Trespassers

[Jstpssng]

A couple thousand square feet can mean a "lot" to many people.

Especially to somebody who needs it to enter and exit their property.

 

[TheMan419]

I am continually amazed at how incompetent some people are about their own property lines. We have a fellow in this area who has encroached onto every property adjacent to his. Nice guy, but I believe he’s just really dumb. I don’t understand that because if there’s one thing I take the time to know well, it’s my property lines.

Buckeyefarmer, if you keep having issues, try to come to a neutral agreement with the neighbor to have an independent survey done and whoever is wrong will pay the cost. Sometimes that’s enough to call their bluff when they learn the cost.

To my north is a road, to the east is a county maintained drainage ditch. To the south is woods. In that woods there is an old fence line that I suspect approximates the property line. To my west it is an open field to the neighbor. There is a line of poles on that line. Line is ~1200 feet. There are 3 or 4 poles on that line that I suspect approximates the property line. Other than that I do not know EXACTLY where the lines are. However the neighbor to the west and I have agreed to just mow about to the post line. If he comes a bit over on my side to mow or me a bit on his side we don't really care. We both just want the area to look neat and tidy.

 

[tradosaurus]

I cut a 1.1 mile walking trail around my 45 acres. On part of it I cut the trail close to the existing barbed wire fence.
I assumed the fence was the property line but after looking at my survey I found out my trail is on the neighbors property.

 

[MossRoad]

To my north is a road, to the east is a county maintained drainage ditch. To the south is woods. In that woods there is an old fence line that I suspect approximates the property line. To my west it is an open field to the neighbor. There is a line of poles on that line. Line is ~1200 feet. There are 3 or 4 poles on that line that I suspect approximates the property line. Other than that I do not know EXACTLY where the lines are. However the neighbor to the west and I have agreed to just mow about to the post line. If he comes a bit over on my side to mow or me a bit on his side we don't really care. We both just want the area to look neat and tidy.

When we lived in the city, we lived on a corner lot. The neighbor behind us liked to mow our side yard that face our side street, which his house faced. That way, it looked neat and tidy and like he had a much larger front yard than he really did. I did not mind, because that too care of 1/3 of my mowing. So in return, I'd do all their snow in the winter. Their sidewalk up to their front door, and the entire alley on our other side, back to their garage and their driveway.

It's pretty nice having neighbors that you like and get along with.

 

[kenmbz]

My neighbor travels a lot. When a tree falls of it snows I take care of their driveway.
I care for most of the shared road.
If he is home, he will start plowing if I haven't done it yet.
So we work pretty well.
Once I had to cover them for a whole winter, they got me a restaurant gift card.

Nice to have them next door.

 

[Torvy]

When we lived in the city, we lived on a corner lot. The neighbor behind us liked to mow our side yard that face our side street, which his house faced. That way, it looked neat and tidy and like he had a much larger front yard than he really did. I did not mind, because that too care of 1/3 of my mowing. So in return, I'd do all their snow in the winter. Their sidewalk up to their front door, and the entire alley on our other side, back to their garage and their driveway.

It's pretty nice having neighbors that you like and get along with.

Reminds me of how things were when we lived in Waukesha. 1st one out with the snow blower usually did about 3-4 houses worth of sidewalks. If anyone was injured or out of town, the rest of us just did the driveways, too. It was a strange, unspoken agreement. I always figured that once I went the first 50 feet, it was easy to just keep going. The sidewalk police would ticket you if you didn't get them cleared.

I've had bad neighbors. Really makes you appreciate good ones.

 

[Jstpssng]

I've had bad neighbors. Really makes you appreciate good ones.

I've read about bad neighbors here. Really makes me appreciate the ones I have.

 

[MossRoad]

The black X was our first house.
The people behind us were in their early 80s when we moved in.
The people next to them were as well.
The green stripes was what the neighbor would mow 3 seasons so the Polish stripes would match his lawn (It's a Polish joke in our area).
The blue lines are what snow I'd remove in winter.

I think about everyone on that block was retired and we were the only ones in our 20s!

We became great friends with several, but the ones right behind us were the best. We could talk to each other while eating if the windows were open. We'd go for Sunday drives with them, and I'd go fishing with him. Sometimes they'd bring us a ton of fruit and then it was a race to see if she or my wife could get the other one a pie first!

I miss them. He passed away after we lived there about 8 years, and she moved away with her daughter.

 

[MossRoad]

Had to edit the photo... the more I thought about it, the more snow I cleared!

All of those "old" folks in the neighborhood found out I had a degree in TV repair, so I was constantly helping them with their massive Curtis Mathes TVs.

the "most expensive television set in America, and darn well worth it",



I was offered a lot of cocktails at noon!

 

[ponytug]

The black X was our first house.
The people behind us were in their early 80s when we moved in.
The people next to them were as well.
The green stripes was what the neighbor would mow 3 seasons so the Polish stripes would match his lawn (It's a Polish joke in our area).
The blue lines are what snow I'd remove in winter.

I think about everyone on that block was retired and we were the only ones in our 20s!

We became great friends with several, but the ones right behind us were the best. We could talk to each other while eating if the windows were open. We'd go for Sunday drives with them, and I'd go fishing with him. Sometimes they'd bring us a ton of fruit and then it was a race to see if she or my wife could get the other one a pie first!

I miss them. He passed away after we lived there about 8 years, and she moved away with her daughter.

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Sounds like awesome neighbors, but especially awesome first neighbors.

All the best,

Peter