Neighbors......

[Ms Grumpy]

I live in a small community with smaller homes and not really big lots. Many of the houses are older, mine was built in 1955. About 5 years ago the old man that lived behind us passed away. His home was on a big lot and was in such disrepair that whoever bought it was going to have to tear it down and rebuild. Well, they did, except that they built 2 huge houses on the lot. When the homes were built only one of the houses had a fence put along the back of the lot.

Here is a rough pic of what it looked like prior to the fence.


S---Home-------Home-------/
I----------------------------/
D---------------------------/
E---Garage-----Garage------/
---------------/////////////////
S---------------------------/
T--My Garage---------------/
R---------------------------/
E-------My House-----------/
E
T

After


S--/--Home-----Home--------/
I---/-------------------------/
D---/------------------------/
E----Garage----Garage-------/
-----//////////////////////////////
S----------------------------/
T---My Garage---------------/
R----------------------------/
E-------My House------------/
E
T


We have been trying to figure out what is going on with this house for a few months now. The yourng man that bought it about 3 years ago, met a woman and moved in with her somewhere else. He rented the house to a friend of his and they moved out over the summer. Then there was a For Sale sign, then it was gone and our neighbors were wondering if the bank repossessed it.

Now maybe I am just being a grumpy neighbot but I feel like we should have been told about this. It is a 6 ft wooden privacy fence that blocks my view from pulling out of my driveway. I know it probablly is what the code is for my city, cause the city inspector is really strict, especially when it comes to fences. I know because we wanted to put one up, but because we are on the corner of a main street, our fence could only be 4 ft tall, but the neighbors behind us can put up a 6ft fence. It really ticks me off.

Sorry about the vent. I just hope that this family doesn't mind having the motor on my car revving at 6am on weekends. Just wondering.