star_gazer
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? CA
New neighbor moved in next door 2-3 years ago. They remodeled the house before they moved in, adding a kitchen nook with a large window on the side of their house facing us, also put in a flood light that seems to be on 24/7. We live on a hill with a nice view out the backyard, there house is adjacent to ours on the upslope (their house has higher elevation). None of the houses in the tract have large windows looking into their neighbors yard. This window and flood light look directly into our front yard and master bedroom. I have had to put up cardboard on the window to block out the light and to provide privacy. I also put up some brush cherry bushes on the slope which block their view into our yard and master bedroom. This seemed to touch off a nerve. They have dictated to us how high we can grow our brush cherries before we have to cut them, otherwise we block their view into our yard. They have also asked us to cut down the large eucaplyptus trees on our back hill and to trim some of the other shrubs on our back hill as they complain they block their view. These trees and shrubs on the back hill were there before they moved in, and were planted because we had a mud slide problem on our hill. There is no way we would ever want to chop down our trees, as trimming them back to a size that wouldn't block their view would kill the trees. Yes, some of the shrubs could be trimmed back, but I don't want to trim the ones that are providing privacy from our rude neighbors. They never consulted with us before they put this large window right next to and above our master bedroom window and this god awful flood light.
Now they have sent us a letter from a lawyer saying they are going to sue us if we don't cut down our eucalyptus trees, and trim all of our shrubs down to a 3 foot level. None of the trees/shrubs are intruding onto their property, nor are they causing any kind of damage to their property. They have cited some kind of city ordinance in their letter, stating the 3 foot level of our privacy hedge, which at that height wouldn't give us a single bit of privacy.
What would you do if you were in our shoes?
Thanks.
Star Gazer.
New neighbor moved in next door 2-3 years ago. They remodeled the house before they moved in, adding a kitchen nook with a large window on the side of their house facing us, also put in a flood light that seems to be on 24/7. We live on a hill with a nice view out the backyard, there house is adjacent to ours on the upslope (their house has higher elevation). None of the houses in the tract have large windows looking into their neighbors yard. This window and flood light look directly into our front yard and master bedroom. I have had to put up cardboard on the window to block out the light and to provide privacy. I also put up some brush cherry bushes on the slope which block their view into our yard and master bedroom. This seemed to touch off a nerve. They have dictated to us how high we can grow our brush cherries before we have to cut them, otherwise we block their view into our yard. They have also asked us to cut down the large eucaplyptus trees on our back hill and to trim some of the other shrubs on our back hill as they complain they block their view. These trees and shrubs on the back hill were there before they moved in, and were planted because we had a mud slide problem on our hill. There is no way we would ever want to chop down our trees, as trimming them back to a size that wouldn't block their view would kill the trees. Yes, some of the shrubs could be trimmed back, but I don't want to trim the ones that are providing privacy from our rude neighbors. They never consulted with us before they put this large window right next to and above our master bedroom window and this god awful flood light.
Now they have sent us a letter from a lawyer saying they are going to sue us if we don't cut down our eucalyptus trees, and trim all of our shrubs down to a 3 foot level. None of the trees/shrubs are intruding onto their property, nor are they causing any kind of damage to their property. They have cited some kind of city ordinance in their letter, stating the 3 foot level of our privacy hedge, which at that height wouldn't give us a single bit of privacy.
What would you do if you were in our shoes?
Thanks.
Star Gazer.