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Originally Posted by Velvet
Dear OP, this does not bode well for future neighborliness. I’d find out more about who this person is from the other neighbors. If this person is liked in general I’d react differently than if they are known to be a jerk. I find counting on my neighbors in emergency or just for fun makes life more enriched.
When I came back from my trip I found that my neighbor was using the grass by my house for his plants, burning my grass out. I mentioned it to him that I was concerned about my grass. He took his pots of plants and threw them out. He was trying to use the shade on my side to shelter his plants.
A week later he saw I was having trouble bagging my yard waste and he brought his bag holder over for me to use as long as I wanted.
Hubby mentioned in passing he’d like to learn pickle ball, neighbor lent him his racket. Even took him to the court one morning and introduced him to the game.
I wish I could take back asking him to move a few pots from my grass. They were out of the way, I was being petty. Now I’m thinking what can I do for my neighbor?
In conclusion, the person might be more important than the survey line. If the person is usually a jerk, this might not be the home you really want in the long run.
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That’s a great story. However I’d never go to the other neighbors to gossip. Your visit would be told to others and create tension. There’s a lot of territorialism here which is bred by these tiny lots too close together. When all of us lived somewhere else in normal life we spoke to our neighbors learned to know them and helped each other. Not here. My lawn person quit couldn’t get anyone to return phone calls and I fractured my hand when movers brought my things in a special soft cast. Not one neighbor helped me and every one of them had a mower and other equipment. They banged on my door not speaking but yelling at me to save my tree and now my grass. I explained they saw my hand and complained to Dzuro. That’s when I made the decision to move here after I was healed. That took 3-4 months ! I even brought all my neighbors tax forms for 2019. The pandemic hit also took 14 months for warranty to fix most of the defects. They never finished. Thank God I sold in a half hour leaving soon and being a woman alone here have little good to say other than it’s very easy to get license registration that’s it. Now I’ll watch all the folks here say good riddance.