[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

I had the same problem when I moved to north KC 2 years ago in August 2012. The neighbor's yard and landscaping directly to the left side (corner lot, no neighbors on right), looked like crap. I planted 17 trees, put in landscaping and added a sprinkler system. Our home was a spec home and of course, the condition of the yard was less than desirable.

I never said anything to him regarding the yard, was always friendly and cordial. By the summer of 2013, my yard looked like the 2 golf courses I manage (neighbors even kidded me about the maintenance dept. doing the work). Slowly, he started coming over and asking me on things he could do to his to make his look like mine. I told him to get a sprinkler system (the same person that did mine, did his) and if I was doing something to mine, he needed to do it to his (fertilizer, aerate, etc.).

Going into this fall, his yard has made a 180* turnaround and really looks great. 2 additional neighbors across the street even improved the looks of theirs.

To make a long story short, kill them with kindness and shame them incessantly in a subtle way with the way your yard looks; some it will work on, others are no hope.

With the way people are nowadays, don't **** your neighbors off by staying on them, they could become your worst nightmare, let the "powers that be" do your complaining for you.

I have a son-in-law that was kind of like your neighbor. His yard was not a pig sty, but it always looked ragged and lumpy and bare in spots. He came around when he started to learn from his new neighbors. His challenge was that he grew up in a row house in a large east coast city and did not even know what a lawn was.