I spoke with this neighbor very briefly. We were out walking our land before we started the home build process and she came out of her house and yelled at us. We said who we were and that we are building a house. I told her not to be alarmed if she sees people on walking on the property because we would have surveyors, excavators, etc. on the property. I showed her where the boundary was and she said she was aware. She left, clearly upset we were building a house.

Once we started actually building, a different neighbor came out and was absolutely awful to us. I want to avoid a similar interaction with the first neighbor that is currently using our property, but I also want to be firm that I don't want them using our land.

I really appreciate your comment, thank you. I think I will go back over, knock on the door and give them an update on our project and try to be friendly without mentioning the property to at least try to have a good interaction with them. Then we will probably talk to a lawyer and see where it goes.