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I don't think I'm a snooty neighbor. We moved here 20 years ago with 3 "rowdy" teenagers. I've had my share of police calls from neighbors who objected to my kids having "band practice" in my garage, boyfriends racing up the street, etc. However, we always disciplined & corrected our kids & ALWAYS maintained CURB APPEAL!
I have new neighbors (3 years) whose teenage kids have been revving up car engines that sound like sewing machines gone wild, 24/7! My former neighbors kept the yard mowed & clean...the new family mows the lawn about twice a year. There's a trampoline & lopsided pool in the back yard that is my "new view" from my living room. Not to mention wooden patio furniture & plastic toddler slides, swings & blow up "jumping games" (deflated) lying all over the back yard. The ORANGE storage barn went up this summer! Their youngest daughter is 12, so these toys have never been used since they moved here.
We're trying to sell our house but potential buyers are totally turned off by the trash in my neighbors yard. DH & I are trying to save up enough money (fixed income retirees) to buy evergreen shrubs to block the view of our inconsiderate neighbors yard.
There used to be a neighborhood committee that "reminded" these kind of neighbors to maintain their properties, but it's not happening anymore. Any suggestions?
I have new neighbors (3 years) whose teenage kids have been revving up car engines that sound like sewing machines gone wild, 24/7! My former neighbors kept the yard mowed & clean...the new family mows the lawn about twice a year. There's a trampoline & lopsided pool in the back yard that is my "new view" from my living room. Not to mention wooden patio furniture & plastic toddler slides, swings & blow up "jumping games" (deflated) lying all over the back yard. The ORANGE storage barn went up this summer! Their youngest daughter is 12, so these toys have never been used since they moved here.
We're trying to sell our house but potential buyers are totally turned off by the trash in my neighbors yard. DH & I are trying to save up enough money (fixed income retirees) to buy evergreen shrubs to block the view of our inconsiderate neighbors yard.
There used to be a neighborhood committee that "reminded" these kind of neighbors to maintain their properties, but it's not happening anymore. Any suggestions?
~The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people. ~
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