Just spent my morning cutting down all the sumac, mimosa and crap that have grown into my yard from the arborvitae row onto the neighbors side of my fence (their arborvitae and their land). My first morning off in ages so some were 7 feet tall. For two cents I’d take all the cuttings and toss them in their yard. I can’t bag it myself today cause now I have to go work noon til 11.
We live on the sunny side of their trees so all the undergrowth comes our way. Their side looks lovely. Grrr
You know about air rights, right? Everything from the neighbor’s yard that grows into your yard IS yours.
Having said that, my neighbor has some ridiculously loud wind chimes. I’ve often fantasized about sneaking onto her porch and filling the tubes with tissues so they don’t go “dong dong clang clang clang” constantly. B-)
Got a neighbor who built a gravel walkway on MY property. Now, it doesn’t impact me (our property is large) and H says quit worrying about it but it bugs me big time.
So the fantasy:
They have a kitchen window that looks out to some trees which we own on their side yard.
Friend suggested I put up an old fashioned clothes line and string granny panties all the way across it.
:-j
@gouf78 You might want to read up on adverse possession laws in your state to make sure your neighbor doesn’t end up legally claiming that chunk of your property as their own.
Oh, that walkway on your land is a problem. If you do nothing, after a number of years (varies by state) that land could become neighbor’s land by adverse possession. Sometimes it requires the neighbor to pay the taxes on that portion of the land but usually it requires nothing more than them using the land.
There are a couple of easy fixes, but you should look into it or you may regret it.
yes, a thousand times yes. We walked away from a house purchase that had some adverse possession issues regarding a fence. Survey showed one thing, reality another. Neighbor refused to move the fence as a condition of purchase, seller ended up suing neighbor and losing, we had already withdrawn our offer.
I want to (in fantasy land) annoy my neighbor regarding her cats, but I cannot come up with a satisfying act.
She didn’t declaw her cats because it too cruel. They have basically shredded every window covering and piece of furniture in her house so now she lets them out. We are 30 feet apart (basically deck to deck) with no barriers between us, but the last 40 feet of my backyard is left natural so this has become a “hunting ground” for the cats. Every time the cats pass through or frolic below my window, my dogs freak out and go on a barking frenzy. I have had to remove the bird feeders and bird bath from my deck because I am simply luring my feathered friends to their death. She leaves her patio door open for them to come and go. (no screens as they were also shredded) Almost daily the nice kitties are brining her gifts of birds, squirrels and baby rabbits.
Her response to these “gifts” is that the victims are stupid enough to get caught. Her response to neighbors complaining about the cats in their yards is that they are hateful people.
Kajon–suggest that her kitties have their claws clipped (not removed). Sounds like they really like to hunt.
Or buy a super soaker squirt gun and spray them a couple times.If you can surprise them with it and they associate it with your property maybe they’ll stay off. Or let your dogs out so the cats have a tad of fear of your place.
I’ve always wanted to ignite a paper bag full of dog poo in the front porch of the man who was ultimately responsible for me losing my job a few years back.
I really wanted to use our 60 year old blue toilet as a planter in the front yard after last year’s bathroom renovation. DH wouldn’t let me, then the fussy next door neighbor died.
