re: WWtOTD? Neighbor/noise/grass related

Posted by lsunurse

Member since Dec 2005

129146 posts

Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:24 pm to 1336

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The problem is this is waking my wife and baby.

Does your wife work?

If not...who cares...they can just go back to sleep in a little bit. You said they come every 2-3 weeks. So you are getting your panties in a twist for 1-2 days a month?

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The elderly lady has a son(?) who comes check on her every afternoon, and he’s not interested in being any help or talking to me at all really.

He is likely more worried about his mom than the whiney neighbor next door. I mean if he is checking on her every afternoon he likely is already busy with his job and other stuff as well.

This post was edited on 12/15/17 at 11:27 pm

Posted by Hangit

The Green Swamp

Member since Aug 2014

45264 posts

Posted on 12/15/17 at 11:32 pm to 1336

Paint a lot of 1/2" re-bar green, then drive it down into her yard. The lawnmower hits it, a spindle housing gets shredded, no more mowing.

Posted by White Roach

Member since Apr 2009

9666 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 1:24 am to Pesticide

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In BR there is no such ordinance. Sun rise to Sun set, this work is permissible. Learn to get along and deal with it. Or. Or come up with a mutual benifical remedy $$.

Sunrise is 6:50 in Covington tomorrow(later today, it's 1:22am)
Civil Twilight is at 6:23. If these guys are mowing at 6:00am, they're using headlights.

Call the cops, if they're really out there at 6:00am.

Posted by Benne Wafer

Member since Jan 2015

455 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:12 am to lsunurse

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Does your wife work?

If not...who cares...they can just go back to sleep in a little bit.

That is not how babies/kids work.

When they are up, they are up. None of this "going back to sleep" common sense. No matter how tired they are, they tend to stick to their schedules but they are cranky/angry/clingy/whiny little mofos until their next scheduled nap and are usually off the rest of the day too. VERY little gets done outside of consoling your kid or those tasks get crammed into their nap time so SAHMs don't get all these naps you think they do. So I get the annoyance, especially if the baby isn't a good sleeper to begin with.

However unless there is a noise ordinance they are violating, you are out of luck. We've had issues with our neighbor's lawn service and tried to talk to both and nothing has changed. So we just go out and (literally) clean up their mess they throw on our property.

Our only consolation is that our neighbor is a lot older so chances are we are going to live here longer than she will. /assholes But then who knows what troubles might move in after that?

This post was edited on 12/16/17 at 10:16 am

Posted by alphaandomega

Tuscaloosa-Here to Serve

Member since Aug 2012

16621 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:54 am to 1336

Tell your wife to look online for a dark blue windbreaker, glue on some gold colored letters that say:

ICE

Borrow from a friend who has a dark blue or black Suburban or Tahoe and get wife to pull up to them fast and get out with a small notebook and start looking sternly at the crew.

After they run away call police and report an abandoned truck and trailer in front of old ladys house.

Or a simpler way would be to go to Lowes and buy some roundup and 24D and a backpack sprayer.

Posted by sabanisarustedspoke

Member since Jan 2007

5619 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 10:59 am to 1336

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My neighbor has a lawn service that comes every 2-3 weeks at 6am on Fridays. She is elderly and not usually very coherent. The lawn company still comes out even during this time of year when there is nothing to cut.

The problem is this is waking my wife and baby.

I’m at work every. single. time. this happens. I’ve taken off on Fridays or worked from home on Fridays, but I always miss them.

My wife has gone out to talk to the lawn crew, but they pretty much just ignore her. The truck they drive is unmarked, so we don’t know which service they work for.

The elderly lady has a son(?) who comes check on her every afternoon, and he’s not interested in being any help or talking to me at all really.

Besides pics, what’s the OT’s next step? I’m guessing they’re breaking the sound ordinance (65db before 8am). Should the wife call the non-emergency number for local police? I’ve always been able to talk things out with neighbors before. I don’t want to make any enemies, but I don’t want the wife and baby to suffer. Any advice, oh wise OT?

Dude, you have already taken the time and effort to look up the sound ordinance and you're really asking what your next step is? Cmon man, you already know where you're going next. GET OFF MY LAWN!!!!

Posted by Benne Wafer

Member since Jan 2015

455 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 11:24 am to sabanisarustedspoke

If you think they are breaking the sound ordinance, call non emergency line ASAP. Here the authorities can't do anything unless they catch them in the act and noise complaints are low on the police totem pole. In our old neighborhood, there was a house that was building a pool and new outside area and there was construction noise almost daily for six months. Mostly in the afternoon so we just had to deal with it. But towards the end, those guys were there before 8 am but just early enough to gamble with getting in trouble for it. The kicker was when they were jackhammering cement at 6 am waking up my husband who had been working all night. He went over there and the neighbors wouldn't answer the door and the workers told him to f off and go to work. He called the sheriff and they came out but by that time, the workers were gone. Fortunately the work finished shortly after. We flipped those neighbors off as we were driving out of the neighborhood for the last time.

TL:DR- You can all the police but chances are nothing will be done.

Posted by Epic Cajun

Lafayette, LA

Member since Feb 2013

36286 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 12:05 pm to 1336

I don’t think I’d even hear if my neighbor was cutting their lawn. How thin are your walls?

Posted by dcrews

Houston, TX

Member since Feb 2011

32130 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 12:12 pm to 1336

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Should the wife call the non-emergency number for local police?

Really?

The world doesn't revolve around your wife and baby.

Posted by dcrews

Houston, TX

Member since Feb 2011

32130 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 12:13 pm to Benne Wafer

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That is not how babies/kids work. When they are up, they are up

This isn't my problem as your neighbor. You decided to have a baby knowing this. Deal with it.

Posted by Benne Wafer

Member since Jan 2015

455 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 12:31 pm to dcrews

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This isn't my problem as your neighbor. You decided to have a baby knowing this. Deal with it.

Not disagreeing with you. Just pointing out to lsunurse that simply sleeping in or early nap may work for adults but you can't apply adult logic to babies or children so the OP's frustration isn't without merit.

However if you live in a neighborhood with houses close together, you are going to have to put up with a certain amount of behavior from people who happen to buy a house near yours. Not all neighbors are peaches. The neighbor doesn't care, the son doesn't care, the lawn service doesn't care, and chances are the police won't do anything so there isn't anything left to do but deal with it.

Posted by Sao

East Texas Piney Woods

Member since Jun 2009

68469 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 1:32 pm to 1336

Sunrise hasn't been close to 6:00 since DLST. Friday, it was around 6:50. I don't think they are there at 6:00 quite honestly. Exaggeration.

Posted by White Roach

Member since Apr 2009

9666 posts

Posted on 12/16/17 at 2:47 pm to Sao

Right, I mentioned that last night. I don't know where the OP lives, but Dawn here was at 6:50 this morning. Civil twilight was 6:23. If they're mowing at 6:00 around here, it's still completely dark, so I doubt that's happening.