Drama in the hood

To say that my neighbors neglected yard pisses us off is an understatement.

It grates my nerves so badly I took the time out of my evening to put together these labeled photos to submit to our homeowners after complaining for MONTHS with no improvement.

We have even had discussions with the renter (who barely speaks english and mows in random patterns to hack down only some of the weeds in his yard, but not all since its a random pattern) Make sense right!? Let's also note this is a corner lot so its much larger than most.

After several angry calls I finally found out some encouraging info.

The owner lives in California.

This is a rental (which we knew).

They were scheduled to have a hearing FINALLY this Tuesday.

If they dont clean things up in 10 days post hearing they will get fined $100/day from here on out till they clean up the property. Anytime they violate the policy in the future they will be fined daily. Bring it on!

Feel free to enjoy what we look at EVERY DAY.

As the notes read the lot has not been edged in over a year.

This was put together so you could see how terrible the mow job is and how neglected their landscaping is. This does not however do justice to their mow job.

This is what really kills me. ALL weeds and dirt. This yard has never been fertilized in the 3 years we have lived here...never treated for weed control. NOTHING.

Oh and lawn maintenance is part of our home owners policy.

In addition to neighbors that don't mow we also have neighbors that like to use their front porch as a parking spot. This neighbor even took it to the extreme of creating a ramp from the driveway to the porch for the bike. I have a feeling we wont be seeing the motorcycle anymore after they receive their violation notice.

AND my ultimate favorite.

This is a view from my bathroom window.

Since our house is the last house on our street we have three lots backyards to the side of our house. This neighbor has been nothing by drama.

First they had a portable hoop on their 12x12 cement patio. Illegal in our hood. Removed.

Next they installed a permanent hoop on their back patio. Illegal in our hood. Removed

Next they put up a fence.

One year later....

They expanded their patio to the length of the entire house and put a stamped finish on it.

We thought we were in the clear.

During this time both the permanent hoop and portable hoop sandwiched the sides of their house. Illegal in our hood. After months of complaining. MOVED to backyard inside fence.

One day I noticed that a post had been cemented in the ground.

Yup we were stalking there yard.

Booyah.

That bad boy permanent hoop was back up in no time.

PISSED I tell ya. LIVID.

When that kid plays ball the sound bounces off our house and it is so loud.

The great news of the day. The hoop was never submitted for approval by the hood. So they will get a violation notice. They will have to submit a request for the hoop. They will decline it and it will have to be removed.

I guess I really need to attend some upcoming hood meetings.

These people are crazy!?!