greeneyedgirl
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We had to do it.
We turned in the neighbour to the city for not taking care of his yard.
I think he last mowed it in June
The grass is more than 12 inches high, lots of places its just laid down from all the rabbits and other vermin nesting in it.
When I called the city, they informed me that I'm not the first to call on him. Turns out that the former owner of our house, Mr GGs grandfather, had to make many calls on him over the last 40 years.
We live in an area where most people take very good care of their lawns. We are two streets over from a country club. We actually spend a good deal of time and money to make sure our own yard is well taken care of. So it really aggrivates me to see the guy next-door take no care at all.
Also, many homes on our street are for sale now. I'm sure it would be a huge turn off to think that one would have to wake up to his yard every morning, not to mention the worry that his little jungle is harboring pests as well as weeds just waiting to crawl over into other yards. Not a good selling point.
And its not that he is unable to do it.
He has a sit-down mower and 4 son-in-laws, not to mention oodles of grandkids, that could help him since they are all over there 2-3 times a wk (Gotta love the 'Family Night')
He has informed me that he "just doesn't enjoy yard work"
Now, the back yard is a whole other story. Its a combo of wild onions, crab grass, creeping charlie, and .........yep, thats about it, patched around a worn down laundry line, a few rusted out bicycles, a small metal shed with the roof caving in (with stuff growning in the sag) and too many small trees that I believe to be weeds that just grew too tall.
The fact that the weeds growing along and into the fence that seperates our backyard is a much welcome barrier of the mold and mildew stench that seems to float from their home, is the only thing that allows me to enjoy my own backyard.
We have mentioned putting up a new fence, but he has some sort of sentimental attachment to the current one ( a 4 ft high bent and twisted, rusted out stretch of worn-out chicken wire, more than a fence) and he doesn't like the idea of losing some of his 'trees'
Hopefully, the city will hand deliver a note to him today and perhaps he can take care of his yard before the next wknd.
I know of a few of the homes for sale on our street have scheduled "Open Houses" for the wknd.
PS........Ironically, their last name is 'Woods'.
We turned in the neighbour to the city for not taking care of his yard.
I think he last mowed it in June
The grass is more than 12 inches high, lots of places its just laid down from all the rabbits and other vermin nesting in it.
When I called the city, they informed me that I'm not the first to call on him. Turns out that the former owner of our house, Mr GGs grandfather, had to make many calls on him over the last 40 years.
We live in an area where most people take very good care of their lawns. We are two streets over from a country club. We actually spend a good deal of time and money to make sure our own yard is well taken care of. So it really aggrivates me to see the guy next-door take no care at all.
Also, many homes on our street are for sale now. I'm sure it would be a huge turn off to think that one would have to wake up to his yard every morning, not to mention the worry that his little jungle is harboring pests as well as weeds just waiting to crawl over into other yards. Not a good selling point.
And its not that he is unable to do it.
He has a sit-down mower and 4 son-in-laws, not to mention oodles of grandkids, that could help him since they are all over there 2-3 times a wk (Gotta love the 'Family Night')
He has informed me that he "just doesn't enjoy yard work"
Now, the back yard is a whole other story. Its a combo of wild onions, crab grass, creeping charlie, and .........yep, thats about it, patched around a worn down laundry line, a few rusted out bicycles, a small metal shed with the roof caving in (with stuff growning in the sag) and too many small trees that I believe to be weeds that just grew too tall.
The fact that the weeds growing along and into the fence that seperates our backyard is a much welcome barrier of the mold and mildew stench that seems to float from their home, is the only thing that allows me to enjoy my own backyard.
We have mentioned putting up a new fence, but he has some sort of sentimental attachment to the current one ( a 4 ft high bent and twisted, rusted out stretch of worn-out chicken wire, more than a fence) and he doesn't like the idea of losing some of his 'trees'
Hopefully, the city will hand deliver a note to him today and perhaps he can take care of his yard before the next wknd.
I know of a few of the homes for sale on our street have scheduled "Open Houses" for the wknd.
PS........Ironically, their last name is 'Woods'.