maryg
Member
I live in a sub-dived neighborhood. I have this over-powering neighbor that is from New York! (I was originally born there but lived in Florida since infancy)
Like many folks from up that ways, they come down here and think they own the whole damn earth! Our neighborhood is between 200K and 300K homes. Now he and I have the exact same home! He has a pool (a large bathtub due to code restrictions) and too much landscaping and thinks he is god! He also has all these weird statues and a large fountain in the middle of his yard. His place is nice but way over the top compared to the rest of us.
We in our county we have what is called the "right of way" that is the small strip of grass in the front of your house between "your property" and the street. We all maintain ours and what not. Now our house is a bit of a parking lot. My mother lives with me and I also have two kids that drive and my husband and I both have cars too and our boat. My daughter's boyfriend comes over often and parks in the right of way in front of our house behind my mother's car. When he enters this area he sometimes has to drive a foot or two in my neighbors "right of way". This guy complained about him "driving in HIS grass" and now put up wooden stakes! (which is a code violation BYW)
Yesterday her bf knocked one over and he told me and I knew this jerk was gonna come over and run his mouth. Well we got into a screaming match and I told him it was the county's grass not his and so on. He also has a flower bed that is encroaching in my property but I let it go for a few years until NOW! I told him he needs to move back his plants and that the sticks were a violation and I even called the county office because he doesn't have a permit for his fence! I may have gone overboard but he is a jerk and he and his wife make smartass coments about my custom built wooden fence because it isn't plastic/PVC like his. His blew away in one of the hurricanes and my crappy fence didn't even budge. Lol...
I am sorry but I had to vent. Did I go overboard? Or does this creep need a lesson in southern hospitality and being a decent neighbor?
Like many folks from up that ways, they come down here and think they own the whole damn earth! Our neighborhood is between 200K and 300K homes. Now he and I have the exact same home! He has a pool (a large bathtub due to code restrictions) and too much landscaping and thinks he is god! He also has all these weird statues and a large fountain in the middle of his yard. His place is nice but way over the top compared to the rest of us.
We in our county we have what is called the "right of way" that is the small strip of grass in the front of your house between "your property" and the street. We all maintain ours and what not. Now our house is a bit of a parking lot. My mother lives with me and I also have two kids that drive and my husband and I both have cars too and our boat. My daughter's boyfriend comes over often and parks in the right of way in front of our house behind my mother's car. When he enters this area he sometimes has to drive a foot or two in my neighbors "right of way". This guy complained about him "driving in HIS grass" and now put up wooden stakes! (which is a code violation BYW)
Yesterday her bf knocked one over and he told me and I knew this jerk was gonna come over and run his mouth. Well we got into a screaming match and I told him it was the county's grass not his and so on. He also has a flower bed that is encroaching in my property but I let it go for a few years until NOW! I told him he needs to move back his plants and that the sticks were a violation and I even called the county office because he doesn't have a permit for his fence! I may have gone overboard but he is a jerk and he and his wife make smartass coments about my custom built wooden fence because it isn't plastic/PVC like his. His blew away in one of the hurricanes and my crappy fence didn't even budge. Lol...
I am sorry but I had to vent. Did I go overboard? Or does this creep need a lesson in southern hospitality and being a decent neighbor?
