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So, that's the problem.
They just throw these big white bags on their deck, wait for several days, then take them to the dumpster. No, it's not stinky, and I'm smell-blind anyways. I just dislike the view very much. Their deck is just couple of feet from the property border (they bought the house, they didn't build it this way).
They are unpleasant people, when the guy was chasing his dog on our lot and came face in face to me, he didn't even say "hi". We don't speak to each other, however, my overly nice DH waves to them. Women from that HH respond (DH is quite good-looking).
How do you deal with situations like this? We are off the city limits, our neighborhood rules say it's prohibited to store trash openly, but people violate it all the time (we had neighbors who would put up to 20 bags in their pick-up truck and let ravens feast on this pile. Luckily, they moved away). Yes, we live in a rural setting. The neighborhood is about 45 years old, if it matters.
I told my husband I want to make a fabrics fence and paint something on it to to block the view. He said it will be offensive to them. Will it?
If your neighbors deck is 10 yards from your front door, you are not in a rural setting.
I would ask first, call county second. If they are violating an ordinance then they can do something. If its some loosely crafted HOA type 'rule', well then it all depends on the bylaws that were written and how they are enforced.
I told my husband I want to make a fabrics fence and paint something on it to to block the view. He said it will be offensive to them. Will it?
It doesn't sound as though it matters whether it's offensive to them. Have they inquired as to whether you like the view of their garbage? Probably not. If they want to live like that, that's their choice but you don't have to look at it if you don't want to.
I will say though, once I started blocking out my nasty ass neighbor, he went out of his way to circumvent the block every step of the way. So if you're dealing with those "I love being trashy and want everyone to see it" kind of people, you might want to plan for a more permanent and private solution than a fabric fence especially if they let their dog run in your yard.
At some point some critter will tear open the bags and they will have to deal with it. I'd just think of it as a self-limiting problem, especially if you add a little skunk oil to the chewed up bags...
Gotta agree though, that doesn't sound rural as much as suburban living.
I would think crows, raccoons, possums, skunks, mice, etc. would be tearing into the bags to get at what's in there.
Heck, if I have too much garbage on garbage day so that my can's lid does not close all the way, I have a murder of crows that digs right in and feasts on whatever they can get until the truck swings by. Unfortunately, the truck does not come by until mid-afternoon, and since I work all day, I must put the can out in the morning, so sometimes, they can make quite the mess. I've gone to pouring some bleach or cleansers on the top to dissuade them, and sometimes it works, but man, those crows are messy.
So, that's the problem.
They just throw these big white bags on their deck, wait for several days, then take them to the dumpster. No, it's not stinky, and I'm smell-blind anyways. I just dislike the view very much. Their deck is just couple of feet from the property border (they bought the house, they didn't build it this way).
They are unpleasant people, when the guy was chasing his dog on our lot and came face in face to me, he didn't even say "hi". We don't speak to each other, however, my overly nice DH waves to them. Women from that HH respond (DH is quite good-looking).
How do you deal with situations like this? We are off the city limits, our neighborhood rules say it's prohibited to store trash openly, but people violate it all the time (we had neighbors who would put up to 20 bags in their pick-up truck and let ravens feast on this pile. Luckily, they moved away). Yes, we live in a rural setting. The neighborhood is about 45 years old, if it matters.
I told my husband I want to make a fabrics fence and paint something on it to to block the view. He said it will be offensive to them. Will it?
The only way to handle this is to buy some propriety with acreage and build a home smack in the middle of it! That's what we did after years of living amongst people! ... Otherwise you just have suck it up!
The only way to handle this is to buy some propriety with acreage and build a home smack in the middle of it! That's what we did after years of living amongst people! ... Otherwise you just have suck it up!
Won't work. I can't live w/o city utilities. And I have so much nature around that I never would pay for a chunk of it.
I would think crows, raccoons, possums, skunks, mice, etc. would be tearing into the bags to get at what's in there.
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We just have ravens, and they don't like porches. No racoons, possums, skunks for ~2000 miles around.
You gave me an idea, though. I'll hang this curtain/fence and will paint a skunk on their side of it.
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