What do you do about nosey neighbors? My neighbor is cool, but he tends to poke his head into things at the wrong time I guess. Like I'd prefer the neighbors not know that I'm building another metal building on my property, not that it really matters I guess. I don't think they can go to the city and object to it, but my neighbor strolls up when I'm showing the engineer where I want to put it so he can draw up a drainage plan etc and I'm not good at making stuff up on the fly, so I came out and said it and he's all like what are you using it for, why do you need another one bla bla bla. I mean. I don't care they he chit chats with me when Im not trying to show someone what i want to do but this dude is charging me for his time and he's not out there to talk to the neighbor and he came out twice and was asking us a bunch of questions. Luckily I got all my questions answered still.
Finally!!!Bang his wife
Two of my four back yard neighbors have immaculately xeriscaped yards. My back yard is sand and weeds. I'm lazy.Has anybody ever seen a thread where it starts, I live in a great neighborhood with great people and I just like being a ***** to annoy them and do outrageous things?
I'm not saying the OP is this way, but, I wondered this for years.
Hinted at post #8...Finally!!!
I mind my own business and the the only communication they get from me is an occassional wave when they drive by assuming I'm in the mood.Two of my four back yard neighbors have immaculately xeriscaped yards. My back yard is sand and weeds. I'm lazy.
Yeah I guess I dropped the ball on this one. I could have been like let me meet with him and see what he has to say and I'll drop by later."Hi Jim, we're really tight on time today and this guy charges me by the hour. I can come over later today, but right now we both need to focus on our specific tasks".
Have you checked the zoning of your property and permitted uses, and also the regulations regarding building permits etc?
I used to be on a development appeal board. Where I live I can have one 120 sq/ft building and one building up to 3000 sq/ft. If i want a third building I have to get a development permit. Your additional might not be allowed. Just because Billy-Bob down the road has one does not mean you can get one.
******* off neighbors, at this point, is not a good strategy.
Like, “Fawk awf you c*nt!”This, but a bit more on the diplomatic side.
Yeah, kind of... Make sure you frown, or better yet, squint like Clint.Like, “Fawk awf you c*nt!”
There is nothing wrong with vacuuming your driveway.I have found it's easier to keep them at bay, so every now and then I go out in the driveway with the Shark Vacuum and pretend to vacuum the driveway..
That just tells him it is OK to come by when you don't have someone thereI probably need to send him a text about the other day and just say he was charging me for his time and I didn't want to get stuck chit chatting. That still sounds like I'm an ******* though. Lol
I'm okay with that.That just tells him it is OK to come by when you don't have someone there
Then go for it.I'm okay with that.
Not right he would charge you for that time?Tell your contractor to bill the time he talked to your neighbor to him.
Not right he would charge you for that time anyway
If he takes an hour talking to the neighbor then i shouldn't be billed for that time.Not right he would charge you for that time?
Any time at site is billed time. I work in consulting Engineering, and all my time, including travel, is billable. If I have to go to your location and you want to chit chat, you're paying about $5.50 a minute for that. If you call me about the file, that time gets billed as well. That's industry standard.
I can't fathom why it wouldn't be right for him to charge that time, he's on your site, it's your responsibility to control access.
If he makes a business arrangement with the neighbor to see him about something during your site visit, then that chat time should be charged to the neighbor. However yes, it's totally reasonable for the engineer to charge time on your site to you, whether or not someone else is wasting your time.
If you tell the guy to go away in the first place, then that won't happen.If he takes an hour talking to the neighbor then i shouldn't be billed for that time.
Simple and honest work.
my neighbors know better, we are talking about the OP neighborsIf you tell the guy to go away in the first place, then that won't happen.
In my last neighborhood, anytime I had a contractor working on my property I had neighbors stopping by asking for their information and wanting to talk to them. In a couple cases, it was bad enough that I ran interference to make sure they could get the job done quickly.
I guess some people just were never taught at a young age when to interrupt and when not too. Personally I like to keep things quiet until I have a permit in hand before letting the neighbors know what I'm building. You never you know, they could go down to the city and throw a fit and hinder my ability to get a permit. I dont even know if they are going to let me drain the water where I want to and the neighbor already knows what's going on.my neighbors know better, we are talking about the OP neighbors
Some just want to put there business where it do not belong. some complain, cry, and get you in trouble.I guess some people just were never taught at a young age when to interrupt and when not too. Personally I like to keep things quiet until I have a permit in hand before letting the neighbors know what I'm building. You never you know, they could go down to the city and throw a fit and hinder my ability to get a permit. I dont even know if they are going to let me drain the water where I want to and the neighbor already knows what's going on.
Probably right, anything over 1,000 SQ fT here has to be permitted in my area.I think as far as a steel building is concerned it probably doesn't matter, but still.
Ideally, people would know when not to hang around, but clearly this guy didn't. It isn't the engineer's job to tell a neighbor to go away, it is the landowners. The engineer doesn't know that this guy isn't somehow involved (a father, stakeholder, etc.). Any resulting additional time spent dealing with someone the landowner isn't chasing away is also on the landowner.my neighbors know better, we are talking about the OP neighbors
did it ever occur to you that your neighbor may be reading everything you write here, in every thread you post in, and that he is the one telling the city he doesn't want your water on the road.I guess some people just were never taught at a young age when to interrupt and when not too. Personally I like to keep things quiet until I have a permit in hand before letting the neighbors know what I'm building. You never you know, they could go down to the city and throw a fit and hinder my ability to get a permit. I dont even know if they are going to let me drain the water where I want to and the neighbor already knows what's going on.
I had a neighbor that would come over anytime I was working on my hot rod truck and tell me I should have done stuff this way or that way. He was having a car built by others, so eventually I made a comment that he should have his builder do that to his. He stopped coming over to tell me how to do things.What do you do about nosey neighbors? My neighbor is cool, but he tends to poke his head into things at the wrong time I guess. Like I'd prefer the neighbors not know that I'm building another metal building on my property, not that it really matters I guess. I don't think they can go to the city and object to it, but my neighbor strolls up when I'm showing the engineer where I want to put it so he can draw up a drainage plan etc and I'm not good at making stuff up on the fly, so I came out and said it and he's all like what are you using it for, why do you need another one bla bla bla. I mean. I don't care they he chit chats with me when Im not trying to show someone what i want to do but this dude is charging me for his time and he's not out there to talk to the neighbor and he came out twice and was asking us a bunch of questions. Luckily I got all my questions answered still.
Lmao. That's just a little more paranoid than even I am.did it ever occur to you that your neighbor may be reading everything you write here, in every thread you post in, and that he is the one telling the city he doesn't want your water on the road.
They never came out to even look at the property. I had the engineer out there and he said they wouldn't make you put a ditch in when there is already one there.Lmao. That's just a little more paranoid than even I am.
There really were heroin addicts in my house before I bought it 25 years ago. There was a tattoo parlor in the little village center down the road, and it turned out he was dealing heroin on the side. They had to eject the addicts, and I had to redo the interior of the house to move in.I have a nosy neighbor who doesn't bug me much but the guy behind me is always making up crazy stories he tells the nosy neighbor when he starts asking questions. I can hardly keep a straight face when the nosy neighbor comes and tells me what the guy is going to be doing.
"Do you think he is really going to start slaughtering pigs?" "He said he has to redo the kitchen because it was a meth house"