We have a neighbor that is causing everyone a lot of grief. My husband and I moved into our house a little over a year ago. He owns his own lawn and landscape company and has never had anyone have problems with him. Right when we moved in here she called the fire department on us 3 times for having a very small fire. She then proceded to turn his company into the town board and cost us over $1000 in lawyer fees and certified mailings in order for us to get approved to be able to have 1 employee vehicle in our driveway at scheduled times. She turned in a whole binder full of pictures of our house and my husbands work equipment at the board meeting. She went as far as saying that no one was living at our house and it was for business use only and that a woman and a baby were in and out of the house all the time!! She has gone crazy and has nothing better to do! Well we were approved and since have still been having issues with her and her taking pictures.
We have a new neighbor on our road that runs a child care of only a couple kids and now this women has turned her in and is making her go through the same things that we went through! So my question is. . . is there anything that we can say or do to her to get her to mind her own business? We cannot even be comfortable in our own house and yard. We have spoken to alot of the neightbors and they are tired of her too!
I don't think there's much you can do besides try and ignore her. I don't know why people feel the need to get involved in others business. It can't possibly give them any joy to cause people problems. You don't happen to live in a small town do you? I heard of a problem similar to this down the road from my mom's house and I was just wondering if it was the same lady. Either way, good luck.
Wow, for a minute I thought you were my neighbor. He works for a landscape company and brings home a broken down old truck that leaks oil all over the street- where he parks it instead of his driveway. He is also prone to playing very loud rap music and having LARGE open pit fires, which are illegal, and they pour gas on them; once they set their yard on fire.
I call the police on them once in awhile- when i just cant take it anymore and my 4 year old wakes up at 11pm when the music is vibrating her walls. I used to walk over to their house and ask them to turn it down, but after 3 times I feel they just arent considerate of other people. All of our neighbors cant stand these people.
As long as you are not that person- as long as you are not doing anything illegal and against association rules then I think you would have a good case. You could also try to talk to her. I know- it seems so simple. You could invite her over (and not be mean), but ask her exactly what it is that you are doing that is causing her trouble and let her know that you want to get along. If you are really looking for a solution and want things to be right this is your best step. If she refuses to talk to you or becomes rude and agitated you might consider mediation. Also you can contact your local police department for ideas of how to solve the problem.
I know you are probably tired of putting out money for this woman, but what she is doing should be illegal. I am studying to be a paralegal, so I will be working with lawyers. I have experence in working with them already. I am pretty sure that you can take her to court because she is more or less watching your every move and i know that is illegal. You could file charges on her for being a public neucents nuisance, because that is what she is. I know my mother just did the same thing and she won her case. I hope it would work for you, if you decide to try it. Well let me know what happens.
I know this may sound petty and childish but start taking pictures of her taking pictures of you. Maybe she will get the hint and stop. Or you can invite her to your house for dinner and get to know each other better.
Get a lawyer and have your street file a harassment compliant against the women and good luck!!! You might want to talk to your city council members, sheriff (they sometimes have good ideas and they know whats legal and not) but the best thing I can think of is to get everyone together and complain about her harassment.
First off...WOW what a busy body! Sounds like this woman has nothing better to do with herself that butt into the business of others. If she is elderly she may have a serious mental health problem as well. Have you tried calling the local police department to see what they have to say? The constant picture taking and such sounds like such a violation of privacy and there may be a law about it, but I am not sure. Also if your home is part of a homeowners association, your neighbors and yourself may want to get together and see what can be done, if anything. I am sorry you are having to deal with all that, but other than watching the woman like a hawk and doing to her as she is doing to you and the other neighbors, like calling her in on stuff, I really have no idea what you can do.
i personally would just confront her and ask her what her problem is? Who died and left her president of the neighborhood assosiation? if she continues what she is doing, then file harrassment charges against her. even if they don't really stick, then at least she will get the picture that you aren't going to let her bully your family...and the other family she is harrassing needs to do the same thing. she sounds like a lonely, miserable spinster that has no life. so she is trying to make everyone miserable too.
can yall file harassment charges?
Any way you can build a privacy fence? Although I'm sure she'd have problems with that too :P Just make sure the "ugly" side doesn't face her. The only other non-confontational way I can think of is to start carrying a camera out side. See how she likes having herself and her home photographed for no reason at all.
Suggestions: Start taking pictures of her and make sure she sees you. You can always go one step further and file a complaint with the police dept. Giving her a taste of her own medicine is a good idea, but you are correct. She doesn't have anything else to do and needs to meddle into other peoples business. Another suggestion, is to invite her over for lunch or afternoon tea or something and HAVE her witness your world and see what goes on. Keeping her informed will still her nosiness.
That is awful ,I have such a low tolerance for people like this ,I would have to be very rude to her .Walk outside when she is doing this and strike her a pose !!give her a real picture to look at ,I am mean I guess because I would turn it on her ,I would stand outside taking pictures of her lol see how she likes it .lol.Start going outside when she does this because she is trying to bug you ,let her take your picture you pose and she will feel stupid .best to you
Never buy a home that has covenants. When you have to ask if you can change the color of your house you are living in a communist society. I would never live where someone could tell me what to do on my own propery. I have owned a beautiful home for 14 years, and no one tells me what I can and cannot do with it. The right to own property is a huge part of our freedom. The pursuit of happiness is part of owning your own land. I would move asap, to a free place called the USA! Good luck
I am so sorry you are having this problem. Make you a deal I have one of "those" neighbors also why don't we find a place and have both of them move there and away from us. warrick county i heard has a few open pits. No really I am sorry I wish I could help you.
The lady running the daycare if she wants to contact me as I done this for 13 years adn I pretty much tell her what she can do about this. This is harrassement. Take notes and if it gets bad then file suit against her do it as a group.
Get with your other neighbors and turn the tables on the bothersome neighbor. Have everyone start photographing everything she does, find something STUPID to call the cops on her and see how she likes it. In the state of Ohio that could be considered STALKING and in most states it's illegal, and menacing as well I do believe. Have a good day.
SADLY, THERE IS NOT A WHOLE LOT YOU CAN DO....UNLESS YOU GET A DECENT LAWYER AND LIVE IN A TOWN WHERE THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM IS JUST. OF COURSE MOST PEOPLE DONT HAVE THE TIME OR THEY DONT HAVE THE MONEY FOR A LAWYER. IVE GOT NEIGHBORS LIKE THIS TOO TO A DIFFERENT AFFECT BUT REALLY JUST THEM BEING OVERLYNOSY AND ALWAYS TRYING TO FUDGE UP SOMEONES LIFE. BUT IF SHE IS TAKING PICTURES OF YOU WHEN YOU ARE OUTSIDE...LAW CLAIMS THAT SHE HAS THAT RIGHT WITHIN A CERTAIN DEGREE AND OF COURSE THOSE FINE LINES ( LIKE IF ANY OF THE PHOTOS WOULD HAPPEN TO ALLOW HER TO SEE INSIDE YOUR HOME OR ANYTHING IN THAT NATURE) IN THAT CASE YOU GO FOR VOURYISM. IF ITS JUST A MATTER OF NOT BEING COMFORTABLE IN YOUR OWN YARD ( I DONT MEAN TO LESSON IT BY ANY MEANS) THEN REALLY ALL YOU CAN DO IS DEAL WITH HER...EITHER BY IGNORING HER OR CONFRONTING HER( EVEN IF ITS NOT A DIRECT CONFRONTATION FOR EXAMPLE BY SAYING SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF "IVE NOTICED THAT YOU SEEM TO KNOW EVERYONES BUSINESS AND JUST WHO TO CALL WHEN SOMETHING ISNT RIGHT.....GEE I WISH I DIDNT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO SO I COULD TRY THAT TOO" I SAID SOMETHING ALONG THAT LINES TO ONE OF MY NIBBYNOSE NEIGHBORS AND IVE HAD FEWER PROBLEMS WITH HER. I WAS NICE ABOUT IT AND I GUESS SHE WONDERED IF I WAS SINCERE OR NOT TOO. BUT IF ITS MORE THAN BEING UNCOMFORTABLE SUCH AS YOU FEEL YOUR LIFE WILL BE DISRUPTED OR IS BEING DISRUPTED OR THAT SHE WILL HURT YOUR HUSBANDS BUSINESS( OR EVEN THE DAYCARE PROVIDERS) OR IF SHE WILL HAVE ANY EFFECT ON YOU OTHER THAN JUST PURE ANNOYANCE THEN BY ALL MEANS GO FOR HARRASSMENT, VOURYISM, FALSE REPORTS...ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING. I WISH I COULD BE OF MORE HELP TO YOU. GOOD LUCK!!
I would talk to the local sheriff/police. Tell them the Kook is stalking you, which it sounds like she is. You have all the proof really. SHE is the one who took all the pic's ect, in which you have all taken care of....so she's still at it, that is stalking. Even though, I believe you can legally take pic's all you want, it still might help if a sherriff showed up at her door with a stalking complaint. She might back down if she feels *on the other side of the fence*.
I had something similar happen with the photos. The next time I saw this person I had my own camera and started taking pic's at them. I walked right up to them and kept on snapping pic's...funny, as they ran away saying "what are you doing?" Hmm...the same thing as they were! Unfortunatly some people have nothing better in their lives, so they choose to butt into others!
