Have you ever gone out of your way to take care of folks you thought you can trust and you find out that they are the most inconsiderate people you can ever meet and …. they are your neighbors. Well we have. It’s unbelievable.
I started building a fence with a concrete footer and the neighbor, probably thinkin’ he was cute, yelled over to me … Good Fences make Good Neighbors. I thought to myself … hopefully he’ll appreciate it. NOT! So after mixing over 3600 pounds of concrete and building the most beautiful fence I ever built, our hell started.
First off, we knew they were going to build a playhouse for the kids, which is fine, who couldn’t appreciate that. Well, they put a 2 story play house right next to their fence over looking our back yard. Who can find a problem with that….. except, we live on a creek lot that eventually runs in to a golf course. We really loved the trees and the view of no neighbors. We begged this guy not to build it right next to the fence and offered to build an extension on the fence so that we could keep our privacy. Incidentally, he has enough property to put the fence in the middle of the yard so it wouldn’t interfere with the neighbor on the north of him and us. Oh, that would put it right in front of his view to the creek.
This didn’t happen. This guy is so arrogant, he’s trying to make it out to be our problem. We need to plant something to get our privacy back, like a bamboo garden, trees or shrubs so that we can get our privacy back.
Another thing, he’s a pilot for some airline. You know he is better and knows better than the old farmer joe next door. Bible says ‘Love your neighbor’… I’m trying my best but it’s very hard Lord.
One last thing, before I open it up to get your stories of hellacious neighbors…. You can’t always judge the character of a person talking to them as you leave the plane or wave to them when your cutting the lawn…. but character makes good neighbors.
