Entitled neighbor Karen claims ownership of public alley through homeowner’s backyard, builds illegal fences to block access, escalates to surveillance when she gets shut down: ‘Not sure what she's trying to do but, jokes on her’

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  • Entitled neighbor claims ownership of my back yard

    "That's when she tells me that it's her property, not mine"
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  • For context: Imagine a capital L. At the top of the L is a house owned by a man I'll call Jim.
  • At the corner of the L is where EN lives, I'll call her Karen. The bottom of the L is my house.
  • There is an ally that runs between Jim and Karen's houses and through my back yard. I park behind my house so have to have access to the back part of the ally.
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  • Karen lives on street A, I live on street B and have access to ally from my street so I don't even drive past her house to get behind mine.
  • Well, Jim had yard work done and the landscaper pulled his truck (with lawnmower) through back half of the ally coming from my street and parked behind me.
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  • I had to go to the store and asked him to backup, which he did. I come back a while later with groceries and Karen is out back yelling at Jim
  • about having his "company" parking on her property. She says that she is going to put a fence at the end of the ally (which is in my yard) to prevent anyone from using the ally.
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  • I overhear this and ask her what's going on and she responds by telling me it's non of my GD business. I said it is my business if she is planning to put a fence up on my property.
  • That's when she tells me that it's her property, not mine and that I am not legally allowed to drive on her property and if I don't start parking on the street she is going to put up a fence right behind my car to block me in.
  • I tell her that she can not block my car in and that the ally is public ally not her property and that the ally runs through part of my back yard so I have every right to use it.
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  • Jim has since told his company to park on the street as he wants nothing to do with the problem. I looked up zoning maps to prove that the ally is indeed a public ally and not owned by any of the houses.
  • Karen did put a fence up, directly behind my car, on my property. My husband called the police and they told her to move it so she did.
  • She moved it so that it goes across the ally preventing anyone from accessing her side of it. I don't really care because I don't use her side but she's also posted no trespassing signs all over her property
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  • and a private drive sign in the ally. So far nothing else has happened but I have noticed that when my son, mom or myself are outside, Karen will come out and stand on her back porch and watch us.
  • I even caught her writing down my Moms license plate number the other day. Not sure what she's trying to do but if her goal is to try to get me evicted or something, jokes on her.
  • My mom owns this house. So far I'm just trying to ignore her but I always feel like I have walk on pins and needles when I go outside because I never know when she's going to come out and spy on me.
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  • Should I give in and just park on the street or continue to use my back parking space to keep the peace?

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