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zoo

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What is the name of your state? maine
please help i have a home and i am caught between 2 neighbors who have joined forces and the harassment get worse each day.
neighbor #1 IS A KNOWN BULLY AND HAS UILT A GARAGE 1 FOT OFF MY PROPERTY LINE BY OBTAINING PERMITS UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.HE HAS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ATTACED ME VERBALLY MOST OFTEN BECAUSE MY DOG HAS URINATED ON HIS PROPERTY. THE DOG IS A NEUTERED MALE 14 YEARS OLD AND ONLY GOES THERE WHEN HIS DOG IS OUT.HE HAS ALSO YELLED AT ME AND TOLD ME TO CLEAN UP THE DUMP.I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF AROUND NOT OLD CARS BUT GARDEN EQUIPMENT AND SUCH.HE STARTS HIS TRUCK WITH A REMOTE BEEPER AND IT BLASTS THE HORN AT 430 IN THE AM FOR A HALF HOUR WARM UP. HE LEAVE HIS MOTOR CYCLE RUNNING AS CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AS HE CAN. THEY HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN BIRDS OF THE PARROT VARIETY THAT SCREACH AND WHISTLE FOR MANY HOURS OF THE DAY. A DOG WHICH THEY LET OUT AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT AND TURN ON BRIGHT LIGHTS WHICH WAKES ME.HE STARTS HIS SNOWBLOWER BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR WORK AND CLEARS OUR SHARED DRIVEWAY BLOWING SNOW AND ICE AGAINST MY HOME SCARING ME HALF TO DEATH.
NEIGHBOR #2 WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE HOUSE THEY RUSHED IN TO MY LIFE.THEY HAD A KEY TO LET THE DOG IN AS I DID FOR THIERS.HE RESHINGLED A ROOF ON AN OLD SHED AND LEFT LOTS OF SHINGLE AND NAILS ALL OVER MY PROPERTY.AS TIME WENT ON HE TOOK TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT TO USE BOTH ON HIS HOME AND ODD JOBS HE DID FOR OTHERS.THE LAST STRAW WAS WHEN HE TOOK MY SNOW BLOWER WITHOUT ASKING AND DID HIS NEIGHBORLY DUTY AND RETURNED IT ALL OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND CUT DOWN PART OF MY HEDGE TO FIT IT THRU. THEY ARE NOT GPPD NEIGHBORS IN THE REPECT OF CLEANING UP LEAVES AND THROW TRASH AND YARD DEBRIS ON OTHER PEOPLES PROPERTY.I FINALLY PUT UP A FENCE AFTER HIS WIFE TOLD ME TO CALL GOD ABOUT THE LEAVES BLOWING OVER INTO MY PROPERT.THE OTHER REASON WAS TO KEEP THEIR DOG FROM RUNNING TO THE END OF HER LEASH AND TRYING TO ATTACK EVERYONE WHO CAME INTO MY YARD.THEY GLARE AT ME AND MY GUESTS WHEN I AM ANY WHERE IN SIGHT AND THEY SEEM TO THINK THEY OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY DEEDED WITH MY PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY MADE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT OF ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS DEEDED TO THE LAKE.
HE CUT DOWN TREES ON OUR RIGHT OF WAY AT THE WATER FRONT WITHOUT PERMITS AND MAKES RULES FOROTHERS BUT DOES WHATEVER HE PLEASE INCLUDING BURNING WHATEVER IN AN OPEN FIRE AND SMELLING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.I FINALLY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAME AND PUT OUT HIS MOST RECENT ONE.HE WASHES HIS WORK CLOTHES IN THE BACK YARD AND DUMPS THE WATER AS CLOSE TO MY PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE.SHE SCREAMED AT ME IN A DRUNKEN RAGE FOR CUTTING THE OLD THICK BRANCHS IN THE HEDGE AND SAID IT WAS HER HEDGE.I FINALLY HAD TO GET A SURVY MARKED AT MY COST TO PROVE TO HER THAT IT WAS NOT HER PROPERTY.2 YEARS AGO THIS SPRING A NUMBER OF MY PLANTS AND BUSHES WERE VERY SMALL AND I FIGURED THAT THEY HAD SUFFERED A WINTER KILL.HER NEW GARDEN SUDDENLY MIMICED MINE.SOME OF THE WINTER KILLED PALNTS STARTED BLOOMING IN HER GARDEN.THEY ARE QUITE VISIBLE SINCE A BIG PRUNING HOLE IN THIER LILAC HEDGE HAS APPEARED.WE WERE TALKING ONE DAY AND THE BLUE INDIGO PLANTS IN THE PORTION OF MY PROPERTY
THAT ABUTS THIER DRIVE WAY WERE CONSIDERABLY SMALLER THAN EVER BEFORE.I SAID WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO THEM AND SHE SAID OH THEY DIED IN THE MIDDLE. A SHORT TIME LATER I HAPPENED TO STOP TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE AND I ASKED JOAN WHER SHE GOT THE BLUE INDIGO FIGURING I COULD GO BUY SOME TO REPLACE THE DIED IN THE MIDDLE PLANTS AND SHE TOLD ME CAROLINE GAVE IT TO HER.WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST I DO.THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.I AM SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ A 7 YEAR HISTORY MY NECK HURTS FROM TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK.THANKS FOR THE HELP
 


HomeGuru

Senior Member
zoo said:
What is the name of your state? maine
please help i have a home and i am caught between 2 neighbors who have joined forces and the harassment get worse each day.
neighbor #1 IS A KNOWN BULLY AND HAS UILT A GARAGE 1 FOT OFF MY PROPERTY LINE BY OBTAINING PERMITS UNDER FALSE PRETENSES.HE HAS ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS ATTACED ME VERBALLY MOST OFTEN BECAUSE MY DOG HAS URINATED ON HIS PROPERTY. THE DOG IS A NEUTERED MALE 14 YEARS OLD AND ONLY GOES THERE WHEN HIS DOG IS OUT.HE HAS ALSO YELLED AT ME AND TOLD ME TO CLEAN UP THE DUMP.I HAVE A LOT OF STUFF AROUND NOT OLD CARS BUT GARDEN EQUIPMENT AND SUCH.HE STARTS HIS TRUCK WITH A REMOTE BEEPER AND IT BLASTS THE HORN AT 430 IN THE AM FOR A HALF HOUR WARM UP. HE LEAVE HIS MOTOR CYCLE RUNNING AS CLOSE TO MY HOUSE AS HE CAN. THEY HAVE ABOUT A DOZEN BIRDS OF THE PARROT VARIETY THAT SCREACH AND WHISTLE FOR MANY HOURS OF THE DAY. A DOG WHICH THEY LET OUT AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY OR NIGHT AND TURN ON BRIGHT LIGHTS WHICH WAKES ME.HE STARTS HIS SNOWBLOWER BEFORE HE LEAVES FOR WORK AND CLEARS OUR SHARED DRIVEWAY BLOWING SNOW AND ICE AGAINST MY HOME SCARING ME HALF TO DEATH.
NEIGHBOR #2 WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE HOUSE THEY RUSHED IN TO MY LIFE.THEY HAD A KEY TO LET THE DOG IN AS I DID FOR THIERS.HE RESHINGLED A ROOF ON AN OLD SHED AND LEFT LOTS OF SHINGLE AND NAILS ALL OVER MY PROPERTY.AS TIME WENT ON HE TOOK TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT TO USE BOTH ON HIS HOME AND ODD JOBS HE DID FOR OTHERS.THE LAST STRAW WAS WHEN HE TOOK MY SNOW BLOWER WITHOUT ASKING AND DID HIS NEIGHBORLY DUTY AND RETURNED IT ALL OUT OF ADJUSTMENT AND CUT DOWN PART OF MY HEDGE TO FIT IT THRU. THEY ARE NOT GPPD NEIGHBORS IN THE REPECT OF CLEANING UP LEAVES AND THROW TRASH AND YARD DEBRIS ON OTHER PEOPLES PROPERTY.I FINALLY PUT UP A FENCE AFTER HIS WIFE TOLD ME TO CALL GOD ABOUT THE LEAVES BLOWING OVER INTO MY PROPERT.THE OTHER REASON WAS TO KEEP THEIR DOG FROM RUNNING TO THE END OF HER LEASH AND TRYING TO ATTACK EVERYONE WHO CAME INTO MY YARD.THEY GLARE AT ME AND MY GUESTS WHEN I AM ANY WHERE IN SIGHT AND THEY SEEM TO THINK THEY OWN THE RIGHT OF WAY DEEDED WITH MY PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY MADE IMPROVEMENTS WITHOUT CONSENT OF ANY OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACCESS DEEDED TO THE LAKE.
HE CUT DOWN TREES ON OUR RIGHT OF WAY AT THE WATER FRONT WITHOUT PERMITS AND MAKES RULES FOROTHERS BUT DOES WHATEVER HE PLEASE INCLUDING BURNING WHATEVER IN AN OPEN FIRE AND SMELLING UP THE NEIGHBORHOOD.I FINALLY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CAME AND PUT OUT HIS MOST RECENT ONE.HE WASHES HIS WORK CLOTHES IN THE BACK YARD AND DUMPS THE WATER AS CLOSE TO MY PROPERTY AS POSSIBLE.SHE SCREAMED AT ME IN A DRUNKEN RAGE FOR CUTTING THE OLD THICK BRANCHS IN THE HEDGE AND SAID IT WAS HER HEDGE.I FINALLY HAD TO GET A SURVY MARKED AT MY COST TO PROVE TO HER THAT IT WAS NOT HER PROPERTY.2 YEARS AGO THIS SPRING A NUMBER OF MY PLANTS AND BUSHES WERE VERY SMALL AND I FIGURED THAT THEY HAD SUFFERED A WINTER KILL.HER NEW GARDEN SUDDENLY MIMICED MINE.SOME OF THE WINTER KILLED PALNTS STARTED BLOOMING IN HER GARDEN.THEY ARE QUITE VISIBLE SINCE A BIG PRUNING HOLE IN THIER LILAC HEDGE HAS APPEARED.WE WERE TALKING ONE DAY AND THE BLUE INDIGO PLANTS IN THE PORTION OF MY PROPERTY
THAT ABUTS THIER DRIVE WAY WERE CONSIDERABLY SMALLER THAN EVER BEFORE.I SAID WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED TO THEM AND SHE SAID OH THEY DIED IN THE MIDDLE. A SHORT TIME LATER I HAPPENED TO STOP TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE AND I ASKED JOAN WHER SHE GOT THE BLUE INDIGO FIGURING I COULD GO BUY SOME TO REPLACE THE DIED IN THE MIDDLE PLANTS AND SHE TOLD ME CAROLINE GAVE IT TO HER.WHAT WOULD YOU SUGGEST I DO.THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE ISSUES THAT HAVE COME UP.I AM SURE YOU DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ A 7 YEAR HISTORY MY NECK HURTS FROM TURNING THE OTHER CHEEK.THANKS FOR THE HELP
**A: please follow the instructions in the red letters above.
 

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My response:

No, no, no.

Your State name is just the beginning. It's all of the red words that you should have seen just above where you were writing your post, to wit:

"To receive the most complete legal information to your question,
YOU MUST INCLUDE THE STATE NAME
Be Brief - To The Point - Type In Lower Case Letters.

IAAL
 
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zoo

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maine what are the laws regarding encroachment,noise levels and general nuisance neighbors. they seem to have taken my property forgranted and removed some of my posessions to thier new garden. my peaceful enjoyment of my home has been denied
 

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