day break here or there. Meanwhile, sometimes to you means 1 time every other month. I feel your pain here, and trying to be a nice guy makes you say sometimes.

However, this really needs to be an all or nothing type thing. I'd vote for nothing.

If you've spoken to him at least three times about the fact that he still parks there too much and it deters from your homes appearance and when you have family/friends over to see the baby, then you only have a couple choices without a home owner's association. Nails and the such are too hostile of a move. Parking your vehicle there (while it's difficult to have the F150 outside), is the only nice way of saying, "your time here is up".

I wish you all the best, keep us updated.

Duke

 

screw the flower bed! go all out put up and electric fence... i promise he wont be cuttin into ur yard again....

and as for the parking hire someone to steal it and drive it off a cliff cause whats a kia go 4 ne ways... lol jk dont really dont it... just tow his *** like 5 houses down... then deny everything and admit to nothing!

 

I can't add anything good to the grass discussion, but as for the parking, either park the Bronco there for a few days, weeks, etc (or whatever car you're using the least), or, why not call the cops and tell them that there is an abandoned vehicle parked in front of your house? I think there is a limit on the number of days it can sit, and 17 is waaaaay over that limit. Or, you've got a friend in MO with a big ole truck with straps and chains who would be willing to move said Kia for a full detail....

 

#2.) Sorry RP, but the street doesn't belong to you. Actually, your true property stops on your side of the sidewalk.

While you are responsible for mowing that little median between the other side of the side walk, and the curb, that really belongs to the city, and the street to the tax-payers...

While it is annoying for someone to continually park in front of your house, there's not much you can do about it, legally. Unless you live in a subdivision under the direction of a homeowner's association (Which I used to think was a bad thing...)

There was an idiot who lived across the street from my mother-in-law, a fairly busy street. Depending on what direction you were coming from, would dictate what side of the street you parked on. Now, this guy never effed with me, but he effed with everybody else, coming out, taking pictures of their cars, etc. (She runs a home daycare).

I wasn't there that day, but one day, he talked s**t to my wife, which was a bad idea- on his part... So, she talked s**t back. He said he was going to call the cops, she told him to call them. So, he did. About 25 minutes later, Plano PD showed up. When my wife saw the patrol car pull up, she went outside.

The guy was upset:

A-Hole: "They're running a business out of that house!"
Police Officer: There's no law against that.
Wife: It's a licensed business, thank you.

A-Hole: "They're always parking on my side of the street."
Police Officer: "Sir, you don't own the street- this is a public road. Anyone can park anywhere they wish, as long as it's not a no-parking zone."

A-Hole: Can't you tell them to park on their side of the street?
Police Officer: No. Again sir, this is a public street. As long as she's not blocking your mailbox, or a fire hydrant, there's nothing anyone can say about where she's parked" (The Mail guys won't deliver your mail, if a car is blocking your mail box).

There was a lot more to it than that, but this was about 5-6 years ago. The cop told the guy, if you start harrassing these people, they can call us, and we'll haul you in...

Since that time, the guy has moved. I think he just had a problem with black people, to be honest. All those folks rolling up in Range Rovers, Escalades, Expeditions, Navigators, 3, 5, & 7 series Bimmers, and he's over there with a burned out Chevy. I think he was jealous, and just wanted to eff with somebody.

If you drive down her street, there are cars lining both sides of that street. Damn near from end to end. You would not believe every house has a 2-car garage, but they all do (rear-entry from alley). Yet, hardly anyone parks their car in their driveway, or garage.

I think it's stupid to have a garage full of useless s**t, and leave a $20,000 - $80,000 automobile in the rain, sun, sleet, ice, hail: but- who am I to tell people how to park their cars, or where?

But, RP- legally, unless the laws are different in Georgia (And they might be, seeing how "doggie-style" is illegal, (sodomy) and can get you in trouble with the law.) you don't have a leg, legally, to stand on- with regard to your neighbors parking.

 

Beat me to it.

 

For a case of beer, I can solve your neighbor problem.




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(disclaimer applies...I by no means advocate taking your neighbors out with a shotgun and burying them in the backyard.)

 

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That is some funny schiatt !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You can find a nice park and bury them in tho.........

 

I just started to read this thread, and I got to post #2.


Is all I can say now.

 

Easy for you to say...


I like it!

LMAO... I like that one too. I'd already contemplated the Roundup option.

I might not be next to him long... we're actually meeting with a Realtor tomorrow night about the possibility of putting our house on the market. It's a bad time to do it but, there is the occasional house in our neighborhood that is only staying on the market for about a week.... then there are others (overpriced) that are sitting for months. We may roll the dice and see...

I have a strong suspicion that I will have to end up being an ****... as for him 'doing me a favor'... I don't want no stinkin' favors. LOL!


I don't say this to be a jerk here but, I really doubt the guy can figure out how to lower/raise his mower deck.

Communism sounds good by theory.

This has crossed my mind. The Bronco may likely be parked out there soon.


Damn... you're evil. I like it. HAHA!

Because of his continual and repeated behavior, I think you're exactly right. In my mind, I've honestly thought about this guy doing what he's doing on purpose because he's wanting me to get angry because, in his eyes, he thinks that I'm overreacting or that I am all talk and no bite.

Everybody fights an OCD... I'm a firm believer in that. Some will actually get way bent out of shape about it -- that's me. Others will shrug it off and not really let it drag them down nor dwell on it -- that's others.

I probably *do* need help.

Our home owners assn' is a joke. Really, it's not worth even trying to bring it up.

 

You and I think alike...

I actually purchased a can of paint, a roll of string (straight line), and am borrowing a metal detector from the office (to locate the pins).

Like you, I'm having trouble coming up with something that isn't terribly childish on the vehicle.

Ehh... The HOA is a joke. Useless in fact. I really don't want to go to a fence or hedge (or similar). It won't look right in this location but, I may have to default to something like that -- or move.

Been there... done that. In fact, did it once (by accident, I swear) when his window was down. Ironically, he never said a word to me about it. Mind you, this is a very run down Kia and he probably never even noticed.

Did you say 'BLAZER'?? Bronco, my friend. LOL!

It will likely be parked in his spot tonight. It's an eyesore but, it won't be in front of his driveway -- well, at least not yet.

 

Yeah, I know it's not mine and, as such, I haven't elevated it beyond my legal limitations - yet.

It is in our HOA restrictions but, they're useless and will not offer assistance unless it's impeding a right of entry to a property or is posing a problem from an emergency standpoint.




All of that said, I'm going to try, once again, to get the guy to see my side of the coin. Thus far, it's been a fruitless attempt at trying to do the right thing. The thing that burns me the most is probably how I was raised; I mean, I was taught to respect someone else's property and offer help anywhere that I could; you know, that whole 'love thy neighbor' paradigm. At this point in time though, I don't love anyone and would go out of my way NOT to help them.

Like I previously mentioned, I really think that they make a discernible effort to go out of their way to push my limits. Both of them put of a 'we're really nice people' face to the world but, I really see the other side of what they put forward. Likewise, maybe they've sensed the same side from me.

I should add that I know the guy notes when he mows over on me -- here's how I know that. I'll always water those areas 3X as much as I do my regular lawn in an effort to promote some growth and re-green the grass (because it's obviously nearly dead after his mow height). I've caught him, on MULTIPLE occasions, peeking out the window at what I'm doing outside. When I look toward his house or something, the blind blade drops; only to reappear a few seconds later. While it could be his daughter, it's likely not because she's NOT that tall.

I'm going to cross the civil path once more. I'm going to be armed with my plat of all the lots in my cul de sac as well as having located the pins and having demarcated the pin locations with a stake. I may even go one more step and tie a string between the two to demonstrate just how far he's coming over on me. From that point, I'll lead in to the vehicle and how I simply DO NOT understand why he refuses to use his driveway.

Thanks for all the suggestions... I'm going to try to do this right so that I keep a neighbor and don't make an enemy. While I'm not a vengeful guy, I will lash back soon... I've been very close as it is.

-RP-

 

Id make it a point to watch him when he mows the lawn. Probably put up a lawn chair and have a beer while pretending that your not out there watching him. Then if he does anything wrong you can be right there to tell him so.

 

I had better keep up with this thread. My neighbor's boyfriend just scalped about 3 feet of my yard down the property line, St. Augustine grass as well.