Neighbor issue what would you do?

[hamsterjill]

40. I would start with a cordial phone call to the property owners.

With an offer to email to them pictures of the objects and what it is that is happening. You should specifically state and instruct that these people are NOT to enter upon your property without your permission.

If things don't change drastically in ten days, I'd send a certified letter to the landlords explaining that the actions of their tenants are making the quiet enjoyment of your property impossible. Again, I'd state that the occupants are not to enter upon your property without your permission. Check and see if you have restrictive covenants filed against the properties. Many times, even if there is not an established homeowners association, there are some restrictive covenants in place. You can generally check by looking at the deed when you took title to your property and see what's listed.

I would be worried about my dogs with kids like this next door and I would do anything and everything reasonable to keep them safe during the time I was not at home. Not only could these little buttholes cause injury to the dogs by throwing something into your yard, they can also say they climbed over the fence to retrieve something and feign having been bitten. (That's why you want prior evidence of instructing them NOT to come upon your property.) Now...would that get them anywhere? It shouldn't as they would be trespassing on your property, but you'd be surprised what I've seen where I live as to how ANY dog situations are handled. I've seen this very thing happen and the dog owners intimidated to the point where they release their dogs for euthanasia just to make the havoc go away. Don't fall into this!

Does anyone else just get sick of people with kids NOT being responsible enough to make them mind????!!!! I mean, we've got kids in my own neighborhood who routinely go into someone else's back yard as if it were their own. Like you, I keep my yard locked. But these brats know no boundaries!!! They play in the street and cars coming to homes have to wait for the little brats to decide to move out of their way. There's a park within 2 minutes where the kids could play without hurting anything, but the parent's don't want to take the time to supervise a visit to the park. It's time that PARENT'S start raising their children; not society as a whole.