back in '75, I had my house built down in the woods on a dead end road. The road had been extended to twice its length to reach where I was to have my home located. I could have run around butt naked and not have anyone see me except for my family. I didn't try that (I wanted to just to say I did it). I enjoyed the isolation of my location and that it is a dead end road. As it is, I am but 3-4 miles from most things I might need.
I guess he's not planning on moving away! And apparently whatever complaints he has made about food truck neighbor have gone nowhere. Live free or die, baby! I had a brief chat with him when he moved in, and he said they both worked in Burlington, but had property up north, and planned to retire there. His wife seems normal, but I haven't spoken with her at all.
Ended up placing rock on my alley side of the property because of multiple close call near hits to our camper by neighbor kids where we used to park it for winter in our yard. Yes in the yard, not on street side or in alley. Wife agreed to need for a barrier so I got rocks, nowhere near what this guy did size wise though. In less than 6 months after placing my discouragement to vehicular travel yard decor the neighbors kid had his car high centered on a rock and by the time he panicked and ram jammed the car to dislodge it he accomplished bending the rear axle to the point of undrivable. Mother threatened to sue me, my insurance agent informed her my rock in my yard didn't run out in front of her kid as he was in my yard while he was operating a motor vehicle on my private property and perhaps I should contact the PD to inform them of an unreported car accident resulting in damage on my property. Little puke rolled a rock the size of a 30 gallon drum 10 feet under his axle before it popped off. Haven't heard a peep since.
My neighbor did similar, it was to his advantage that he worked at a gravel pit. Teenage kids blowing Donuts in his front yard. Sure stop the problem real fast. I don't have the problem because the road is 3 1/2 feet higher than my field right next to it. In short, if they go on the yard at 30 miles an hour the frame breaks and they're still there when I get home
Yes, rocks are in pickup guys yard. But the pickup was parked on the street when the food truck hit it.
Well, one of my other neighbors, who lives around the corner, had made a project of calling the city code enforcer about the food truck guy. Today, he told me that the code officer finally came out and had a look, and declared the food truck guy's property "blighted". The city sent a letter, giving him 14 days to correct various violations, after which he will be fined by the day. This is what part of the front yard looks like now. Food truck guy himself is still in Chile. His son is living there, and the wife is around infrequently.
I live out in the country and there are a lot of places that look like that. I think it’s their right to have their property look any way they want as long as oil or chemicals aren’t leaching into the ground. I guess it’s different in suburban areas.
Suburban, sure. When a neighbors property devalues your own property or can even scare away potential buyers of your property, that is where it can be a problem. Especially close lots.
There is a property in our city that is maybe a half acre, post war ranch house. It was a nice house and we'll maintained yard. Current "occupiers" started driving vehicles around the house like a track. One neighbor put up a 6 foot vinyl fence for privacy. Fence got all muddied up and now lawn at "occupied" house is destroyed and vehicles parked on the former front lawn. The neighbor now will most likely suffer a property value loss if they try to sell.
Midwinter , GLAD the city is taking steps! Ihave only heard Blight for plants before. I cannot see how bad his property is from the picture, blighted because of oil slick? Sunk into and coated the dirt? Junk all over?, too many vehicles, or?
If your town does not allow unregistered car(s ) on the property in a residential zone then they could be considered a blight just due to the fact they are unregistered.
I grew up nextdoor to a trashy house and could write pages and pages of stories. White trash of the purest form. They're still there, as are my parents. The best thing that could happen to that neighborhood is for one of their many chimney fires to burn the house down. I have no sympathy for bad neighbors.
I was told by the neighbor who made the complaint that two issues are: more than one commercial vehicle parked on the lawn, and his dilapidated fence, which you can't see in the picture. There is random stuff strewn everywhere, I hope that's something he has to clean up too.
