What are your pet peeves and what makes a neighborhood trashy? (Realtor, state)

[manderly6]

Originally Posted by mistygrl092

Nope, I told me that. If RVs bring down values, why not cars?

There really isn't much to be said if you don't see the difference. And I would love to see any kind of evidence to back up your claim. But of course none exists.

[manderly6]

And I'll ask the question again. What if you own more cars than garage spaces?

[rfr69]

Originally Posted by mistygrl092

I'll start out with the most glaring examples. Sofas in the front yard and cars parked in the front yard. Now, I've never had to live amongst this.

However, there are more subtle ones that drive me crazy. Here they are: Maybe you'll recognize yourself in some of these and maybe you'll think I'm anal retentive or ultra picky. Don't tell me to live in an HOA just because I have good taste. 1) trash cans in the front yard or left in the street on any other day than trash day 2) cars parked in the drive way. Why park a $30K car in your driveway and store your garage with junk? 3) People who leave their garage doors open. 4) Parking on streets in front of other peoples' houses 5) other peoples' music that you can hear 6) barking dogs that are not taken in when they bark 7) unkempt yards. Ok, that's all I can think of for now.

pretty much everything in my neighborhood. i despise hoa's but they do keep people in line in a sense, would be nice if people could live not like low lifes without a nazi like hoa bossing them around.

i think the garage doors open and cars in driveways in kinda picky people can keep what they want in their garage. i agree though with garbage cans left out days after garbage, trash in yards, furniture in yards, dogs out barking, ghetto people hanging out in the street walkign up and down the street all day pants around their calves no shirts,e tc.

[lawmom]

Confederate flags on display anywhere on the property is a pet peeve of mine, for sure. I suppose that is at odds with my earlier statement about freedom of speech, lol, but I am not perfect, and I guess I draw the line at that. I would defend that person's right to display it, though, no matter how much I despise it.

[Annie53]

Originally Posted by Squirl

Thanks for putting the home crafted bottle cork clock in the garage v. interior use

What I want to know is.....where did she get all of those corks?

Did she drink that much wine while organizing the garage?

If so, organizing my garage is starting to look more appealing by the minute.

[TFW46]

LOL! The corkboard was originally a dartboard. I bought a bicycle tire and put it in the center to make the clock.

[stan4]

Originally Posted by mistygrl092

I'll start out with the most glaring examples. Sofas in the front yard and cars parked in the front yard. Now, I've never had to live amongst this.

However, there are more subtle ones that drive me crazy. Here they are: Maybe you'll recognize yourself in some of these and maybe you'll think I'm anal retentive or ultra picky. Don't tell me to live in an HOA just because I have good taste. 1) trash cans in the front yard or left in the street on any other day than trash day 2) cars parked in the drive way. Why park a $30K car in your driveway and store your garage with junk? 3) People who leave their garage doors open. 4) Parking on streets in front of other peoples' houses 5) other peoples' music that you can hear 6) barking dogs that are not taken in when they bark 7) unkempt yards. Ok, that's all I can think of for now.

Lol! I agree with most except I like to leave my 100k car in the driveway because THAT is why I bought a house with a circular drive with a carport. Plus, I happen to think it looks AWESOME. I think it looks awesome when my neighbor parks his Carrera GT in his driveway. Smokin'!

I think cars parked out on the street are uber-trashy. In fact, it's not allowed overnight in our neighborhood. Neither are trash cans on any day that is not trash day. Neither are unkempt yards...and garages are not allowed to even face the street here (they have to be swings)...maybe you do need to move to where there's an HOA...lol!

[TexasHorseLady]

To answer the original question: Gladys Kravitz.

[nightcrawler]

I can't stand in apartment buildings, dirty windows and stupid people that tie their curtains in a knot. It looks disgraceful.

They have invented tiebacks.

[Annie53]

Originally Posted by manderly6

And I'll ask the question again. What if you own more cars than garage spaces?

Then you just have to park them in the driveway.....neatly, of course.

Most of my neighbors park their cars in their garages.....some do not.....it doesn't bother me. Two neighbors do not even have garages.

One neighbor, right next to me, is guilty of leaving his garbage can out there for days after pick-up.....that does look crappy....but I don't get my knickers in a knot over it.

Which brings up a BIG pet peeve of mine.

Why....OH WHY....do garbage cans have to be that bright, garish blue color?

Why not brown or tan? Then if they are left out.....they wouldn't look so bad.


AND.....why are tarps always that same ugly, bright blue color? They should also be a nice brown or dark tan color.

If I was running things......there would be a law! Manufacturers would not even be allowed to make garbage cans and tarps those ugly colors!

Now......a story.

Many years ago, a lady drove her nice, new, Cadillac through one side of my ditch, over the driveway, and back out through the ditch on the other side.

It was the middle of winter. She took out my corner post fencing and bushes at the end of my driveway. About $1500 damage.

She called a tow truck and was just going to leave me with a pleasant surprise when I woke up. Thankfully, the tow truck driver would not tow her car away until she came up to the house and told me of the damage and gave me her insurance info.....I think it is the law.

Anyway.....the first words out of her mouth were: "I went off the road swerving to avoid that garbage can in the road." I told her that was too bad, go talk to my neighbor....it is his garbage can....not mine.

BTW.....her Cadillac was totalled.....the ditches in front of my house are very deep.

Could you be held liable if your empty garbage can blows out into the road and causes an accident? I don't know....but it is something to think about.

Mowing that ditch is a huge PIA, the older I get, the harder it gets for me to do it. One of these days I am going to have to get it covered over.....the only downside.....losing the protection that ditch gives to my yard and home.