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ParticipantHow tall is the damn playhouse? If it isn’t on stilts on both ends, it doesn’t give any better view than that from the eyes of an adult man standing on the slope. And there’s no rule against standing in one’s own back yard.
And guess what — a few years ago, a wise young lady invented a thing called “curtains.” Perhaps someone should send them a Laura Ashley catalog as a polite hint.
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Crap shoot. You may lose money in 5 years if the market tanks, or if the market shoots up, you may gain money in a year (as people who bought ca. late 2012 did till now).
ParticipantAnd all that said, if same said neighbor is downwind, maybe you should take up smoking foods on an outdoor smoker.
How about acquiring a medical MJ license and smoking near the property line? Set up a support group for arthritis patients and have them meet at the house in the back yard. I can see Evil Neighbor’s child — “daddddddy, moommmmmy, what’s that smell?”
If it’s a support group, it would be an activity protected by disability rights laws, so if the HOA fined you, you could come down on the maternal lovers like a ton of hidebound lawbooks.
ParticipantAs the previous poster pointed out, most higher end neighborhoods require landscaping approval, hence you likely really are in violation unless the playhouse is so small it’s readily movable by a single person.
In the back yard? So long as it’s kept clean and free of nuisances (say stagnant water in a pool that’s breeding insects or old food that’s attracting vermin), I don’t get why it should be an HOA issue.
ParticipantThere are already Lenovo branded phones, not sure if commonly sold in the US.
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Guess what — one can move to a different neighborhood. Or, at least when buying a condo, one can read the HOA board meeting minutes. If they come across as petty, don’t buy there.
I wonder if there’s any legal way to make a neighbor so terrified of you that he’ll sign anything just to get you to be happy. Maybe get some NRA stickers for your car and invite him to the local rifle range to go skeet shooting?
ParticipantAnd yes, like I said there are 1%er type HOA nazi homeowners
Nah, the 1%’ers are either too busy making money or riding motorcycles, depending on what variety of 1%’er you’re speaking of. If you’re talking about the former variety, they probably also have 50% equity if they aren’t paid off. It’s the mortgaged-to-the-t!t$ impress-your-neighbor types that do that, because zOMG they only have 5% in to the house and if zOMG the value falls, it can end up underwater.
ParticipantGhetto to me is parts of southeastern SD, parts of El Cajon (more of a hillbilly ghetto), and parts of Oceanside and Escondido. Older and not perfect-looking isn’t ghetto, it’s just older and imperfect.
I suppose the antipathy towards that is good, since it keeps prices down in some complexes vs others.
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Not worth it. Better to move and live where you’re not locked in a perpetual battle of wits with petty terrorists.
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I may add, find the exact type of person that irritates the batshit crazy neighbor and make sure to rent it to the cleanest, most responsible example of that type of person. (“Cleanest and most responsible” only for your sake as a landlord.)
And if you sell it, sell it to the least pleasant bunch of people that can afford your asking price…
ParticipantSell the house, get another one where the neighborhood isn’t poisoned by an HOA and the officious Stasi-informant types working for it.
As far as constructive advice — is the playhouse a permanent structure, or just a freestanding object like a barbecue? If it’s the latter, is there any rule against placing a (slightly) movable object in your own back yard within reason?
As far as the neighbor, I could suggest a thousand means of making his life unpleasant, but I can tell you’re a reasonably intelligent person from your writing. I’m sure you can think of something good.
On second thought, the guy is a dickless, spineless little jellyfish and will be the source of his own failure in life. If you have problems with something your neighbor does, you man the hell up and ask them politely to change it. You don’t submit a report in triplicate to the “proper authorities.”
ParticipantDude, if Mira Mesa is any part “ghetto”, I don’t know what you’d say in Oakland — perhaps it would cause your head to explode? 😀
ParticipantConfused here — GOOG missed earnings expectations. Is the after hours price rise speculation on the stock split or WTF?
ParticipantGet an August Smart Lock …. zOMFG, WHERE’s MY DAMN PHONE?
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