Karen Doesn't Like Neighbor's New Fence, Launches 5 Year Campaign Against It

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    Font - ownlife909 OP· 2 days ago · edited 2 days ago 2 Backstory: when we moved in 5 years ago, there was 20+ years worth of overgrowth between our house and the neighbors house. It was all weeds, and full of poison ivy. We asked our neighbor if she wanted to split the cost of clearing it, and she said she couldn't afford it. So we offered to do 75/25 (about $1,000 for us), and she agreed. Once we cleared all the crap out of there, we found an old, rusty, mangled wire fence along the property li
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    Font - We were planning on building a more open fence anyway (using galvanized cattle fencing), but we couldn't build it right on the property line because there were also two enormous stumps right over the line on her side that didn't allow it. So we built the fence about 6 inches onto our property. We also built the fence ourselves, so it took about a month. We paid for everything 100% ourselves, and didn't ask for anything from her. Over the course of that month, she'd remark that it was look
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    Font - She ended up calling the county on us to report a permit violation (there was no violation), and started a 5+ year campaign of low key harassment- putting up signs in her yard, throwing weeds over the fence, parking her car really close to ours on the street... last I heard from her, she was telling neighbors she thought we were drug dealers because of all the caregivers that come to our house for my terminally ill wife. Eventually she ended up spending a month+ grinding out the stump her
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    Font - 10/26/2017 To: From: Due to your removal and failure to replace the original location of the fence along the boundary between our two properties, my yard is no longer enclosed. A thirty inch space at the front and a twelve inch gap in the back constitutes a hazard, endangering the safety of my grandson and his dog whenever they visit, as either can easily wander out into the street. Due to your amateurish and blundering construction, there remains a severe drop off where my property is a
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    Rectangle - In response to your letter of 10/27/17: as you stated that you have made arrangements to address the issue of the downward slope between our properties, I am going to postpone any further plans to erect a fence. Once you have finished any work you plan to do, I will then decide what steps still need to be taken to ensure the safety of my family. The stones and other materials are within the property line on my side and can remain there until such time as I see you intend to keep to y
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    Font - 11/5/17 There have been no "misunderstandings". There have only been lies. You profess to have made arrangements to fix the downward slope on your property. It is rather laughable that you can make statements like this knowing full well that no such arrangements have been made. Remember, any work done on the property line has to have my written permission. You made no such approach to me about any work to be done. In fact, you made no request to me about removing the original fence. You s
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    Font - dawno64 · 2 days ago If it's built within your property line, she can't do anything about it, and it sounds like she doesn't do much with her yard anyway if poison ivy and everything else was there. Guy bought the house behind me and tore down the privacy fence between yards.His yard is tiny, like 8 x 20 ft, so I didn't blame him for wanting it to feel less enclosed ... until he started criticizing my yard because he wanted everything perfect. I told him dandelions are pretty and walked a
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    Font - d4everman - 2 days ago We again asked her if we could remove it and put up a new fence, and she said "sure, just don't make it a privacy fence, it makes my back yard feel closed in!" This is where you lost me. I would have built a privacy fence just for spite. If you're on your property who the hell is she to say you can't build a privacy fence? I'd give 0 F***'s if her yard feels closed in. 306 Reply Share …. ownlife909 OP · 2 days ago Ha- well, we had only moved in about 6 months before
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    Font - burnorama6969 · 2 days ago As a landscaper, all of her complaints are her problems. Especially about her complaining there fence being used as a retaining wall. Laws are different everywhere but generally speaking fences cannot act as a retaining wall, which is why she's getting one installed and not another fence. 231 Reply Share ownlife909 OP - 2 days ago Exactly. These houses are about 70 years old- there has never been a retaining wall there in all that time because the drop is less t

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