tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post112995049030944407..comments2023-08-25T03:21:41.842-07:00Comments on The Petch House: Cracking Heads & Taking NamesGreghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1130092606499849132005-10-23T11:36:00.000-07:002005-10-23T11:36:00.000-07:00I am the same with confrontations- don't like 'em....I am the same with confrontations- don't like 'em. I get really mad about stuff with our tenants and then "go soft" when the time comes. But I'm not so weak as some I know (no, not you). This sounds very aggravating. You have cut them ALOT of slack, more than I would have, but this is Chicago and the city would be all over that on a residential street.<BR/><BR/>I hope the situation improves soon.Jocelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13570623978361702328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1130076500988060562005-10-23T07:08:00.000-07:002005-10-23T07:08:00.000-07:00Hang in there. I hope you can get it resolved with...Hang in there. I hope you can get it resolved without having any major problems. <BR/><BR/>I totally understand about the neighbor thing. Ours is across the street and a total nightmare.Aunt Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16808234188061105936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1130029861377764122005-10-22T18:11:00.000-07:002005-10-22T18:11:00.000-07:00Sorry if I brought up bad memories. It is not easy...Sorry if I brought up bad memories. It is not easy (at least not for me) to get in someone’s face and threaten them. I’m doing it this time because I didn’t the last time and I regret it. I had 2 bad neighbors at my last house and I was much more passive. I think I’m in for 2 months of unpleasantness, but its better than 10 years. I’m not moving this time.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02807710209656158413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1130014046915460952005-10-22T13:47:00.000-07:002005-10-22T13:47:00.000-07:00Hey Greg,Reading about all this, I wish I was back...Hey Greg,<BR/>Reading about all this, I wish I was back in Nebraska right now so *I* could crack some heads.<BR/>The house next to me is a beautiful HUGE old house, that was turned into 6 apartments at one point. Most of the people in those apartments are nice, but I'm really getting sick of whenever I take Lily [my dog] outside, I find all this crap in my yard...lemons, walnuts, etc. I'm also STILL angry that this Spring, when we tore the east entrance off our house, we have a bunch of dirt leftover that was filling the conrecrete stoop..so we wheeled it into the backyard and built a burm so that the people inthe apartment house would stop parking in my backyard - which was okay fora little while, then I noticed the dirt started disappearing...the people were taking MY dirt off MY property to fill potholes in THEIR parking lot.<BR/>It also makes me mad that their friends use MY dirveway to park in while they run into that house to pick each other up. My driveway is NOT a parking lot!!!!<BR/>Also, when my brother in law was out last Spring, he was helping us clean up some leaves, and one of those tenants came over and interrogated him...assuming that HIS car was in her parking place. He told her repeatedly that his car was in my driveway and he even pointed it out to her, but she swore that this other car was his and that he needed to remove it immediately.<BR/><BR/>grrrr. I want to build a huge privacy fence and never deal with these people again! <BR/>BUT, when we talked to another neighbor about putting a fence up, he got really defensive. Like it's WRONG of us to want to put up a fence on OUR property [and I know why too...he has absolutely to backyard, and his dogs use my backyard as a bathroom. ARGH!]<BR/>Greg, I am really worked up now, and I'm 600 miles away from my house and all these problems. I need a vodka sour or something..and it's only 3 in the afternoon.:)<BR/>It's bad enough we bought a house that needs work and has its own problems..but dealing with the people surrounding it is just as/if not more frustrating!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1130004855335089682005-10-22T11:14:00.000-07:002005-10-22T11:14:00.000-07:00At my former house a neighbor had an easment to us...At my former house a neighbor had an easment to use my driveway to get into his garage. Long story short, he used my driveway as a parking spot leaving my car locked in or out of my garage. I was like you and didn't want to make trouble. Threatened to take action to terminate his easement. He knew I was too nice to do it and continued on his merry way. It was part of the reason I ended up moving. My advice - you have given them sufficent warning, take action. In addition to the permit issue...isn't there a zoning law where they can't run a business from home? You might want to take some photo of the street filled with their trucks.StuccoHousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10608839109697874015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1129983579092310722005-10-22T05:19:00.000-07:002005-10-22T05:19:00.000-07:00Geez Greg! Who p*ssed in your Wheaties? Maybe you ...Geez Greg! Who p*ssed in your Wheaties? Maybe you should slap some JOINT COMPOUND on your wall or ceiling to work off this excess negative energy you are displaying!Garyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14490458126307090201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1129978527077432552005-10-22T03:55:00.000-07:002005-10-22T03:55:00.000-07:00Sheesh! What a situation. I mean, how awful can ...Sheesh! What a situation. I mean, how awful can those people be? My aunt has a similar situation. The guys across the street (they also bought the house next to her) run a large sheetrock/plaster business out of their houses. They slammed into my car backing one of their trucks out not to mention holding up any traffic down her street every AM and PM with their shenanigans. Anyway, she and other neighbors called the city and the city did not a damned thing. One of the nice things in Arlington is that the city won't mess with you too much but on the flip side the real offenders are ignored. I hope those idiots by you straighten up and if they don't I hope the city steps in and bulldozes their makeshift headquarters.Ms. P in Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16044745952111340330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1129961655449357762005-10-21T23:14:00.000-07:002005-10-21T23:14:00.000-07:00Good for you! I handle confrontations in a similar...Good for you! I handle confrontations in a similar manner ... aka, I don't handle them for a long time until the frustration builds up and I let loose! :) Only I feel guilty afterward - even when I was in the right. Don't feel guilty, Greg! You were right, and good for you getting some leverage to deal with these people. I am so lucky to have such good neighbors.Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14419829266401536453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11904671.post-1129951843395962472005-10-21T20:30:00.000-07:002005-10-21T20:30:00.000-07:00That must explain why you are being so "nice" to y...That must explain why you are being so "nice" to your desert buddy regarding the bubble. Everyone must be plucking your last nerve. Take a deeeeeeep breath! This too shall pass. I do sympathise - even though I have great tenants, being a landlord is a lot of work. Good luck with the neighbors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com