Entitled boomer causes $100k damage to neighbor's house, calls police to complain about separate issue and accidentally snitches on himself: 'The gloves are off now'

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Isabella Penn
Jul 28, 2024 12:00 PM EDT

This neighbor is the ultimate male Karen, and probably the worst type of neighbor you could get stuck next to. The family that lives in the neighboring house went out of town for vacation for two weeks. Within that time, they made sure to have housesitters to keep an eye on things for them while they were away. Well, when one of the housesitters arrived, he immediately noticed something odd about the backyard. A large pipe was used to drain the runoff from the house's AC units into the yard. But the pipe was clogged. When he was investigating the issue, the entitled neighbor (who is also a Boomer, if that helps paint the picture for you) stormed over to yell at the man for being on his property. Things escalated quickly, and the Boomer called the cops on the man. Well, the cops had no interest in the man who clearly was not maliciously trespassing on the neighbor's yard; they were more interested in the extreme damage that they found when they entered the home of the family on vacation. Oops. 

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    r/BoomersBeing Fools • 10 hr. ag GingerBelvoir Boomer neighbor causes $100K damage in house
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    My niece has a next door neighbor, Lou, who is a typical Boomer • He's just a very unpleasant guy who will complain about minor "infractions", like cutting your grass and getting clippings on his driveway, but he won't hesitate to blow his leaves into her yard when cleaning his yard. Like I said, a real
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    My niece and her little boy went on a 2- week trip to the UK and my teen son house sit for them the first week. There were no issues. They were due back on Monday evening and her ex-husband (who she's still friendly with) stopped by the house to make certain everything was in order, stock her fridge with some
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    essentials, etc. He was outside and noticed something unusual about a pipe. that ran down the outside of the house and emptied into the grass on the side of the house. The AC in their house has a kind of weird set up where there's an outside unit but also something up on the third floor, which is attached to the pipe
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    on the house. The condensation run off from the AC unit flows out of the pipe and empties into the yard. The next door, Lou, plugged the pipe. so that the run off wouldn't go on his driveway, which borders my niece's house. The plugged pipe caused all of
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    that run off to back up and spill out into the house. It ruined the carpet on the third floor and then dripped down into the bottom two floors and into the basement where it ruined clothes, furniture, toys, etc. My niece's ex didn't realize this yet when he discovered the plugged pipe. While he's examining the
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    pipe, Lou comes out to yell at him for being in his yard. They exchange words Boomer feelings and Lou got his hurt so he called the cops. I should mention that my niece's ex is Indian - a "brown" man that Lou probably mistakes as being Middle Eastern. The cops come
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    and, fortunately, realize that Lou is a and tell him to go back into his house and stop calling the cops on his neighbors for no good reason. At this point, nobody is aware yet of the damage in the house. But when the ex went into the house, he saw the dripping water, realized the
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    extent of the damage and concluded that the plugged pipe caused the destruction. He called the cops back out to see what had happened. Again, the cops were really cool. They looked at all the damaged areas, took pictures, and told my niece's ex to go to the police station. in the morning to file a police report
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    because the tampering on their property was likely criminal and the amount of damages they have sustained could elevate the charges to a felony. My nephew (niece's brother) is a lawyer, so he's in touch with the police to work that end of it. And my niece's home
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    insurance agent is a friend of hers. They've already sent out an adjustor to figure out damages. Our greatest hope is that Lou will face criminal charges for what he did and that my niece's home insurance company will sue the out of him to recoup the damages. I don't know,
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    I've never been through this before because I don't have Boomer neighbors who think they can go onto their neighbors' property and do whatever the they want. I think it will all work out for my niece but it's a tremendous hassle and it's
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    infuriating because Lou is such an and she walks on eggshells to keep him from unleashing his Boomer behavior. But the gloves are off now and we're going to unleash the most annoying, poor neighbor behavior we can on this guy. I'm over her house a lot so
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    we're talking loud music, barking dog, yelling kids. My son is a guitarist with an amp that goes to 11 LOL. It won't even take behavior that is obnoxious or disruptive to the entire neighborhood, though, because Lou is such an and he freaks out over anything. It won't
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    take much to drive him over the edge. Sorry for the long post, I just had to get this off my chest with a group of people I figured would be sympathetic.
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    • • GingerBelvoir OP 16h ago Edited 14h ago OK everybody, I've tried to update this post twice and I thought I was successful...I don't know if it's my old. GenX brain or Reddit but the edits weren't made. So I apologize for any confusion that could have been cleared up with those earlier edits.
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    A common question is: how do we know. Lou plugged the pipe? He told the cops...twice! He actually rigged something to direct the water away from back to my niece's property. When the police came out the first time (when Lou called), my niece's ex told them that Lou tampered with the pipe and when they asked him, he confirmed that he did. When they came out the second time (when the ex called after discovering the damage inside), the police talked to Lou again and
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    told him about the damage. Not only did he try to deny what he had done, he didn't show an ounce of regret for what he had done. Also, I don't know the specifics of what happened with the AC system to cause the flooding. The information I have was conveyed by my niece's ex, who spoke
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    with one of the cops who happened to be a former HVAC tech before he joined the force. The HVAC company is coming out tomorrow for a more thorough assessment. Finally, yes, I totally agree that security cameras are an absolute necessity and my
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    niece is ordering them. Thanks for reading and for your comments and suggestions for petty revenge LOL I promise I will keep you all updated as this progresses.
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    whoinvitedthesepeopl⚫20h ago The woe this idiot is going to get for all this property damage will likely be enough to make him regret his life choices. No need to be a disturbance to everyone else in the neighborhood.
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    TurtleDive1234 20h ago Oh wow! So not only is criminally liable, but also civilly. Tell your niece to lawyer up if her brother can't represent her.
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    RoboSpammm Gen X . 20h ago The audacity of that Boomer! Your neice needs to install security cameras and floodlights and a 10ft high privacy fence with locks. Please keep us posted on the outcome.
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