Scream!!!!

[teacups]

My neighbors are ruining my life, and that of my kids and husband too.
Its gotten serioulsy horrible, and nobody can sell thier house right now or else we'd be so gone. Why do people have to be such total rotten arrogant BSing bleepidy bleeps?

At what point do you say BAG IT and just walk away from your house (of over 20 years) and take 50 cents in your pocket becasue your neighbors (Lawyers to boot!) are so horrid to you and your kids? I guess I never learned how to just deal with it, ignore it, tell my kids that life if hard and to suck it up?
This stuff is making me physically sick....

Rant over.

 

[JR6ooo4]

I can not even begin to imagine what could be so bad to make a family decide moving is better. Sorry you are having to deal with it.
and them being lawyers, I again, can only imagine the attitude.

Mikeeee

 

[Eeyores Butterfly]

If what they are doing is affecting the resale value of your house, is there a chance that they are breaking city/county ordinances?

 

[suejai]

I feel for you. We had friends whose neighbours were harrassing them constantly. It got so bad they finally moved, they just couldn't take it anymore. Unfortunately I have no advice for you, some people just can't be reasoned with.

 

[Halloweenqueen]

I totally understand where you are coming from. My husband and I saved for seven years and built our "dream home". Little did we know that it would fast become a nightmare that we endured for five years.

The stress was unbearable at times. We finally decided to sell and take the financial hit for the sanity of our family. This neighbor would even show up to our home during open houses and showings. They would stop by my realtor and complain about our pricing, etc. For people who wanted us to leave so desperately they did everything in their power to prohibit a sale.

We finally got lucky and sold it a year ago. We wanted out so badly that my husband took a transfer that brought us across country. I don't know if I could ever go back and look at my old house again. The memories are just too painful.

At least once a week I find myself thinking about how thankful I am that we were able to move. It took some big sacrifices, but it was all worth it in the long run.

Good luck to you. Don't be afraid to use the authorities. We wish we would have gotten them involved sooner. Also document everything. Videotape was our best evidence, but be careful....things escalate quickly.

 

[smidgy]

If what they are doing is affecting the resale value of your house, is there a chance that they are breaking city/county ordinances?

I don't think the OP meant the neighbors were affecting the resale value of their house. I think they meant that if they sold now, in this economy, they would take a loss.

I have to agree here. sometime things start out small. then one does.... this. the other does.... that.... etc etc.and things get out of hand.
If you can't talk to and reason with them, I would keep my distance and be as nice as possible. don't play the game with them. be the better person and take the high road.
maybe bake a batch of brownies, bring it over with a little note: "I'm sorry we can't see eye to eye, or be friends, but here's hoping we can be good neighbors." then at least you did your best.

what are they doing to make life so bad? maybe they are just miserable peole who hate kids. try to make friends with the other neghbors (but not bad mouth the "grumpies") maybe other neighbors have also had problems with them, and you won't feel so alone in this.

we live in a townhouse area, and parking is at a premium. we all juggle for parking spots. but one couple on our left had our neighbor's(on our right) jeep TOWED!! just because it was maybe 4 inches blocking their driveway! who would do that to a neighbor? It was kinda blocking my driveway, too. he woulda moved it, if asked. sheesh. (It wasn't REALLY blocking, you just had to adjust your steering a little.) It cost the poor guy $150, and they have 2 kids with a baby on the way!
both families would have "moved up" to single family homes by now, if the real estate market was better.... but.. it's not. that's life. all these little kids are now playing right outside my patio doors, making noise, etc. cause they wanted to move before the kids got older.. but who can move now? so... I give the kids cookies, (we're empty nesters), talk to the kids, and, yes, sometimes ask them to please play somewhere else, not on my patio. sometimes the old lady will talk to you and give you a popsicle, sometimes she will ask you to leave her alone for now. It's NOT a major problem.
what if you planned a block party? I'll bet they would be the only ones NOT in attendance. and there is strength in numbers.
good luck!!

 

["Got Disney"]

It is problems like this that has kept us on the same street for 20 years. We are in the 3rd house on the same street. WE LOVE ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS! Great neighborhood. Every time we moved we just moved into a new house on our block for sale. Bigger as we moved. WE are at the end of the street and cant move down any further. Our neighbor's giggle at us


Sorry that you have to go through this. Is there no way to make peace? or to just avoid them? I'm sure if there was you would have done it.

What are they doing that has you in such an uproar that you want to sell your home? And what are they saying to your kids?

 

[Cheshire Figment]

Try to contact some professionals for help, such as Marvin the Torch or Bennie the Bug. Let them know when the neighbors will be away. That should solve your problem. And if they do their job right the Fire Marshals will never figure out how it started.

 

[LuvOrlando]

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[KristaTX]

What are they doing?

 

[Disney Doll]

Truthfully, I have no idea because no one would ever drive me from my home, lawyers or not.

 

[Evil Genius]

What does being lawyers have to do with anything? If they are making your life that miserable, start calling the local police. Or file complaints with the village, there are other avenues you can take besides being run out of your home.

 

[Jaclynfett]

Can you share what they've been doing to you and your family?

 

[akhenaten]

so sorry,
you make me glad that my only headache is that our obnoxious neighbor and i are simply not speaking.... a cold war of sorts...

 

[luvsJack]

I am sorry someone is making life so miserable for you!!

Is it possible that what they are doing could be considered harassment or some other minor crime?

 

[snarlingcoyote]

Try to contact some professionals for help, such as Marvin the Torch or Bennie the Bug. Let them know when the neighbors will be away. That should solve your problem. And if they do their job right the Fire Marshals will never figure out how it started.

Alternately, I know a guy who knows a guy who will come and give your neighbors Brazilian waxes in the middle of the night for the right price.