Intolerable Neighbor Rant

[Kitsa]

Yep, the landlord owns the entire duplex, but he tends to only show up when someone's moving out. I haven't seen/spoken with him in almost a year.

Fat_Hippo: You know, I did consider that, but at that point they'd just moved in and I was trying to stay fairly friendly. I felt like flinging the piles at their back door (and believe me, it STUNK)

Unfortunately, this end of the street is a cavalcade of rednecks. From the looks of the place on the other side of them, that family is much the same. The people across the street take their garbage to the curb as it comes, so they've got a perpetual mound of garbage that sits out all week. The people a few doors down park their pickup truck over the sidewalk when there's PLENTY of room on their driveway (I'm disabled and it's SUCH a pain in the ass to have to cross into the street to get around it...the sidewalks are public property, dammit).

It's a shame, because it is a really nice duplex with a big backyard, close to all of the things I need to be able to get to easily. The neighbors before these were bad, but not as bad...at least they kept to themselves. I knew these people were going to be trouble when they moved in and the woman started spreading her "yard art" all over our side of the driveway (her husband made her move it, it seems).

I just wish people had the common courtesy (not to mention the common SENSE) to separate the concepts of "ours" vs. "someone else's".

[Colonel Flagg]

Originally Posted by Kitsa

Yep, the landlord owns the entire duplex, but he tends to only show up when someone's moving out. I haven't seen/spoken with him in almost a year.

One thing you can do is take pictures of your neighbor's visibly disgusting (and illegal) habits, photocopy your copy of the lease, highlight the areas where the lease is being broken by the next-door tenants and send it all to the landlord with a nice letter about how you really like the place, but you can't keep putting up with the current shenanigans going on next door. If you're a good tenant (pay rent on time, usually works for most douchebags) he'll delve a bit deeper into things.

If you're certain he still won't do anything, try sending the kit and kaboodle to a good landlord/tenant lawyer. I know you'll have to look for other living accommodations, but it sounds as if this might be unavoidable in any event.

Whatever you decide, good luck.

[King Hadas]

You haven't been here very long kitsa so I don't think I am overstating the fact that I don't really know you. That being said, the idea that some punk is stealing your mail fills me with outrage!

If possible you may want to seriously consider moving somewhere else, somewhere that isn't a duplex. I've never lived in a duplex myself but my dad owned a few way back when. The tenants where so bad they ended up putting are family in a financial hole that would last for years to come.