Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom Two months ago it was time to continue with Phase 2 of teraforming the backyard. In this phase the yard needed to be leveled by building a retaining wall around two sides of my backyard. Built into the retaining wall are steps leading to the lower half of the backyard. The retaining wall was to be I would say a good 150 ft in length. So we contracted with a major landscape company to get the work done. Total price tag for leveling, retaining walls and new sod 24k. The landscaper informed us we would have to wait two months as they were currently busy with other jobs. Not a big problem there. Fortunately we expected the worst from our evil neighbors. We informed all our other neighbors except the evil ones about the continuation of our backyard project. Finally the time came up and while we were on vacation, literally all hell broke loose when the landscapers showed up and began construction. The evil neighbors freaked, came onto our property and demanded the construction people stop. KJ and I were at Pensacola Beach on vacation for a few days while all this was going on. We were getting calls from everyone. I told KJ that we were not going to be able to ignore the neighbors so call them back and explain what we were having done. Oh course KJ did this but it did little to relax the neighbors. Then the construction people ( and foreman ) began calling us letting us know that the evil neighbors were threatening to sue all the construction workers ( Mind you all the construction workers are Mexicans ). We got home the next day as planned and delt with the evil neighbors. All the construction workers were saying that the neighbors are "crazy". Its funny hearing someone fluent in Spanish calling the neighbors crazy.. but well they are. Last week we were told by the President of our home owners association that the evil neighbors called up 12 other people in our subdivision trying to get a petition going to have us stop work. Oh course the President of the home owners association reminded our evil neighbors that our entire backyard project was approved last year and is on file with the home owners associations records. So two weeks ago the retaining walls wer built and the backyard has been leveled. Finally today the turf came in. And then I get a phone call from the foreman saying the police just showed up because someone called them complaining that the workers were parked on the curb in back of your property. Yea.. it was wrong for them to park there and they should not have done it. But if you were not happy about it, wouldn't you come out yourself and ask the guys to move their cars? Well its now 1 PM and the grass is in!!! After a year I finally have nice green grass in my backyard!!! YEAH!!! Now I'm thinking of ways to get back at my evil neighbors? They are religious freaks and home school their children. I'm thinking of enjoying my backyard by sunbathing in a speedo.... Maybe some rainbow flags? I'm open to any suggestions? Lets have fun with this....LOL
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Yea.. it was wrong for them to park there and they should not have done it. But if you were not happy about it, wouldn't you come out yourself and ask the guys to move their cars?> Well, no, I wouldn't go over and tell them myself. If I didn't like my neighbor, I'd most certainly call the cops too. I don't get involved with neighborly disagreements. Here's the kicker, though... <Fortunately we expected the worst from our evil neighbors.> And you got it, huh? <We informed all our other neighbors except the evil ones about the continuation of our backyard project.> Why didn't you tell the 'evil neighbors' upfront like everyone else?
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb Why bother with the Speedo, unless you have no fence between your yards, they deserve what they get by looking in at you.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut bar-b-q's. Lots of them, and never invite the evil neighbors. They will eventually get mad. Also, since they seem to be religious nutz, do "evil" things. You know, stuff that is not bad but that a churchy would feel immoral.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<Why didn't you tell the 'evil neighbors' upfront like everyone else?>> Gosh, I guess its been a good 9 months for them to threaten to sue me. Lets see you must mean like when I spent the ENTIRE summer last year trying to explain to them that 1) according to my plan the land was REALLY REALLY REALLY my property, 2) Whats on record with the county Tax Assessor's office showed that the property was mine and 3) the survor's survey also confirmed with the other two premention FACTS that the property really was mine. After spending an entire summer trying to get them to realize reality I gave up. Also I'm still a little miffed that they moved around survey markers in my yard while I was having 50 trees removed and on my property getting in the way of the tree removal people so much that a lumber truck loader flipped over in my yard causing a diesel fuel spill and the driver hurting his back. I suppose I should have called the police on them, gotten a restraiging order against them from Trespassing on my property and sued them for that..... The entire time threatening to sue me. They only shut up after they finally hired their own surveyor ( something they had told me they were going to do months earlier. I held off on the tree removal so they could hire a surveyor untill I finally couldn't anymore if I wanted to get some work accomplished during 2006 ). Oh and their surveyor agreed with the plate records, tax assessors office and my surveyor. No, I really don't have any reason to talk with insane people unless I'm getting piad to do so. And I am a professional in that area. Well they did appologize for threatening to sue me. Oh course the next sentence out of their mouths was to ask me ( in a snide manner ) how soon before I could get a fence up. They are despicable people.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <Fortunately we expected the worst from our evil neighbors.> And you got it, huh? No.... not really. I really didn't appreciate all those times when their kids were out shooting at squirels in my backyard with beebee guns. Or the time when their son pulled a gun on another neighbor's dog and then the neighbor. The guy who removed the tree stumps in my backyard only does that as a part time job. He is with Georgia State Patrol and wore his issued gun while doing the stump grinding to keep the neighbors at bay and off my property. Even he thought they were nuts. You know Rainbow flags really would look so good in my backyard.....
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom LOL.. this is going to be such a fun summer..... <EVIL GRIN> You know it has to be a Goth party. Something with witchcraft.... hexes.. spells.... chanting...LOL...
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<You know, stuff that is not bad but that a churchy would feel immoral.>> You mean like living next door to a gay couple? LOL....
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom <<Would it be legal to keep a rooster in your back yard?>> Yes... .but had chickens at one time too. They are so redneck. Oh course peafowl would be sooooo gay and loud. LOL No there is no fense between our properties. The wife doesn't work and the husbands speciality is Fortran. He took a 30K cut in pay last year. Their broke. Talk about dead computer languages. They adopt children. The wife was explaining to KJ one day last summer that the state pays them 10K to adopt a child but it only costs 7K to go through the adopting process in Georgia, so they make a 3K profit...... really nice people.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom They had chickens at one time... sorry... my keyboard is acting up today.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo I think I would take the other road. Choose normalcy. That will really drive them nuts trying to find things to complain about. FWIW, I have the same neighbor.
Originally Posted By bloona Good luck with this Tom, sounds as if a fence is needed soooooooooon really. The garden sounds nice and big. Pity youre sharing it with strange folk some of the time, fence em out! Nice high fence. Oh what are those fast growing trees that really annoy neighbours, laylandii or something? Big line of those. good luck with it all, maybe theyll move one day.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom I could do a leather flag.... Oh course I already did the greatest damage. I pulled a Ronald Regan and hit them in the wallet. All the money I spent super insulating my home, new top of the line super efficient double paned, low E, thickest glass on the market Hurd windows ( the same windows on the Maine Solar House ) and new super efficient SEER 15 Air Conditioning units. My home is easily 40% more efficient than your typical home. And now that I removed all of those sweetgum and spindly pine tres in my backyard that were shading their home. Yes, their home with their single paned windows. Hummm, I hope they are enjoying their $400-$500 a month AC bills.
