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Post by bluepoprocks on Aug 10, 2014 16:34:37 GMT
We have these neighbors who actually live the next street down but their yard and garage are on our street. They have been there maybe 3 or 4 years. When they first moved in they were running a car repair out of the garage. It wasn't an official business they were just fixing peoples cars for money but I'm sure if the code officer had stopped by they would have said they were just helping friends and not taking money. That stopped but other things go on there. I don't say anything because I have to live here and I guess they're not hurting anyone. Except they aren't paying taxes on the money they're making.
So the other day I came home and outside the garage there was a barbers chairs on the sidewalk and they were giving a guy a shave. That was officially the weirdest thing I've seen them do. Do any of you have a neighbor who does questionable or weird things and do you say something or mind your own business.
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Post by QueenoftheSloths on Aug 10, 2014 16:40:49 GMT
Let's trade neighbors. I'll take your backyard barbers, and you take my all night smoldering bonfire makers!
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Post by hop2 on Aug 10, 2014 16:44:25 GMT
No not any more but we used to have some very questionable neighbors at our last house. There would be cars stopping by, parking illegally in the street an then leaving 10-15 mins later, all night long this would go on. We were so sure it was shady. Eventually the police did investigate and they could not prove drug deal or prostitution. it slowed down for awhile and then started back up again. Every so often this scrungy old guy would pull up walk around to the back and bang and yell for them to open the door. I do not know why this guy never went to the front door like all the rest. Eventually the people moved just before we moved.
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Post by craftykitten on Aug 10, 2014 16:56:50 GMT
In the house opposite me, there is a pole. For dancing. Apparently it's an exercise thing
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Post by marianne on Aug 10, 2014 16:59:29 GMT
We just discovered earlier this summer that our neighbor - next to us but across a common area - was a cat hoarder. Their yard is a freakin' jungle and for some reason, the HOA had done precious little to make them comply. At any rate, someone called the authorities and the Ft. Detrick hazardous waste unit, the county animal control, the local sheriff, AND the fire department all showed up one day. They removed 23 cats, one dead, and 4 kittens.
Who knew??! All we had noticed was that the neighborhood cats seemed to migrate to their yard... I called it the neighborhood litter box. Now we know why!
They ended up with a dumpster in their front yard for a few weeks, and I saw a 1-800-Got-Junk truck a few times. It was only after they started clearing the place out that we got that distinct odor wafting over our way. Unbelievable!
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Post by snappinsami on Aug 10, 2014 17:02:54 GMT
SO funny that you posted this! I was literally going to post my own "what weird things do your neighbors do?" thread today too!
We moved into our house at the end of June. Directly behind our house is one that's the same model as ours, and from our master bedroom we can see into their yard. In the 6 weeks we've lived here, I've seen them once. They were in the yard playing badminton. It was, I'm assuming, a father and young son, maybe 10? They also never open their blinds or windows, and from what we can tell, they have no AC. (Can you say stuffy?)
Ok, not seeing your neighbors may not be that weird. But EVERY NIGHT they have EVERY ROOM on the first floor of their house lit up. Nothing upstairs. But every room downstairs. For the entire night. By 5:30am, when I get up for work, it's just the living room. But still, every night, all rooms. No noise, just lots of light.
DH (the Breaking Bad fan) has come up with all kinds of hypotheses as to what might be going on. I have no clue.
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Post by keknj on Aug 10, 2014 17:06:13 GMT
That does seem a strange set of neighbors. We are very lucky, our neighbors keep their strangeness inside.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 10, 2014 17:09:36 GMT
The lady behind us has a few baby swings (the old ones you wind up and swing sways) she puts potted plants in the seats and every afternoon she goes outside winds them swings up for them to sway and waters the plants.
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Post by cahwoo on Aug 10, 2014 17:16:13 GMT
We had neighbors that didn't pay rent then when they finally moved it was in the middle of the night they left all the riding toys from the kid there and a dog that either had died in the house or people didn't enter and know it was there until after the dog had died.
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Post by sweetre on Aug 10, 2014 17:17:06 GMT
There is the sweetest couple that live next to me, I would guess somewhere in their early sixties. Very friendly, polite, thoughtful... But late every Monday night, without fail, they turn their stereo full blast and bump techno into the wee hours... I can't help but laugh imagining what goes on over there!
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Post by marimoose on Aug 10, 2014 17:25:14 GMT
We just had a group of college students move in and chaos seems to reign. So far I have kept my mouth shut but I may need to report some of the activities. One neighbor has been in contact with the realtor who rented the place to make them aware of the situation and refresh them on zoning laws.
Our neighborhood is zoned so that no more than three unrelated (neighbor says two, not sure) can reside together, to prevent flop house I am sure. They smoke pot outside, yes, it is legal to buy it in Denver BUT there are many restrictions as to where it can be smoked and they break all of them. We have huge yards yet when they smoke in front and back, all day, all night, so much so that we can't go in the backyard that it wafts in through the dining room to the living room. Pardon me, but that is a lot of pot and much like smoking of any kind, I shouldn't have to second hand smoke it too. We joke that our dog is hungrier than usual because she has the munchies. So.... that is one thing.
The kids shoot bb guns at all hours. The pinging alone is annoying but I just deal with it. The fact that we only have chain linked fence dividing the property makes me nervous. Could an errant bb ping off and hit my dog or my above ground pool. Another thing that appears to be illegal in Denver. They have all night parties, literally all night. I leave to get my son form work at 3am and they are still going strong AND not just on the weekends. EVERY NIGHT! There seems to always be a keg sitting out and the yard is trashed with cups, cans and bottles. It is beginning to spill out to the front. They stand on the front porch and drop the trash in the rose bushes below. Gahhh... There are also never less than 6 cars there each night, frequently more.
Finally, we see random cars pull up, hop out, go to the door and exit minutes later carrying something. It appears they might be dealing drugs. Yay us. The college girls who lived there before were angels. Clean, respectful, etc. Housing is tight in this market so the real estate company managing the house more than doubled the rent and got it but that probably explains why there are so many living there to split the costs. I understand that these are college age kids and parties may happen, even tidiness may not be at the top of their agenda but this is truly ridiculous. And like another poster said about her neighbors, they keep the lights on nonstop. Rich DU students whose parents must not care about the utility bills. Except they must be trying to conserve water as the lawn and surrounding trees never get watered anymore. Yellow own is one thing but dying trees is a completely different tale that could affect me with dropping needles or getting blown over.
The owner moved out of state and hired a company to handle his rental. He would never allow this. Part of me wants to contact him. Gosh it feels so good to just vent this out loud. Definitely not respectful of the neighborhood.
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Post by garcia5050 on Aug 10, 2014 17:37:27 GMT
The lady behind us has a few baby swings (the old ones you wind up and swing sways) she puts potted plants in the seats and every afternoon she goes outside winds them swings up for them to sway and waters the plants. I love this. I think I would make it a point to be home and watch this as often as I could. My neighborhood is boring. I like it that way. My mother in law had neighbors who started a church in their driveway. It started as bible study, then very quickly escalated to sets of bleachers with microphones. They had church/bible study about 4 days put of the week. The driveway backed all of my in laws' bedrooms. I think my in laws would also prefer the barber chair business. That church was shut down very quickly (maybe about 3 weeks).
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Post by gonewalkabout on Aug 10, 2014 17:46:12 GMT
We had some interesting neighbors at the house/neighborhood we just moved from. Random stuff would happen. Once in the very early hours of the morning (3 or 4am), he was out in his yard firing shots into the sky. No idea why, for sure, but of course, he woke up the whole neighborhood. Then he ran coyly back into the house via their back door, I think to avoid the neighbor across from him who got up to see what the hell was going on.
ETA: totally forgot about the neighbors next door to the above story of neighbors. These peoples back yard could be easily seen from our back yard. One night, not so late, but dark enough, they 'sang the sermon of love' right on their back porch.
As we were slightly down hill from them, we could unfortunately hear it all. And it was loud, let me tell you. I had been sitting on the back porch and had to make a hasty retreat indoors for the sake of their privacy.
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Post by bc2ca on Aug 10, 2014 17:57:03 GMT
This was more funny than a big problem.
The teen sons' from across the street always parked in front of our house, never in front of their house (parents' cars were in the garage, nothing in the driveway). Not that big of a deal, except their friends would all gather and work on their cars most evenings. Regularly the group would end up sitting on our front lawn, eating & talking away. I didn't realize DH was quietly picking up the fast food garbage every morning and would put the bags on the boys cars, anchored by the wipers so it didn't blow way (he had asked them nicely to leave the area clean). This went on for a while until DH had enough and one morning left the bags of garbage at their front door. After a couple of times doing this, the garbage problem disappeared.
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Post by theboydbunch on Aug 10, 2014 18:10:17 GMT
I'm sorry you have nutsy neighbors, but the barber chair out front cracked me up
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Post by bluepoprocks on Aug 10, 2014 18:16:40 GMT
The lady behind us has a few baby swings (the old ones you wind up and swing sways) she puts potted plants in the seats and every afternoon she goes outside winds them swings up for them to sway and waters the plants.
My boss thinks I'm crazy because I talk to my plants. It's been proven that talking to them helps them grow so not crazy. Swinging plants in baby swings now that's a special kind of crazy.
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Post by NoWomanNoCry on Aug 10, 2014 18:18:59 GMT
The lady behind us has a few baby swings (the old ones you wind up and swing sways) she puts potted plants in the seats and every afternoon she goes outside winds them swings up for them to sway and waters the plants.
My boss thinks I'm crazy because I talk to my plants. It's been proven that talking to them helps them grow so not crazy. Swinging plants in baby swings now that's a special kind of crazy. Lol she is a little old lady...I figure if it gives her joy then more power to her. She collects te swings from when we have the towns cleanup week! It's kinda crazy and funny at same time. Maybe I should try talking to plants...I can't grow a thing!
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Post by bluepoprocks on Aug 10, 2014 18:23:08 GMT
We had neighbors that didn't pay rent then when they finally moved it was in the middle of the night they left all the riding toys from the kid there and a dog that either had died in the house or people didn't enter and know it was there until after the dog had died.
We had something like that happen here but luckily they found the dogs before they died.
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 10, 2014 18:51:03 GMT
OP - while odd, I would mind my own business. While it's easy to speculate that they are being paid cash and not paying taxes, you don't really know any of that for a fact, and frankly, it's NOT any of your business. marimoose - you actually CAN smoke pot in your own yard, even the front yard - it is legal. Not saying it's not annoying if they are doing it a lot and the smell is drifting, but they aren't breaking a law by doing it. It does appear that there are "odor" laws, at least in Denver, but before pot was legal, that law hadn't been enforced and ticketed since 1994 and I'm sure that it would be much harder to do so now that's actually legal.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Aug 10, 2014 19:18:12 GMT
OP - while odd, I would mind my own business. While it's easy to speculate that they are being paid cash and not paying taxes, you don't really know any of that for a fact, and frankly, it's NOT any of your business. marimoose - you actually CAN smoke pot in your own yard, even the front yard - it is legal. Not saying it's not annoying if they are doing it a lot and the smell is drifting, but they aren't breaking a law by doing it. It does appear that there are "odor" laws, at least in Denver, but before pot was legal, that law hadn't been enforced and ticketed since 1994 and I'm sure that it would be much harder to do so now that's actually legal.
Actually I do know. It's being run out of a house garage there is nothing professional about it and I know someone who had their car fixed by them. They have no permits which are required for a business to operate in our town and I'm sure the health inspector didn't approve haircuts and shaves on the sidewalk. Also our neighborhood is zoned residential not for businesses.
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Post by rst on Aug 10, 2014 19:36:40 GMT
We have a neighbor who built a little beauty salon room in part of her garage, complete with the shampoo sink and the elevating chair -- it all looks very professional-- just one chair. She doesn't have it licensed or permitted by the city, but she has a beautician's license and does cut hair in a regular beauty shop. The deal with her little private room-- she offers haircuts to people who have a hard time for whatever reason with going to a regular place. So lots of kids with autism, elderly folks who are shy about getting out or have mobility issues, people with special health care needs, and such. She doesn't "charge" for services, but she has a tip jar, and pretty much everyone who uses her place pays her the same or more than they would at a regular place, so I'm guessing she makes a good amount. I've used her for my son who has CP and has a hard time with startling every time an unexpected noise in a beauty salon sets him off. Probably, technically, she should go through the whole permitting and licensing thing, but honestly, she'd probably quit doing it if she had to. And she does offer a nice option to people who need her. She's an odd neighbor in some other ways -- collects 3 legged pets, apparently, among other interesting "collections". Our neighborhood tends to be very beige and understated, and there is nothing neutral or low key about her place. Lots of bright colors, and the last time I drove by, a tree with forks suspended from it with a bunch of ribbons. And she yarn bombed the trunk. IF she'd thought of putting her plants in baby swings, I bet she'd have tried that out too.
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Post by rumplesnat on Aug 10, 2014 19:51:53 GMT
Our new neighbors put up about 8 tiki torches around their deck. It looks like they're conducting tribal council after dark.
Speaking of the deck, they painted it pink last week. Pastel Easter pink. I was hoping that it was some kind of odd colored primer and got excited the other day when they started painting it again. It was a second coat of pink.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 19:58:50 GMT
Years ago I moved into a three story, 6 unit apartment in San Francisco. I had three roommates and it was our first apartment that any of us had ever lived in. There were 2 units on each floor and no elevator. We lived on the 2nd floor. There was an air well that from one bedroom window you could look out and see the windows of the other units.
While we lived there we kind of wondered about the people who lived on the third floor. We would look up the air well and would see all these strange lights coming from the window. We never heard them but wondered about the lights. Then there were the empty booze boxes down by the dumpster. I mean boxes and boxes. And there was the men going up stairs all the time. We never saw who lived there.
It wasn't until we moved out that we found out who was living on the floor above us. A well known Madam. I think her name was Brandy and that our building had been under surveillance by the police for months before they arrested her and shut the place down. Yes the building was under surveillance while we lived there.
None of us had any idea there were prostitutes working in the apartment above us. Didn't have a clue even though there were signs. I often wonder if the manager of the apartment knew.
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Post by tracylynn on Aug 10, 2014 20:05:49 GMT
OP - while odd, I would mind my own business. While it's easy to speculate that they are being paid cash and not paying taxes, you don't really know any of that for a fact, and frankly, it's NOT any of your business. marimoose - you actually CAN smoke pot in your own yard, even the front yard - it is legal. Not saying it's not annoying if they are doing it a lot and the smell is drifting, but they aren't breaking a law by doing it. It does appear that there are "odor" laws, at least in Denver, but before pot was legal, that law hadn't been enforced and ticketed since 1994 and I'm sure that it would be much harder to do so now that's actually legal.
Actually I do know. It's being run out of a house garage there is nothing professional about it and I know someone who had their car fixed by them. They have no permits which are required for a business to operate in our town and I'm sure the health inspector didn't approve haircuts and shaves on the sidewalk. Also our neighborhood is zoned residential not for businesses. Fair enough. I would still mind my own business.
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Post by nysparkle on Aug 10, 2014 20:20:51 GMT
I have enjoyed reading these stories. RST you have neighbor with a very kind heart.
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Post by anniefb on Aug 10, 2014 20:28:15 GMT
Thankfully no strange neighbours near me. I have lived near an unofficial car repair shop in the past. Drove everyone crazy and was a real eyesore in the neighbourhood . Eventually the city council shut them down.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2014 20:40:06 GMT
Neighbors on one side are a young retired couple. They're quite active and very nice. There's just this one thing. I have spent more time contemplating why they do this than I'm willing to admit. EVERY time I see them leaving the house, they're leaving in their separate cars. I'm outside a lot with my kids and I'm not exaggerating, they leave at the same time and return at the same time, but in separate cars, every time. Theories welcome.
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Post by scrapnnana on Aug 10, 2014 20:48:24 GMT
One of my next door neighbors has a gorgeous and immaculate yard. I have almost never seen the son (a college graduate) helping his parents with their yard work. It's the parents who are the gardeners. The gorgeous yard is their efforts, not the son's. Recently the son (who has matured and is apparently more helpful than he used to be) was actually trying to help his parents with the yard work, so he applied weed killer to the front third of their lawn. Apparently he used the wrong kind. It killed that part of the lawn, dead, dead, dead. His dad told me about it. The dad made him stop before the job was finished. I mentioned to DH that the grass looking that way probably drove the wife nuts.
A few weeks later, now the rest of their lawn is also dead, so perhaps they are going to take it up and put sod down. Not sure what they are doing, but the whole lawn is now dead.
I noticed just this week that the son has a sign on his car that matches signs out up around the neighborhood advertising "Landscaping. Free estimate." And listing his phone number.
I wouldn't trust him to landscape my yard.
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Post by Lexica on Aug 10, 2014 21:00:24 GMT
Neighbors on one side are a young retired couple. They're quite active and very nice. There's just this one thing. I have spent more time contemplating why they do this than I'm willing to admit. EVERY time I see them leaving the house, they're leaving in their separate cars. I'm outside a lot with my kids and I'm not exaggerating, they leave at the same time and return at the same time, but in separate cars, every time. Theories welcome. Maybe they got in too many fights when driving together. You know, he thought she drove too slow; she thought he drove too fast. Or one was a smoker and smoked in the car and the other hated smoke and wouldn't drive with them. Maybe they were like my aunt and uncle. They would never fly in the same airplane and always took separate transportation to business and vacation destinations. They had two children that were severely handicapped and they owned their own business. They felt it was safer to travel separately in case of an accident. They wanted to make sure there was one parent remaining for the children and to keep the business going. When they traveled for vacations, they each took a child with them.
There could be all kinds of reasons. I'd be so curious I'd probably find some way to ask.
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Post by Eddie-n-Harley on Aug 10, 2014 21:01:19 GMT
I can hear the water flowing to the floors above me. Not a huge deal, that's how it is. The neighbors generally seem to be gone by the time I get up to get ready for work, so I don't usually hear anyone showering and only occasionally hear another toilet or washing machine.
The last week in July, someone was running water all. the. time. Like, from 6pm at night until at least 3am. Constantly. But I see now the top floor is vacant and the water has stopped, so I am guessing there was some cleaning going on but I still didn't get why it had to be on for so. freakin'. long.
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