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What are my options for a defense against my neighbor who is an alcoholic? I am being harassed by a neighbor who drinks very heavily. The police have been here 4 times. I have complained to the manager and owner and they say legally they can't do anything. The police told me I needed to address the problem with both parties and our manager said lawyer a... 05/09/2007 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » AZ #4333

How do I sell my home when I have difficult neighbors? I am a Realtor with a client who has just signed an agreement of sale for his home. The day after the "under contract" sign went up, I got a call from a man saying he was the next door neighbor and that my Client's hedge is on his properety. The Neighbor wants my Client to pay fo... 05/12/2007 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » PA #4541

Is it unlawful to remove lateral support to adjacent land owners? I have 20 acres of farm ground that is flood irrigated. A new school is being built adjacent to my field along the west line. They have excavated a retention pond close to my field and I am under the understanding that they are going to cut a portion of the ground abutting my fi... 06/09/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » CA #16911

Can we revoke the easement to the driveway if the neighbor continues to fight over the driveway? we have a problem with our driveway and our neighbor. The driveway is on our property and when we bought the house we gave an esenment to the house below us. We have not had a problem until now. We have ask the person in the house not to block the driveway. Or drive on our pr... 11/08/2007 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » OH #11905

What can I do about my noisy neighbor upstairs? My neighbor does not like us and intentionally makes noise in their apt from above, sometimes at 6:07am, 10:30pm...almost every night. We own a coop. it sounds like a bowling ball hitting the wood floor. He also plays with his dog and drops hardballs? I can't imagine there is no... 02/20/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » NY #15314

What are my options to force my neighbor to turn down her stereo? I live in New Mexico. My neighbor has her stereo going nearly everyday for most of the day. It is loud enough to hear in my home. I have already left 3 messages for her, asking her to turn down the volume because it is disruptive. So far, she has not complied. What are my options? 03/04/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » NM #15439

Peeping Tom Case or Invasion of Privacy If a neighbor sets up a camoflaged hunting blind on the edge of your property (Edge of property is loosely defined. On the outside of their fence but probably still within their property) with the sole intent of viewing all angles of your pool (areas not accessible viewed from t... 03/10/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » IN #15542

What can I do about the neighbor's riding their ATV's next to our home? We have a home at the river. The people next door have 2 boys that are wild. My problem is they are riding their 4 wheelers about 25 feet from my kitchen window. The dust and noise from this is driving us insane. We cannot even have a cook-out if they are on those bikes, because ... 03/21/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » VA #15716

How do you settle a dispute between land owners who do or do not want a beaver and pond? This would be a land/environmental dispute amongst several neighbors surrounding a beaver pond. Two of residence do not want the pond there, while several other like and would like to keep the pond. Those two people that do not want the pond gone have hired a beaver trapping bu... 03/23/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » NH #15733

What recourse do I have to force the neighbor to move their chickens from near my home? My neighbor has chicken and baby chicks on his property. They have them caged by our bedroom windows. These chicks chirp constantly - so much so I have a headache daily from the noise. Also I cannot use the bedrooms if I want to nap because of the noise. What recourse do I have? 04/20/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » WA #16063

Can I file a disturbing the peace or nuisance complaint against my noisy neighbors? My next door neighbors, especially their kids are so loud during the day, it's ruining my life. The mother owns the house and her son & wife live there as she can't make the house payment on her own. The whole time she's had the place, every renter, visitor, etc has been so... 04/22/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » CA #16093

Can I legally force my neigbor into removing the eyesore dividing the property line? Neighbor A paid for a property line survey - Neighbor B put steel T-posts on the line so the survey line would not be lost. Neighbor B put painted milk jugs on these posts (this is country property) and Neighbor A removes them promptly. We are not on 'speaking terms' and I am ... 04/23/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » WA #16100

Do we legally have to remove the tree that our neighbor is complaining about? Our beautiful 80 year old Hickory tree is dropping nuts on our neighbors driveway. He has told us it is damaging his cars and we have to cut it down. We love this tree, it prevents cars on his higher driveway from accidentally crashing into our daughter's lower level bedroom and ... 04/28/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » ALL #16226

Can you bring legal action against bad neighbors? My friend's neighbors in the apartment upstairs are constantly calling the parking enforcement officer on him for parking in the driveway of the apartment for which he pays rent. Both parties utilize this driveway at different times due to the cramped parking situations in the ar... 05/05/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » CA #16571

Is my neighbor financially responsible for the damage a tree on his property is causing my driveway? If a neighbors tree roots are causing extensive cracking on my driveway & also the leaves continually cause me to clean rain gutters, are they liable for repairs & damages? 05/05/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » ALL #16575

Category: Real Property » Neighbor Relations
What are my options for a defense against my neighbor who is an alcoholic? I am being harassed by a neighbor who drinks very heavily. The police have been here 4 times. I have complained to the manager and owner and they say legally they can't do anything. The police told me I needed to address the problem with both parties and our manager said lawyer a... 05/09/2007 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » AZ #4333

How do I sell my home when I have difficult neighbors? I am a Realtor with a client who has just signed an agreement of sale for his home. The day after the "under contract" sign went up, I got a call from a man saying he was the next door neighbor and that my Client's hedge is on his properety. The Neighbor wants my Client to pay fo... 05/12/2007 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » PA #4541

Is it unlawful to remove lateral support to adjacent land owners? I have 20 acres of farm ground that is flood irrigated. A new school is being built adjacent to my field along the west line. They have excavated a retention pond close to my field and I am under the understanding that they are going to cut a portion of the ground abutting my fi... 06/09/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » CA #16911

Can we revoke the easement to the driveway if the neighbor continues to fight over the driveway? we have a problem with our driveway and our neighbor. The driveway is on our property and when we bought the house we gave an esenment to the house below us. We have not had a problem until now. We have ask the person in the house not to block the driveway. Or drive on our pr... 11/08/2007 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » OH #11905

What can I do about my noisy neighbor upstairs? My neighbor does not like us and intentionally makes noise in their apt from above, sometimes at 6:07am, 10:30pm...almost every night. We own a coop. it sounds like a bowling ball hitting the wood floor. He also plays with his dog and drops hardballs? I can't imagine there is no... 02/20/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » NY #15314

What are my options to force my neighbor to turn down her stereo? I live in New Mexico. My neighbor has her stereo going nearly everyday for most of the day. It is loud enough to hear in my home. I have already left 3 messages for her, asking her to turn down the volume because it is disruptive. So far, she has not complied. What are my options? 03/04/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » NM #15439

Peeping Tom Case or Invasion of Privacy If a neighbor sets up a camoflaged hunting blind on the edge of your property (Edge of property is loosely defined. On the outside of their fence but probably still within their property) with the sole intent of viewing all angles of your pool (areas not accessible viewed from t... 03/10/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » IN #15542

What can I do about the neighbor's riding their ATV's next to our home? We have a home at the river. The people next door have 2 boys that are wild. My problem is they are riding their 4 wheelers about 25 feet from my kitchen window. The dust and noise from this is driving us insane. We cannot even have a cook-out if they are on those bikes, because ... 03/21/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » VA #15716

How do you settle a dispute between land owners who do or do not want a beaver and pond? This would be a land/environmental dispute amongst several neighbors surrounding a beaver pond. Two of residence do not want the pond there, while several other like and would like to keep the pond. Those two people that do not want the pond gone have hired a beaver trapping bu... 03/23/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » NH #15733

What recourse do I have to force the neighbor to move their chickens from near my home? My neighbor has chicken and baby chicks on his property. They have them caged by our bedroom windows. These chicks chirp constantly - so much so I have a headache daily from the noise. Also I cannot use the bedrooms if I want to nap because of the noise. What recourse do I have? 04/20/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » WA #16063

Can I file a disturbing the peace or nuisance complaint against my noisy neighbors? My next door neighbors, especially their kids are so loud during the day, it's ruining my life. The mother owns the house and her son & wife live there as she can't make the house payment on her own. The whole time she's had the place, every renter, visitor, etc has been so... 04/22/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » CA #16093

Can I legally force my neigbor into removing the eyesore dividing the property line? Neighbor A paid for a property line survey - Neighbor B put steel T-posts on the line so the survey line would not be lost. Neighbor B put painted milk jugs on these posts (this is country property) and Neighbor A removes them promptly. We are not on 'speaking terms' and I am ... 04/23/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » WA #16100

Do we legally have to remove the tree that our neighbor is complaining about? Our beautiful 80 year old Hickory tree is dropping nuts on our neighbors driveway. He has told us it is damaging his cars and we have to cut it down. We love this tree, it prevents cars on his higher driveway from accidentally crashing into our daughter's lower level bedroom and ... 04/28/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » ALL #16226

Can you bring legal action against bad neighbors? My friend's neighbors in the apartment upstairs are constantly calling the parking enforcement officer on him for parking in the driveway of the apartment for which he pays rent. Both parties utilize this driveway at different times due to the cramped parking situations in the ar... 05/05/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » CA #16571

Is my neighbor financially responsible for the damage a tree on his property is causing my driveway? If a neighbors tree roots are causing extensive cracking on my driveway & also the leaves continually cause me to clean rain gutters, are they liable for repairs & damages? 05/05/2009 \| Category » Neighbor Relations State » ALL #16575

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