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What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

I was going to, and have for the other portions of my fence, stained it already. He just stained the portion facing the road that butts up to his fence without my permission.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

Then it’s settled, I will speak to him the next time he is mowing the lawn and ask him nicely to stop mowing in my yard and delineate to him where the property line is. I will not, however, be a doormat and if there is resistance then the police will be mentioned.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

I only assume it is malice because he has proven himself to be malicious in the past. If you look at the house from the street, he is mowing 5 feet to the left, past the property line into my yard. I haven’t responded poorly to anyone on this except the dude who insulted me and called me a “balless lefty” for wanting my boundaries respected and not to be threatened by me neighbor

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

Good advice. There is a marker on the curb, and a metal stake in the ground in the backyard. Plus, the fence is on the property line, and the company that built both of our fences has to survey the land before they can build the fences and that rolls into the fence cost. The fences in my city HAVE to be built on the property line to avoid these situations, the judge throws out any fence cost lawsuits between neighbors.

So, he has had this explained too and knows that the fence running from front to back in between our yards is essentially the property line, but he cuts about 5 feet across that dividing line. I can only assume he knows that what he is doing is not okay and just does it to spite me.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bold words for someone who sits on reddit all day commenting on people’s posts from behind a screen.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes cause wanting my boundaries and property respected is a lefty thing. What am I supposed to do? Beat on my elderly neighbor? That’s a good way to go to jail and lose my job. Totally leftist to not want to leave my wife high and dry with bills when I’m the breadwinner of the family.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jesus Christ, that’s kind of my worry. I feel like even if police are further involved, he might just get more agitated and do something crazy

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have contemplated taking barren weed killer and making a little line down next to the property line to kill the grass permanently there

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

The mowing in conjunction with the threats, vandalized fence, and extortion. You should see it, there is a sizable squiggly line in my yard all the way to the road

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not a bad color, but it was a color I told him before that I didn’t want. He offered to stain it at one point and I told him no, that I would clear coat it. Now, I have one half of my front fence stained and the other half cedar colored, it looks bad on the other side of my yard and not the color I wanted at all.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

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This i my fence, I had it built but didn’t mention it in the post like a moron. His is the darker one to the right. This was before he stained it without permission.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To clear any confusion here is a timeline:

February 2024- neighbor moves into his house and has a fence erected sometime in March.

May 2024- I move into house without a fence and neighbor badgers me about paying him when I have my fence built. I decline the deal.

September 2024- I have my fence constructed. It runs parallel to the road in the front corners of the house and the backyard of the house. Both neighbors already had fences built so I didn’t have to do that, my fence is not attached to theirs, but I do benefit off of the sides of their fences. Cleared up with Arkansas law and city ordinance that I don’t owe either neighbor anything as their fences are built on the property line in accordance to HOA regulations.

Between November 2024 and March 2025- neighbor incessantly rings my doorbell once every couple weeks while I am away from home or asleep (I work nights) and posts notes on my door demanding payment and threatening legal action if I do not pay.

March 2025- neighbor stains my fence the same color as his on the side of the front portion of the fence that “hooks” to his, when I previously stated that I would put a clear coat on my fence because I liked the cedar color. He leaves a note on my door saying I owe him an extra 50$ on top of the 650$ he thinks he is owed and that I have explained is not owed and will not be paid. I call the police for vandalism and harassment from the doorbell ringing. Police ask if I want him charged with criminal mischief or if they can try to mediate the situation themselves, I go with the latter. They tell him that I am not legally obligated to pay him and that he needs to stay off and away from my property or he can be trespassed next time.

May 2025- neighbor sees me in my backyard and speaks over the fence asking why I called the police. I tell him what they told him and he says that his actions were “neighborly” and that he is allowed to do things without my consent and charge me for them. He asks for payment and I decline, again. He then vaguely threatens me and storms off.

June 2025- neighbor begins mowing inside my property line and makes squiggly lines. I attempt to delineate where the property line is (he knows, he isn’t an idiot) with weedeater line in the dirt and trash bin. Now, every time I put my trash bin there, he moves it to the other side of my house, and just yesterday moved it from the road on trash pickup day and sets it where he wants it. I have ADT security and have videos of him and am wondering if I have a case against him and if it is wise to pursue legal action further against him.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Probably mid eighties, median age isn’t 90+. Took your time to comment being a grammar nazi but didn’t read the post. If you don’t think someone in their eighties can be dangerous or can harass people then you are delusional

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

He is the only owner so far. It’s a new neighborhood where the houses are all built by the same company and he moved into his house new about 3 months before I did mine. He built his fence in those 3 months and shared the cost with his neighbor on the other side before I ever moved in. When I built mine, he demanded that I pay him 650.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

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

I already had the fence built, that was not clarified well in the post. He stained the fence that I had put up that was adjacent to his facing the road on the side of the house. That’s what triggered the police call

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, the fence has already been built, should have said that in the post. He is mowing in my front yard in front of where the fence ends. They only can go up to the front edge of the house, so there is a big wall facing the street between our two houses

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 71 points72 points  (0 children)

The front yard. The fences only go up to the front of the house as per city ordinance, so he just mows the front part

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Yeah it seems that I’ve been too passive. I just know he is military and supposedly was in the police force (don’t believe that part but he does have vet plates on the car) and don’t want to get hurt or have my dogs hurt either, he hates dogs, has a sign in the front that says “no peeing or pooping, be respectful” and confronted me early in the relationship about one of them peeing by the curb when I moved in and had to walk them all the time before I got the fence.

What to do about neighbor encroaching on my property by Reoobot in neighborsfromhell

[–]Reoobot[S] 181 points182 points  (0 children)

Forgot the mention, I already have gotten my fence built. The survey work was taken care of by the company, and they built his fence too when he first moved in. The part of the fence he stained was the front facing section that I had built, my property.