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Ideal_Rock
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OK, so they aren''t MY neighbors, but my parent''s neighbors are just awful. My parents have lived in their house for over twenty years. Last summer, a young couple (mid-twenties) moved in next door (his parents bought him the million dollar house as a wedding present). At first, they were really nice and my parents (especially my mom) sort of took them under their wing and invited them to dinner parties, etc. The woman told my mom it was so great that they were living next door because "it''s like having my parents next door!" FF and I met them at a Christmas party my parents had in December and thought that they were kind of rude and condescending (they left halfway through the party after inviting several of the younger guests to come over to their place, as if the party they were at wasn''t "cool" enough for them), but my parents liked them so we kept our mouths shut.
In January, they began to show their true colors. They decided to do some work on their house and yard and came over to tell my parents that they checked and apparently 6" of my parents'' side yard was actually theirs and they were taking it over. My parents were very understanding of it, but expressed some worry that their landscaping would block some of their ocean view from the living room/backyard because of a new fence they were putting in. "Oh no, we''d never do anything like that!" the neighbors assured them.
Fast forward a couple of weeks to the fence being built and cutting out 75-80% of my parents view. When they mentioned it to the neighbors in a nonconfrontational way, the people were extraordinarily rude and said "We were always going to do it this way--we need our privacy." (Keep in mind that the part of the fence blocking my parents view is at the very far corner of their lot, not anywhere close to the hot tub they put in or the house.) They then proceeded to plant tall trees all along the fence to the very corner. It breaks my heart because my parents are really wonderful people and it hurts them so much that they were so nice to this couple and then they basically turned around and spat in their faces.
The latest debacle that got me upset enough to post is that my parents just got a legal notice in the mail from them saying that if they didn''t remove their windchimes, the neighbors were going to sue because they were disturbing his sleep. Keep in mind, said windchimes are right outside the window of the room I grew up in and I used to sleep with the windows open every night. They never bothered me. Now, because my parents don''t want to get involved in a petty lawsuit, they''re taking down something that brings them a lot of joy. I don''t know what is wrong with these people, but it''s really just sickening how much sadness they are causing my parents.
If you got through all that, thank you. I needed to get it off my chest how much this is bothering me.
In January, they began to show their true colors. They decided to do some work on their house and yard and came over to tell my parents that they checked and apparently 6" of my parents'' side yard was actually theirs and they were taking it over. My parents were very understanding of it, but expressed some worry that their landscaping would block some of their ocean view from the living room/backyard because of a new fence they were putting in. "Oh no, we''d never do anything like that!" the neighbors assured them.
Fast forward a couple of weeks to the fence being built and cutting out 75-80% of my parents view. When they mentioned it to the neighbors in a nonconfrontational way, the people were extraordinarily rude and said "We were always going to do it this way--we need our privacy." (Keep in mind that the part of the fence blocking my parents view is at the very far corner of their lot, not anywhere close to the hot tub they put in or the house.) They then proceeded to plant tall trees all along the fence to the very corner. It breaks my heart because my parents are really wonderful people and it hurts them so much that they were so nice to this couple and then they basically turned around and spat in their faces.
The latest debacle that got me upset enough to post is that my parents just got a legal notice in the mail from them saying that if they didn''t remove their windchimes, the neighbors were going to sue because they were disturbing his sleep. Keep in mind, said windchimes are right outside the window of the room I grew up in and I used to sleep with the windows open every night. They never bothered me. Now, because my parents don''t want to get involved in a petty lawsuit, they''re taking down something that brings them a lot of joy. I don''t know what is wrong with these people, but it''s really just sickening how much sadness they are causing my parents.
If you got through all that, thank you. I needed to get it off my chest how much this is bothering me.