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Jan1975
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Neighbor not taking care of house.
I am so super annoyed. We have only lived in our house for a few months. When we were looking at the house we noticed that the neighbor didn't mow their lawn that often. When we inquired we were told an old couple lives there. We said ok, we can deal, we will help them mow the lawn even. Well, after we bought the house we soon realized that the couple was older, like early 60's not OLD. In addition they have 2 older chidlren (mid-20s) living with them.
When I tell you it has been about a month or more since they have mowed their lawn, I am not joking. It is disgusting. We, and everyone in the neighborhood take such great care of our houses. It is a NICE place to live and they are ruining it. In addition, they took down part of their fence and just put it out on the curb about 2 months ago, it is still there. Clearly the nobody is going to move it.
The other day I noticed my neighbor across the street having words with the man that lives there, clearly he was upset that their house looks dishelved.
I am not sure what, if anything I can do. We are seriously considering planting huge property dividing trees to block them out. I am just so angry about this. 
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Posted 8/10/12 8:17 AM  |
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Cheeks24
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Neighbor not taking care of house.
You can try contacting your town and see what they say. I know if they end up doing the work the homeowners will get fined.
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| Posted 8/10/12 8:34 AM |
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maymama
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
call the town. they will have someone mow it and then bill the homeowners.
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go over and mow it yourselves. has anyone tried that? maybe that will embarrass them enough into realizing that they should really better maintain their property.
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| Posted 8/10/12 9:10 AM |
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CSK
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Neighbor not taking care of house.
you can call the town, that is pretty much your only option.
I don't know how bad it is, but unfortunately is something you can't change. I get somewhat embarrissed when my lawn is a mess, and it is sometimes when I let it go 2 weeks, but if it doesn't bother them, you yelling at them isn't going to make them mow the lawn.
my parents let their lawn grow, not to the point where its afoot high, but to thepoint its messy and unkempt. it doesn't bother my parents and my father is retired and mows the lawn himself, he has time for it. Its just the way they are.
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| Posted 8/10/12 10:02 AM |
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JDubs
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
i feel your frustration... the house next door to us is like this...we live in a nice, well-kept neighborhood otherwise... i did not know for months after moving in that the house next door was a rental (another neighbor told me).. trash was literally all over their lawn all the time (they never used a garbage can and seagulls would pick apart the trash and it would go everywhere), they never mowed and the weeds grew to high heaven, there was nothing we could do though... after a year or so they got evicted and new tenants came in (a bunch of different families)... these people are a little better but there is still weeds all over, DH just weedwacks the ones that are closest to our driveway. We would really love it if the landlord could sell the house to people that would like to own a house and would take care of it!
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| Posted 8/10/12 10:14 AM |
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Jan1975
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
Posted by CSK
you can call the town, that is pretty much your only option.
I don't know how bad it is, but unfortunately is something you can't change. I get somewhat embarrissed when my lawn is a mess, and it is sometimes when I let it go 2 weeks, but if it doesn't bother them, you yelling at them isn't going to make them mow the lawn.
my parents let their lawn grow, not to the point where its afoot high, but to thepoint its messy and unkempt. it doesn't bother my parents and my father is retired and mows the lawn himself, he has time for it. Its just the way they are.
The lawn is over a foot high in some places, it is really bad. I can see going 2 weeks without mowing, not a big deal, but this has been well over a month! I think ever since my other neighbor yelled at him that he is doing it out of spite now. They are not friendly at all, they do not even say hello when I wave.
There is no way my DH would mow their lawn!
I will try calling the town, at least for the debris they left on the street. I doubt they can do anything about the lawn, but who knows, maybe it will embarass them enought.
What I don't understand is that they have 2 grown children living with them (one being a man) and they do nothing to help out. I don't need the lawn manicured perfectly, but maintaining it would be nice!!!
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| Posted 8/10/12 10:19 AM |
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curley999
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
I can relate to the fustration, although Im not sure there is much that can be done. The block I live on is all owner occupied homes that are nicely taken care of EXCEPT for the house next door to me. It is a rental with a landlord who is an alcoholic and gambler and rents to low class people, so no one cares about the house. The grass is a foot high, the sidewalk and concrete are a mess, gutters hanging.....it is horrible to have to live next to a crap house. We just wait it out and hope he sells or it goes to foreclosure and someone else can buy it. Good luck!
ETA: We do NOT mow their lawn, becuase then they come to expect it! We learned that lesson already!
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| Posted 8/10/12 10:31 AM |
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summertime
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
That really sucks! Why not call some landscapers and set up appointments for them, maybe they will get the hint 
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| Posted 8/10/12 10:38 AM |
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lbride
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
definitely call the town. Many towns have fines if you do not mow your lawn.
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| Posted 8/13/12 10:03 PM |
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AScottWolf
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
Posted by maymama
call the town. they will have someone mow it and then bill the homeowners.
This. First they will get a summons and if it's not cut within the certain period of time the above will happen.
My mom's called on different neighbors about this several times.
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| Posted 8/14/12 2:41 PM |
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fdnywife
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Re: Neighbor not taking care of house.
Id talk to the neighbor across the street to see what the reasoning is. Id also plant something to block the view.
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| Posted 8/14/12 11:54 PM |
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