People cutting through side yard as a shortcut to Odell
 

Just curious to see if anyone else has people cutting through their lawns/yards as a "short-cut." We have walkers, people on bikes, etc. cutting through. I greet the person, as I'm alerted by our dog that a stranger is by our home. I'll say things like, Hi, Can I help you? Did you lose something on our lawn? The response is something like, Oh no-just taking a short cut to the mailbox, or to Odell Rec. Center. I hate to be the get off our lawn type of person, but there are issues with this. What if the person falls? The bicycle leaves tracks, etc, etc....?
What do you all think?

Cotton headed ninny muggins.

A simple - but elegant - sign in the yard saying not to cross the property should do the trick.

A paintball gun also would work wonders.

Punji stakes have been known to deter trespassers.

Do not forget the cotton headed ninny muggin warning, too.

Get yourself some Motion Activated Sprinklers and enjoy the show. :oops:

Katie

Muggins using short cut through yard
 

That says it all.
I don't know what people are thinking when they cut through yards.

How about a hedge of some type planted in the appropriate pathway?

Like Barefoot's answer the best. People being inconsiderate. I would put a big one of these out. [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Funny-BEWARE-poop-Plaque-Stone/dp/B004YMCSW8[/ame]

IMHO - this is just wrong.

Cute!

I love this idea! They sell them on amazon!

We've had that problem in Mallory with a certain tennis player who likes to cut through yards and the Mallory Country Club Caroline golf course on his bike. IT IS TRESPASSING according to the Sumter County Sheriff's office. We've identified him and reported him to Community Watch, the golf course manager, and most importantly to Deputy Richard Bennett of the Sumter County Sheriff's Office at Morse & 466, who is very receptive to our complaint. Deputy Bennett now regularly cruises our neighborhood both in his cruiser and private vehicle at the approximate times when he goes or comes home from tennis. Our case # is 2013-024239.

We want no Moe!

So has this stopped him or has he figured out a different time to trespass?

Seems to be working so far but we're still keeping an eye open when his schedule calls for it. Happens mostly on Monday & Wednesday since his tennis dates went from Tuesday & Thursday.

By the way, we had signs but they were not allowed by covenants, shrubs can't be put in because of the easement between houses, and we did put up a small barricade which he moved. We've toyed with the automatic sprinkler idea but it doesn't come on fast enough.

funny

This doesn't sound like a typical, thoughtless, lazy shortcut taker. He has challenged you. Be careful. The authorities sound willing to help so I would leave it up to them.

A couple of 1/4" cables anchored a foot off the ground should stop it.

Our neighborhood pool sits behind my house about 90 yards away. But I would have to cut through a neighbors property in order to get there. Instead, I always take my gold cart and drive all the way around the block to get to the pool. I wouldn't even think of trespassing on their property.
I've thought about asking them if it's OK, but that would put them in an uncomfortable position so I wouldn't do that either.

When we lived in Hadley a few people would cut through our side yard to get to Odell Pool. OP must live on Havana or Ambrosia.

It was just a few and it didn't harm anything.

What did bother us is when someone trimmed back two bushes that screened us from the shuffleboard court on Odells property so they could cut through easier.

Excellent web cam fodder :laugh:

I hate to ruin all the drama, but have you ever thought about just being honest?

The next time it happens go out and say "Stop cutting through my yard, you're making me MENTAL, please Knock it off."

All I can say is what I say when ever I hear anything about the different behaviors of people. God is great, beer is good and people are crazy!

That is unbelievable! Not satisfied to be trespassers, they became impromptu landscapers. Was this a motivating factor for you to move?

No. Not in the least. The wonderful neighbors we had there were absolute treasures and the Gardenia is a lovely home.

We moved because we were going to live here year 'round and there are three of us and we were used to a little more space.

I don't think it matters what you do, some people are just rude and inconsiderate. We have navel orange trees in our yard and without fail, people pick the fruit from them whether we are watching them from our lanai or not. I once sat in my living area to see someone with a bag and handful of fruit from our tree. When I went to the lanai to inquire, they simply smiled and said "Hi" and kept picking the fruit. Who knew people could be so IGNORANT??????

It's called chutzpah - unbelievable nerve!

Never heard that word used, I had read it, never heard it spoken, and certainly couldn't spell it, before we moved here.

Back home in Ohio it is called balls. OR bad manners. Depending on how mad it makes you.

It's Hebrew ....a Yiddish comment

Chutzpah - a New York thing (Yiddish is right).
It's really a good word for someone who is so thoughtless
that it defies words.

Turn on your lawn sprinklers when you see someone picking the oranges.

All's even
 

I remember a story my mom told of a person in their neighborhood who always stole the next door neighbors oranges and grapefruit. The neighbor posted a sign at the base of the trees.(I know you couldn't in the villages)
It read
Good trade
My fruit for your car.
I will be by to collect soon.

I don't understand some of the village villages design. Seems some have to drive 1/2 mile to get 30 foot on the other side of the wall.... Seems to me for thought would of been to golf cart lane out at the other ends of some of the villages or at least sidewalk on nobody property? . But, I guess that maybe security risk. In this case I guess not cause they are trustpassing cutting through.

I can hear the mom tapes play today.

Don't go into someone else's yard.

Don't touch stuff that isn't yours.

Don't hang around if someone is called in to dinner.

I heard them and learned them and I taught the same stuff to my kids.

I think that people must have had softer moms than mine.

She was NOT kiddin'. (My mom was my grandmother who raised me. And she loved me a lot.)

The Golden Rule should apply! On this site, I can't believe how 'some' folks think the rules apply to others, but not to them! I hear a "whine" in my head that goes something like...."but, but, but---it wasn't MY fault!" Remember in school when the teacher caught someone breaking the rules?? Sounds quite similar here at times. Why do 'some' folks think it's o.k. to cross thru someone else's property? Would it apply if the roles were reversed??? Just asking...... Oh, and I agree with Gracie!!!

Hate to be a alarmist, but working and living in urban area's when we found someone in our side yard we thought the worst, in this day and age how do you know that they are not casing out your home or worse looking to harm someone just beacuse you live in the villages and think what they are saying is true. call the sheriff don't put your saftey at risk.

no signs
 

buggy. can't have any yard signs south of 466 in the newer villages

We should all be as clear and direct as Patty suggests.

"A simple - but elegant - sign in the yard saying not to cross the property should do the trick.

A paintball gun also would work wonders.

Punji stakes have been known to deter trespassers."

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buggy. can't have any yard signs south of 466 in the newer villages

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Well, that leaves two other excellent options, doesn't it?

OMG I said something negitive about the Villages.................... They can't be design flaw>>>>>>> In heavnly paradise!!! especially in the well to do areas. :bowdown::bowdown:

:gc: 99% of TV residents wouldn't even think about walking or biking through somebody's yard. Then there is the 1%! Logic would say that one walking or biking is doing it, at least somewhat, for exercise and would take the long way to wherever instead of a short cut across someone's private yard. Obviously, logic doesn't apply. A small sign makes sense to me----something like the signs I see on golf course property where people are going onto private property to retrieve golf balls. People are interesting.

I didn't think your post was negative. Matter of fact, I think I may agree with you, in part at least. Between my home and the Colony Plaza it's 0.36 of a mile, but I have to go about 1.7 miles or more to actually get there on my mobility scooter... and I don't even have to cut through anyone's yard to get there. It would have been nice to have a golf cart trail running along the Lake Co. like from Hadley to the Plaza, but... c'est la vie, it is what it is!