FU To Our New Neighbors!

[Mrs. Moosen]

In February FOM and I got new neighbors. They seemed nice enough when I introduced myself and welcomed them to the land of white picket (actually more like 6 foot stockade) fences. His name is Tom and hers is Liz; nice, young couple, no kids, just how I like it.

Then they put up "their" fence. You see, what they did was use our existing fence as their own on the adjoining side of our property and simply put up fencing perpendicular to the existing fence. I wouldn't normally have a problem with this except that:

A. Our fence sits in from said property line by 12-18 inches so that we would have access to it for maintenence such as staining and weatherproofing. I know this for a fact because we had the property surveyed before the fence was put up, and I made sure the crew from Mr. Fence set the damned thing back that far. Obviously Tom and Liz didn't have their survey done and just assumed that my fence was right on the property line.

B. They never asked if it was okay with us to use our fence as their own. Therefore no agreement was made as to who would maintain and or repair the fence when and if it needed it.

C. They are using our property, and blocking us from getting to the outside of our fence without using their property. Which I would ask to use BEFORE I just traipsed through their yard with wood stain in hand.

AAAARRRRRRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!! It's just frustrating. If they had simply asked, I would have no problem with what they did provided they agreed to:

A. Keep "their" side of the fence stained and weatherproofed.

B. Pay for repairs to any damage done by them or their guests.

C. Move their fencing should we decide to sell and the buyers didn't agree to the above terms.

Now I (we) have to try to find a somewhat diplomatic way to approach them on this which I don't look forward to.

So for that Tom and Liz, here's a nice heart felt FU!:exorcist::moon::exorcist: