‘I can barely enjoy my own home’: Entitled neighbor uses leaf blower 6+ times a day and blows leaves and garbage onto man's lawn, man is seeking creative revenge

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Lana DeGaetano • "Show me to me please."
Oct 26, 2024 1:00 PM EDT

The best part about not living in an HOA is that you get to decide how your house and lawn should be kept (within neighborhood parameters, of course). A lot of folks have left HOAs because they didn't want to pay the strict fees or abide but nonsensical rules that would ultimately result in a hefty fine if they're not followed closely. Even without HOAs, though, neighbors will find a way to make anything you do as a homeowner seem evil.

The man in this Reddit story has been dealing with an ex-lawncare employee blowing leaves all over his front lawn, in addition to his own trash and trespasses while doing so. The man expresses that the neighbor plays "Fake Nice" whenever he asks him to stop blowing the leaves all over his lawn, which he does 6+ times a day. You'd think that after three or so years of being asked to do something, the neighbor would finally give up his annoying ways and small-minded beliefs about how lawns should look. If you thought that, you'd unfortunately be wrong. The neighbor won't let up, and the man in the story is seeking more creative revenge, on top of filing a city complaint on the situation.

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    Yesterday he used the leaf blower 6 times
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    I share a drive with a lawn guy, a previous landscaper. Ive had issues from day 1 of him being controlling about my grass etc, coming onto my property to mow unsolicited and mowing stuff over, I had to ask him to stay off my property
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    and put up no tresspassing signs after 3 years of "hey, what are you doing over here? Ummm ok thanks please stay on your property" They're Nice Community People who if you try to calmly talk to them or ask
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    them anything they get. defensive Fake Nice and say they've never done anything, told me I'm difficult, etc. But this man leaf blows up to 6 times a day. He uses it on his car, on snow, on trash instead of picking it
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    up (i had to put up barriers on my side of the drive because he kept blowing trash and all over my stuff). I had to ask him last fall nicely to remove all the leaves he blew up against my house for an entire winter and then he took that as permission to
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    tresspass and blow leaves. around my entire house (??). For awhile I thought he was trying to help, since he kept saying so, but it became very clear from his attitude, defensiveness, and compulsive tresspassing
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    that he's mad I like having a more natural lawn (within the law, it's not a disaster, there's just weeds for pollinators etc, we are not in an HOA) Since reasoning and being kind and communicating didn't work I had to tell
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    him no leaf blowing on my side of the property line. (down the drive), so now he just walks down the property line exactly still blowing that Mac truck. loud blower everywhere and pointing it at my home. still. I like to sit on the porch, listen to the birds
    via ManonApologist
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    and try to meditate, all I get to hear is his leaf blower. And all the birds and stuff leave, too. I can barely enjoy my own home. He does it within hours that are acceptable, so I'm not sure a noise complaint
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    will work. It's so bad that before I put my foot down I couldn't even enjoy being in my own living room. Now I still hear it, but I am not actively avoiding half my house. I also just got diagnosed with Autism, which he
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    knew this from being on my social media (they) were overly friendly and wanted to be buddies at first, it was weird, i think they just wanted go spy because they're also really into standing in the yard and staring). But my point
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    is he knows I have autism and is still doing this. Other neighbors are also ped about this guy too. But literally, 6 times? I'm going insane. He won't do all the leaf blowing at once, does a little at a time and makes it a 1 - 3 hr intermittent ordeal (I've
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    timed it, I feel like I'm climbing the walls). Is there ANYTHING I can do? I filed a city complaint, but since he keeps within noise hours I dont think they're going to care.
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    KlutzyBlueDuck . 1d ago • He is just doing this to mess with you because he hates the way your lawn looks. Personally I would go hard core with the natural lawn and look into the programs offered for them. Also be super friendly with the other neighbors that are annoyed with this guy. Maybe try and get everyone else into the whole natural lawn or
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    sections of lawn for pollinators. You can get free flower seeds for them in the mail from a lot of different places. Just make sure they match your gardening zone. Also try to get the neighbors to switch their porch lights, I think it's blue that are bat friendly. That's good for the mosquitos in the summer. I'm sure he would totally not be annoyed by that.
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    chillum... 1d ago • • Some towns are imposing a ban on leaf blowers. Is his ridiculously loud? Get a decibel meter.
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    obvsn... • 21h ago. Get your own leaf blower and go out every time he does and blow back at him
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    Histori... 21h ago • . It's time YOU bought a leaf blower and use it at the most inappropriate times.
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    phylbert57 • $ 22h ago. I would be tempted to be super petty with this just to him off. Like stand outside and say; Hey, I saw a leaf fall in your back yard. Oh, there's another one. Etc. Etc.
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    joolster 1d ago • . No, it's time for a different more creative approach. Find something that winds him up and start doing it when he does something you've asked him many times not to.
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    Do it consistently. Needs to be something that nobody else would see a problem with so that only he knows. what you're up to ☺
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