Neighbor sneakily buries his ‘junk’ water heater on a nice couple's land despite them informing him that he's 15ft short of his property line: ‘Obviously, we’re furious’

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    Hello i'm wondering what made you think that it would be okay to bury junk on our property last night? In my opinion it is not okay! You're right. Wrong of me to do that. And it has been removed. I apologize Ok
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    Need help on how to respond to catching our neighbor burying major appliance on our property.
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    We bought five acres two years ago, and 4 acres are wooded. This year, we decided to fence our property to allow our lab to run around without worrying about her wandering too far. My husband met with each
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    bordering neighbor to inform them of our plans and to inquire about our property lines. The neighbors to the east and west of us were pretty close to what we considered accurate, plus we're leaving a buffer just
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    in case and to avoid potentially having to remove it if there ever was a dispute. When we met with our south bordering neighbor, he showed us where he considered our property line was, and it didn't
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    match up to what we thought, nor did it align with where our west neighbor's fence ended, being about 15-20 feet short of that. It was also evident that he had been busy digging up a lot of that part of the land and
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    had a lot of junk piled back there. My husband used a few aerial maps that showed the borders and also measured to get as close as we could without having to hire a surveyor. Based on that,
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    he confirmed our suspicions that the neighbor was short about 15 feet. My husband reached out to him and showed him his findings and evidence, and the neighbor seemed very
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    agreeable about it. He said he would clean up his mess and fill his dug trenches. Fast forward a few months to today when my husband tells me while he was walking our lab around the
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    property edge (we had it excavated to build the fence), he saw our neighbor with his tractor, and inside the bucket was an old water heater. He was headed to the southwest corner where our properties meet. My
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    husband was curious and loitered around slowly, walking towards that area. Sure enough, he saw our neighbors filling a trench on our property with dirt. The neighbor spots my husband and immediately jumps off his
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    tractor, coming straight up to him like he was trying to avoid my husband coming any further. He's acting strange and saying he's just filling the trench with dirt. My husband says,
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    "Okay, great. Sounds good." He continued walking our dog, knowing that he would come back and check what he was doing. So he comes back with a shovel, and not even two inches deep, he
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    connects with something hard. He entirely removes the dirt, uncovering the water heater. Obviously, we're furious over this. He acknowledges that this is our property but for some reason is being a complete hole and burying his trash on our property.
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    apothekary_... OP. 13h ago • What would you do? My husband took pictures and plans to text our neighbor, asking what he's thinking. I'm a little worried since I'm traveling for work; my husband is leaving tomorrow to meet me, and my mom is house-sitting. So, we're unable to monitor his actions.
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    guacamoleo 12h ago • I would just text him the picture with "come on dude". Hopefully he'll just be like "heh sorry I'll go get it" and you can stay friendly but he won't try and pull anything else
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    apothekary_farmer OP 11h ago • • My husband did exactly that. Hello i'm wondering what made you think that it would be okay to bury junk on our property last night? In my opinion it is not okay! You're right. Wrong of me to do that. And it has been removed. I apologize Ok G Honestly, this is the better outcome, but it is a bit unexpected, considering the absurdity of his actions. It's just so weird since we've been pretty neighborly up until now.
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    • Several... 13h ago • Dig it up and drop that in his front yard.
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    • apothekary_farmer OP 13h ago • This was literally my initial reaction. If only we had the equipment to do that. Maybe we can "borrow" his.
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    . Glittering-Visua... 13h ago Get a survey done first, once it's completed and official put up cameras (if possible). From there you'll know exactly where the property lines are and can start on your fence. You may be able to contact the EPA about it. Not sure on that one. But definitely start with the survey.
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    apothekary_farmer OP • 13h ago · Edited 13h ago • . . We were hoping to avoid getting it surveyed since the quotes we got were ~5k, but it seems it's necessary now. We also plan to install trail cams. I don't condone improper disposal regardless of whose property it's on but I believe we have every right to report it since he chose to dump it on ours. The audacity. I'm honestly not sure what offends us the most.
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    _I_Eternal_Ga... • 11h ago Scan that whole area with metal detector. There may be a dozen of objects and also used oil from vehicles dumped there.
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    sassybsassy • 11h ago. If you think that the water heater is the only thing buried on your property you are sadly mistaken. Remember when you took that walkabout the property lines and spoke to your neighbors? What was this
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    shifty neighbor doing? Had a trench dug and a bunch of metal on your property. Where do you think that metal went? You need to put some trail cameras up out there so you can keep an eye on your property.
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    Bimmer9721 · 10h ago • • Just get a survey done and show it to the guy. Its obvious he's not taking you serious. Start your fence right there in the area where he is burying his appliances.

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