Anonymous "Dear Neighbor" letter

[sunnyday123]

I didn't get a chance to read the whole thread but I did have a similar experience to yours. We had just bought our house and received a couple of those kinds of letters. Not to mention a few "neighbors" yelling out of their cars. Here is what I did. After finally buying a lawn mower, I mowed my yard at 9pm (after 10 would have violated noise ordinance) using spotlights and decorated with gnomes. Lots and lots of gnomes from dollar general. Yes it was juvenille but it just ticked me off to no end that rather than introducing themselves and seeing if maybe we needed to borrow a mower; the welcome was rolled down windows and yelling.

I've had the snide comments too. Funny thing is, my yard usuallly looks as good or better than all the two income-one parent stays at home yards!! I've had people stop and ask me what I use on my flowers. Last summer I broke my toe in 3 places and needless to say walking behind a mower was a tad difficult. I had to wait about a week and a 1/2-closer to two really-for my cousin to come cut it for me. After my neighbors complained, and my toe healed. I resumed cutting my grass. At 7 am. I still do it now just for spite. Just not like my original suggestion for you!!

 

[luckofthedraw]

Sorry you have knuckleheads for neighbors. I'm wondering if you live in my neighborhood, because we've got quite a few of knuckleheads here too.

Ten years ago, when we bought this house, I had two elder dogs, who slept most of the day. On the afternoon that we closed on our old house, we moved the dogs to our new house, and were out with them, getting them settled in, until the 4PM closing on our old house.

Two days later, we got an anonymous letter, complaining about our dogs "barking, without ceasing, for hours at a time." It also included the local dog ordinance, highlighted and starred. It was postmarked at 5PM the day the dogs moved in!! These stupid letters continued, threatening legal action, even after both dogs had died. I don't know about you, but I think dogs barking after they're dead is quite a feat. Apparently our district attorney's office had nothing better to do than write letters on behalf of this idiot, without any substantiation.

I eventually figured out who that knucklehead was, after he moved. Saw him this weekend, and guess what? He's moving back into the neighborhood, across the street from me. Oh joy, joy! Guess my cats peeing in his yard is next.

The only advise I can give you is the same a judge friend told me about our little problem. The burden of proof is on the complaintant. So don't worry about it. Focus on what you need to do, and ignore the neighborhood idiots.

 

[Esmerelda]

I would find an old toilet, place it in my front yard...and grow some flowers in it....really catch someones eye (I really would...)

this person is what we call "NCAA" NO CLASS AT ALL...........

I would not lose too much sleep over some as*!nine neighbor such as this one. This is obviously a person who has no life....probably no job...nor any children since they have so much time to stick their nose in others business.

just hold your head high and take care of what you can...when you can

hugs...E