Helpful neighbor!

Shield Arc · Mar 27, 2014

Honestly I'm not a bad guy!

I don't mind helping my neighbors. 82 year old lady who lives just east of my 5-acres got turned into the health department for having house hold garbage in the yard, and tires. Her grandson came over and asked if I could help, they don't even own a pickup. I took my truck, dump trailer, tractor with grapple over to her house. I spent a week cleaning up her place. 6-loads to the dump. 94 tires to the dump:shocked:. Luckily the county paid for the dump fees. Sure it cost me some diesel, but my time and equipment mean nothing.
There are a couple members here who have been to my place, I don't think a one of them would mind having me for a neighbor.

murphy1244 · Mar 27, 2014

Shield Arc said:
Honestly I'm not a bad guy! I don't mind helping my neighbors. 82 year old lady who lives just east of my 5-acres got turned into the health department for having house hold garbage in the yard, and tires. Her grandson came over and asked if I could help, they don't even own a pickup. I took my truck, dump trailer, tractor with grapple over to her house. I spent a week cleaning up her place. 6-loads to the dump. 94 tires to the dump:shocked:. Luckily the county paid for the dump fees. Sure it cost me some diesel, but my time and equipment mean nothing.
There are a couple members here who have been to my place, I don't think a one of them would mind having me for a neighbor.

Only if you can Weld...:laughing::drink:

Furu · Mar 27, 2014

We could all be so lucky to have a neighbor like Shield Arc. Wish he was a bit closer.

Shield Arc · Mar 27, 2014

murphy1244 said:
Only if you can Weld...:laughing::drink:

Well it's a work in progress, but I'm getting there.

Furu said:
We could all be so lucky to have a neighbor like Shield Arc. Wish he was a bit closer.

Thanks bud!

charlz · Mar 27, 2014

Shield Arc said:
Sure it cost me some diesel, but my time and equipment mean nothing.

And you probably got to clean up a neighborhood eyesore. I've got a neighbor with a place like that....

grsthegreat · Mar 27, 2014

i dont know. looking at all those sparks coming off of your i beam might keep me up at night

8N Ren · Mar 27, 2014

You'd fit in around here. I help you, you help me, we help people up the road, it all works out for the normal people. I wish you all the best with this massive p.I.t.a

jinman · Mar 28, 2014

Shield Arc, I wish you luck with this, but often I find that professionals like judges and lawyers are likely to trivialize the value of skilled labor. You are likely to hear, "It's just a fence, not the Great Wall of China! That, or something similar will be the attitude of people who don't do fences. I hope your hearing goes well and you get every penny you deserve. The best outcome for you would be to have your fence rebuilt to previous standards and your neighbor cease her harassment. You sure don't need this hassle over and over. Good luck!

jaotguy · Mar 28, 2014

might not be worth the effort,

but try to get 4 - 5 quotes from "professional fence companies" with a a NOTE showing why the "neighbor's fence is incorrectly installed and will fail shortly if left AS IS" ... then hand them to the prosecutor next time you see him / her ...

so if they trivialize the "fence" , the prosecutor will have some back ground into fencing and paperwork to back up your reasonable claims.

Shield Arc · Apr 2, 2014

Went to court again today. Postponed again until May 8th.

I over heard my neighbor's lawyer tell the prosecutor that his client was difficult to deal with.:laughing: He also said she says she doesn't understand what he is telling her. The prosecutor replied maybe we should have a mental evaluation done on her!:thumbsup:

k0ua · Apr 2, 2014

Shield Arc said:
Went to court again today. Postponed again until May 8th.
I over heard my neighbor's lawyer tell the prosecutor that his client was difficult to deal with.:laughing: He also said she says she doesn't understand what he is telling her. The prosecutor replied maybe we should have a mental evaluation done on her!:thumbsup:

I think they should have done that a looooong time ago:laughing:

dave1949 · Apr 2, 2014

In a just world, if your neighbor was found mentally unbalanced, they would lower the property taxes on all abutters.

I wonder what happens if she is found to be unable to comprehend legal proceedings? I'm not sure that is a good thing for you.

woodlandfarms · Apr 2, 2014

At this point I would think you should be adding to your claim as you have given up work and attorney's fees to be there.

murphy1244 · Apr 2, 2014

woodlandfarms said:
At this point I would think you should be adding to your claim as you have given up work and attorney's fees to be there.

And should be paying us for all our help!

Shield Arc · Apr 2, 2014

woodlandfarms said:
At this point I would think you should be adding to your claim as you have given up work and attorney's fees to be there.

I'm retired, my time means nothing. Not costing me a thing, our tax dollars at work.

newbury · Apr 2, 2014

murphy1244 said:
And should be paying us for all our help!

Or we should be paying for the entertainment value!

grsthegreat · Apr 2, 2014

the aggravation is costing you big time

Arc weld · Apr 2, 2014

"Difficult to deal with" :laughing: I've heard that exact saying before... from a realtor! I was looking at some land adjacent to a land fill for my MX track. After making an offer, I discovered some interesting facts about the property that the realtor failed to disclose. #1, half of it couldn't be developed because of the land fill and the land fill would eventually take it over. It couldn't be subdivided and had other restrictions as well. The realtor for the seller was a big shot and in fact the president of the real estate board that year. This was a small potatoes property. Why was he even involved??? A meeting was set up to discuss these new issues and I would be rescinding my offer. They offered to take $1000 off the asking price saying the land would be valuable because the land fill would have to buy it. I doubt the county would asses it very high if they had to buy it down the road. I said this meeting was a waste of time. By the time I drove home, there was a message on phone that now they were willing to take $3000 off. I called the realtor and said no, not enough. He said, "You don't understand, I have a very difficult client"

My gut feeling is the woman who owned the land bought it from the realtor several years before and never did her do diligence but now is on the realtors case to sell her "garbage" property.

dmccarty · Apr 3, 2014

grsthegreat said:
the aggravation is costing you big time

Aggravation is a mental state that is under one's own control. I wish I had learned that lesson when I was much younger! :laughing::laughing::laughing:

Surely it is easy to say, and sometimes very hard to do, but I am learning.

Me thinks the initial aggravation was when the OP's fence was torn down. At this point, one can look at the situation as a waste of time and painful, i.e., an aggravation or as a way to settle the issue or even get back at the nut job. One adds stress to your life, the other not so much.

Later,
Dan