Reminds me of a church.
Neighbor's home remodeling... I lost it today!
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Bella
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{{{ @dseag2 }}} Good God, what an ordeal! You have the patience of a saint!I live in a neighborhood with zero lot lines, so the houses are very close. My next-door neighbor is a wonderful, accomplished older woman that I've always gotten along with. In fact, last fall I used my leaf blower to clear out her driveway when she was not getting anywhere with a broom.
With that said, she had an absolutely beautiful house that she decided she would completely remodel inside and out. She's going from Mediterranean to Modern Farmhouse.
There have been several times when I've come home from doing errands only to find a truck parked in front of my driveway so I can't get in. Last Friday, a truck blocked my trash cans and if I hadn't come home and moved them my trash would not have been picked up. When the painters finished painting her house, they dumped the remains of the white paint in front of my driveway and in my gutter... not hers. I sent her a picture and she quickly had them clean it up. On a previous occasion, I had a truck blocking my driveway and I went into her house to ask that it be moved. She was there, and asked if I was okay. I told her I was fine.
Today was the last straw. I came home with groceries and a truck was blocking my driveway. There were no other trucks along the street at all, so he simply chose to park in front of my driveway. I went back into her house. She was again there. I yelled that whoever parked their truck in front of my house needed to move it, left, and slammed her door. The workman gave me "stink eye" as if it was my fault for wanting to pull into my garage.
I later sent my neighbor an email apologizing and let her know my anger wasn't directed at her but my frustration at going through 8 months of this. She sent a nice response saying she would make it up to me. I don't want this to be the end of our friendship, and I'm glad she is in the final stages of wrapping this up. It has taken much longer than she expected.
I've been very calm during my 2 years of retirement, but I reached the end of my rope today. Just venting!
As far as I'm concerned, your neighbor should've sent you a letter of apology for having to endure eight months of hell. I'll be curious to know how she makes it up to you.The workers blocking your driveway over and over again is beyond inconsiderate. They are arrogant b*stards. You'd think they would be more considerate of the surrounding neighbors. Perhaps some of the neighbors who saw their work and liked it would want to hire them. Any workers I've hired have been considerate of my neighbors. If they weren't, they would've heard from me.
As far as dumping paint in your driveway and down the street gutters, having your neighbor make them clean it up was a good thing. They shouldn't be dumping paint anywhere. As far as I know, disposing of paint like that is illegal. My bet is it's not the first time they've done it. They should be reported to the EPA.
Links to Hazardous Waste Programs and U.S. State Environmental Agencies > https://www.epa.gov/hwgenerators/links-hazardous-waste-programs-and-us-state-environmental-agencies
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality / Managing Paint and Paint-Related Waste Under the Universal Waste Rule > https://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/comm_exec/pubs/rg/rg-370.pdf
I had a new roof installed in January. They completed it in one day. Then came back to make a few adjustments I requested. They were great and if I live long enough to need another roof, which is doubtful
, I'd hire them again.Bella
