Washington State:
My neighbors have never been easy to deal with. Although they live surrounded by forest, more than 5 acres, they technically do not own the forested property. They have taken issue with having to clean leaves off of their driveway and out of their yard and feel that the property owners should do so (us and another lady). We feel that is insane - everyone is responsible for their own property and quite frankly, everyone keeps a nice yard around here. They go so far as to dump the refuse from their yard back onto the property of the forest-owners. They also dump cut tree branches, logs, weeds etc. onto the same property. When asked not to, they stated they had a right to, as the leaves were not "theirs". Ok, so we ignore that, because it's crazy behavior and we're not about to get into a childish fight with these people.
Now, they have had their lawyer send a letter to one of the adjacent property owners, stating that they are putting her on notice that she has two "dangerous" trees that must be trimmed back so nothing overhangs their property and also that they are sick of leaves and she is responsible for clearing up the leaves on their property, or hiring someone to do so.
I, as part property owner of the forest, have asked the city and police what can be done about the complaining neighbors dumping refuse on our properties and neither will get involved in a civil matter. So, how do they get to deem trees dangerous, or demand that someone cleans up their property, when they have knowingly built a house here and have lived here since 1989? Is there something we should legally do as the forest property owners to protect ourselves?
These people have a history of not getting along with any of the neighbors, not current, not past. Thanks.
My neighbors have never been easy to deal with. Although they live surrounded by forest, more than 5 acres, they technically do not own the forested property. They have taken issue with having to clean leaves off of their driveway and out of their yard and feel that the property owners should do so (us and another lady). We feel that is insane - everyone is responsible for their own property and quite frankly, everyone keeps a nice yard around here. They go so far as to dump the refuse from their yard back onto the property of the forest-owners. They also dump cut tree branches, logs, weeds etc. onto the same property. When asked not to, they stated they had a right to, as the leaves were not "theirs". Ok, so we ignore that, because it's crazy behavior and we're not about to get into a childish fight with these people.
Now, they have had their lawyer send a letter to one of the adjacent property owners, stating that they are putting her on notice that she has two "dangerous" trees that must be trimmed back so nothing overhangs their property and also that they are sick of leaves and she is responsible for clearing up the leaves on their property, or hiring someone to do so.
I, as part property owner of the forest, have asked the city and police what can be done about the complaining neighbors dumping refuse on our properties and neither will get involved in a civil matter. So, how do they get to deem trees dangerous, or demand that someone cleans up their property, when they have knowingly built a house here and have lived here since 1989? Is there something we should legally do as the forest property owners to protect ourselves?
These people have a history of not getting along with any of the neighbors, not current, not past. Thanks.