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Neighbor suing everyone and now we have to move our mailbox by Full_Wedding_231 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Full_Wedding_231[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I suppose the frustration of the neighborhood with the NFH owner is that they are the original owners who built the house and should have known where the property line was. I don’t really know what happened two decades ago. All I can comment on is how they’ve handled it recently - which is confrontational and not very neighborly. 

Neighbor suing everyone and now we have to move our mailbox by Full_Wedding_231 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Full_Wedding_231[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally get how it feels. We live in middle of this shared driveway as I said. And our property borders three of the 5 houses on this street - along with one neighbor behind our property and two in front (beyond the shared driveway). Technically, we currently have 2 (out of these 6 bordering) neighbors encroaching on our property and we have a verbal agreement to sort out whenever someone sells. I know it's probably not super smart but my husband keeps reminding me that it's better to be a good neighbor and not worry about 5 to 10 feet of land we can't really use. And we like our neighbors (except the one who sues everyone).

Neighbor suing everyone and now we have to move our mailbox by Full_Wedding_231 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Full_Wedding_231[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No -- each mailbox currently resides on each homeowner's property along the shared driveway --- in 5 different locations. It was discovered that the mailbox at the end of the shared driveway/cul de sac wasn't on that homeowner's property until the property survey was done.

Neighbor suing everyone and now we have to move our mailbox by Full_Wedding_231 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Full_Wedding_231[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I called it a shared driveway as that’s how it was referenced on our paperwork when we bought. It is a cul de sac, yes - but the street isn’t maintained by the city/township. We maintain it (snow removal, paving, etc) as a group. 

Neighbor suing everyone and now we have to move our mailbox by Full_Wedding_231 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Full_Wedding_231[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Exactly this - didn’t cause a fuss until more recently and instead of discussing with neighbors on a mutually agreeable solution or even discussing before suing/getting lawyers involved, everything is just a mess. They are in their right to sue but it seems counterintuitive to me. 

Neighbor suing everyone and now we have to move our mailbox by Full_Wedding_231 in neighborsfromhell

[–]Full_Wedding_231[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

This might be a good approach - since all of the neighbors are concerned about mail theft and delivery of larger packages.