Jan 2.5

[nate379]

Sorry I can't find my other thread, but I had one that was JAN 2.0 I think. (Jack *** Neighbor)

So today I cut my grass, might have 2-3 more cuttings this year and that's it. I have a 10 gal sprayer (goes on my tractor) that was still close to full with weed killer so I figured it would be good to use that up before it freezes. I had spot sprayed when my lawn first started coming in this summer and this was what was left.

I am spraying my yard and JAN comes out asking what I'm doing. I felt like saying mind your own damn business but I told her "spraying for weeds, don't worry I'm on my side of the prop. line"

She then goes into a rant that it will kill her lawn from the run off, she is going to call the cops, etc.
Now keep in mind this is selective week killer, and I'm spraying it on MY lawn. How would it kill hers?

I just ignored her but I am more strongly considering that fence now. Just wish it wasn't close to $4000. They are worse than a damn 75 yr old lady that peeks out the windows all day long.

 

[35mastr]

Fence it off and be done with it. That person will never leave you alone until they can no longer see what you are doing.

 

[aqr81]

If you want to spring for a fence that would certainly be an option. A cheaper alternative is put in those earbuds, turn up the volume, smile and keep on spraying...

 

[Goobzilla]

My advice is just to wait her out. Let father time do your dirty work

 

[49stude2r6]

My in-laws have had that going for 30 years now with their JAN. Lady called CPS on them when my wife was young making al types of absurd claims. Now she has been taking pictures whenever anybody is outside. Called the cops on him while he was pressure washing his house. Tried to claim that the fence was owned 50/50, luckily he keeps receipts forever so 30years later he still has proof that it is his fence. Yesterday she started claiming she has pictures of my kids destroying stuff in her yard (they are 1 and 3). I don't know what crawled up her exit hole, some people are just JANs I guess. Born and bred.

 

[cowboy73]

Fences make the best neighbors.... heard that somewhere.

 

[pst496]

Fence won't stop the JAN

 

[Fudge]

Advise her that she is tresspassing and you are calling the cops, and also tell her if she continues to tresspass you will get a restraining order. Then pull out your phone and start dialing. When I did this to my JAN it was like a cartoon one second she was there next second there was just a cloud of dust

 

[nate379]

The funny this is the only take care of their lawn when it really needs to be done. I'm talking I have cut mine at least 2, sometimes 3 times before they do theirs, and I cut mine roughly once a week! If I let it go much longer my 20hp tractor struggles cause it's so tall.

 

[wbclassics]

Get the fence, the best thing I ever did was install a privacy fence at our PA home. One next door neighbor was an utter loser, kids out of control (father never home, mother stayed inside and watched TV all day), didn't know how to use a garbage can so their soda cans, candy wrappers, fast food debris, juice boxes, etc would constantly end up in my yard. I had it one day when I hopped in my truck and backed over one of those little scooters that was tucked under the passenger rear wheel, it flipped up and did a little damage.

Once the fence was up, I had no more trash in my yard, no more kids toys under my cars or anywhere, no more kids on my property, things were quieter.... and I didn't have to see them any longer. I actually felt like I had privacy when I was out doing something in my yard.

When we bought our second home in NY, I made sure to buy a house with enough property that I only have one immediate next door neighbor. The way their house entrance and driveway is situated, I rarely see them except when they're out doing yard work.

 

[JC23]

My cousin has a JAN and the entire 'hood has had enuf of that ******. Somebody wrote a flyer at the local grocery store advertising an apartment for rent and gave his number.

Nice touch but they went a few steps better. The flyer reads something like, "I work second shift so call me after midnight." They went on to make those little tear-offs with the phone number on it and even wrote in Spanish, too.

Well done, I'd say.

Everyone in the hood is digging it but nobody will fess up on who did it. Who cares? Can't wait to hear the latest report

 

[nate379]

That is funny!

The other day he was trying to cut his hayfield of a lawn and the part that is against my yard was worse from the grass clippings from my tractor (shoots it pretty far and it's either shooting it that way or 15ft into my driveway). I had cut the lawn at least 3, maybe 4 times as well so there was a bit of a buildup. Not to mention a ~5hp push mower doesn't do well in 12" tall grass!

I was getting the evil eye from him a few times and I was just thinking... yes... just come over here and I will have him wearing that f-ing lawn motor around his neck

 

[ket-tek]

I had one of those at my old house.. She didn't work, didn't have trash service and never left.. I always wondered if her trash was just piled up inside. I lived there 5 years and everytime I saw her no matter the time of year she was wearing the same purple sweater and grey sweat pants..

She called the cops on anything and everything. Working on cars outside, riding atvs/dirtbike on the power lines that ran behind our houses, guests parking in the street (not blocking anything), shed 'supposedly' being to close to property line, cutting down trees that were touching/rotting my roof.

She even tried the famous tying herself to the tree when the neighbor on the other side of her was gonna cut one down, saying it was on her property. He stopped and paid for a survey, and another neighbor noticed her moving the stake right after the surveyor left! He started to cut the tree again and she tied herself to it again, then she called the cops and they came out and told her they would arrest her for trespassing if she didn't move. The the cops stayed and watched with her as the tree came down.. Classic..

The cops came so many times to multiple neighbors for her calls, they would come over and roll their eyes, and pretty much say we're hear because he have to, but we don't care what your doing.. Good luck with the neighbor..

 

[nate379]

They started a think in Anchorage where you get billed after a few of those b/s calls.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

I am dealing with a neighbor woman that is probably not much older than I am (55) but acts (and looks) like she's 70. Nevertheless, she watches us through her perpetually closed shades and out here in SoCal we're on a 50x100 lot so there's really no way to avoid her. No fence would stop your JAN so forget spending your hard earned money on that if that's the only reason for it.

In the way of advice (having done the WRONG THING for a long time) I'd advise ignoring here whenever possible. It'll drive her crazy.

If you do anything, YOU take the initiative. Call the police and ask how to file a harassment claim? Tell them your stories as unemotionally as possible and tell them you just don't want to have to be on the defensive from her threats. You mind your own business and you wish she would do the same. Let HER feel what its like.

 

[ket-tek]

In the beginning it was ******, I moved into it. Most of the other neighbors had been there for 10-15 years and so had she. I was new and was worried at first. Once I realized the cops/county had written her off long ago, so she was really no threat, just an annoyance, I just stopped worrying about it all together and always waved and smiled at her. And would say hello when she went to get the mail. Although she wouldn't respond and gave me a super ***** look, it worked as she started leaving me alone after a while. Some of the other neighbors followed suit and it worked for them.. We went thru a good long period where she left everyone alone.

She used to print out county laws people were breaking and put them on the mailboxes, and one guy rolled out his grille front and put them in it and burnt them. She called the cops, they came out and she ran to the cop with a stack of papers and saying he was burning paper and it's illeagal as this is no-burn zoned area. She had the proof on the paper. She handed to the cop and the cop handed it to the guy to read, and he thru it in the grille and said have a computer inside, I'll read up on it later.. The cop was smirking trying to not to laugh. All he said to her was go back in your house, and to him was put some food on the grille now that you got it going. Have a nice night..

 

[Rosco]

I love my privacy fence! I used to clean up dogshit and I dont have a dog........was working in the garage one day and said dog came in and lifted his leg on my lawnmower. Tried unsuccessfully to get him out (not the dogs fault) so I went and knocked on the door........JAN said to me.....he wont bite! I said I was not worried about being bitten but did not like piss on my lawn mower and floor! She just laughed and shut the door.

I went into my house, got a bowl of water and some leftovers, put them in the garage for the dog and shut/locked the door. Two hours later she comes knocking and looking for her dog. I said I had found a stray and decided to keep him (dog had no tags) as a garage watch dog, then shut my door. Next knock was from her husband.....kinda upset. After we talked he apologized for her behavior and his dog ******* on my floor. I opened my garage and the dog was wagging his tail and wanting to play, sent him home to JAN.

Since I put up the fence, no dirty looks, no dogshit, no dog ******* on floor, nothing but pure peace and quiet........

 

[JC23]

Same cousin, same JAN as post #11. When my cousin first moved in there, it didn't take long for JAN/****** to tell my cousin he needed to keep up on his grass cutting better. My cousin, being the new guy didn't know what to think but talked to other neighbors and found out about JAN. As cousin's driveway faces JAN's, cousin decided to mess with him a little. Cousin had plans to replace the gates on the driveway that ran next to the house. So he goes up to the local Menards and picks up some quarts of returned paint. He selects "Barney' purple, school bus yellow and a few other bright ones. Then proceeds to paint the gates with four inch stripes of these lovely colors. JAN freaks out and, of course, calls the POPO. Cops laugh and say he can paint it any color he wants. Cousin leaves the colors on the gate for the next month so everyone can watch JAN steam.

The next step, and he can still do this, is to take up the offer of a friend that has like 30 toilets and make them planters for the front yard. When that blows over, break out those cool colors and brush again. And so it goes...

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

So...basically we ALL have experience with the JAN?

 

[69GSCAL]

Man this is a great thread!

When I first moved into my Townhouse I had an older lady next door who had a Chihuaha. I have a shepard mix named Buddy who is usually pretty quiet. He barks if there's somethign to bark at and doesn't howl or bark for attention.

I get a nasty note left on the gate to my porch (all of our porches share a common wall) from my neighbor about how I'm neglecting my dog and he's lonely and barking all the time. This dog is my baby! He got sick as a pup and I spent nearly $2k nursing him to health when most would have just put him down. He goes everywhere that is allowed with me. Jogging twice a day, to my soccer games, the dog park and even to drive in movies. He's seriously spoiled.

So I can't figure out how I'm neglecting my dog when the only time he is left out is when I'm at work and nobody else is complaining.

One day I let him out to use the restroom and hear him barking up a storm. I look out to see what the problem is and here is the neighbor's rat of a dog squeezing under my gate trying to run off with my dog's chew toy. The little guy can't hold onto it as my dog chaces it out of my patio area.

I'm laughing my **** off but do nothing so I can see if it repeats. Sure enough a few minutes go by and my dog has lost interest and I see the Chihuaha peaking under the gate again. My dog isn't paying attention and the little guy runs back in trying to steal the toy a second time!

I don't know if this was all of the barking she was talking about, but I think it was. She didn't work and always let her dog roam the neighborhood while smokign cigarettes on her porch. I had a number of chew toys come up missing and thought my dog was losing them. More than likely they were being stollen by that damned dirty rat.

 

[Red Green]

So...basically we ALL have experience with the JAN?

No but the only other house with in a 1/2 mile of my house sold recently so I might depending on the new owner.

 

[bazzateer]

Having a typical UK house with small plots and very close neighbours I feel I'm lucky to have decent people as immediate neighbours on both sides. Never really had a bad neighbour come to think of it. Maybe nice guys make nice neighbours!

 

[RobSmith]

Sorry I can't find my other thread, but I had one that was JAN 2.0 I think. (Jack *** Neighbor)

So today I cut my grass, might have 2-3 more cuttings this year and that's it. I have a 10 gal sprayer (goes on my tractor) that was still close to full with weed killer so I figured it would be good to use that up before it freezes. I had spot sprayed when my lawn first started coming in this summer and this was what was left.

I am spraying my yard and JAN comes out asking what I'm doing. I felt like saying mind your own damn business but I told her "spraying for weeds, don't worry I'm on my side of the prop. line"

She then goes into a rant that it will kill her lawn from the run off, she is going to call the cops, etc.
Now keep in mind this is selective week killer, and I'm spraying it on MY lawn. How would it kill hers?

I just ignored her but I am more strongly considering that fence now. Just wish it wasn't close to $4000. They are worse than a damn 75 yr old lady that peeks out the windows all day long.

How much for a few shipping containers ? Bring them in and put them along the boundary...they take up some room so cut them up to use the walls as the fence ( they will still look like containers to your J.A.N.) They can be tidied up on your side to look OK. That will make a formidable barrier and really piss of the J.A.N. I reckon it'll cost a lot less than $4000. ha ha ha Oh yeah make sure the containers are covered with bad graffiti.

 

[Daniel Dudley]

Maybe a fence doesn't cost. Maybe it pays.

BTW, it may **** to have to deal with them, but just imagine how much it must **** to BE them. Treat them like you would any other mentally handicapped people and don't let it bother you.

 

[JC23]

Chicken wire the bottom of the fence...

 

[mcdtommy23]

Fly paper near the bottom of the fence.

 

[Bear]

They are called arbavetia!

 

[nate379]

Don't have enough room on that side.

They screwed up when they did the layout for the house and with the driveway going straight out the garage I have about 5 feet from the edge to their property line at the road and about 30 feet from my garage to the edge. On the other side I have much more room.

When I first moved in teh driveway was at an angle about 15 feet over the other way, but after 4 people backing right into the ditch (backing straight out in pitch black darkness) I moved it over.

I have been thinking of hauling in some free pallets, standing them on end and pounding in some T posts though.

How much for a few shipping containers ? Bring them in and put them along the boundary...they take up some room so cut them up to use the walls as the fence ( they will still look like containers to your J.A.N.) They can be tidied up on your side to look OK. That will make a formidable barrier and really piss of the J.A.N. I reckon it'll cost a lot less than $4000. ha ha ha Oh yeah make sure the containers are covered with bad graffiti.

 

[tcianci]

We have a somewhat different situation in our neighborhood... There are 9 houses including the ones on the corners in our cul-de-sac. All of these houses are single family homes, 30k sq. ft. minimum lot size so there is some decent space between them. Well, the last house on the road (next to mine) has been owned for about the past 20 years by a very disfunctional family and the husband in the family has since died. Two of the kids have moved out because they couldn't stand to live there any more. That leaves the mom and one son. The son has been arrested a zillion times and bee in and out of jail at least a dozen times. There are alyways cars coming up the road and they just turn around and leave when they see the guy's car is not there so they can't buy their drugs. We get a lot of traffic for a road with only 7 driveways and no outlet. Recently, they have been taking in boarders but we're in a single family residence zone. I know the owner is only trying to hold on to what she has but between the noise, traffic and police being around all the time (4 cruisers and a bike here on July 4th) it's getting out of hand. They aren't JAN's in the classic sense but it makes an otherwise beautiful little road seem like hell. Anyone ever deal with this type of situation?