BG: I have 5 kids. Two of them are special needs, both are on the spectrum. One is high functioning asperger. The other is PDD-NOS. The other three are mostly normal... but we have two that are in line to be tested. The range from age 4-11. My wife, so far, has had 3 back surgeries. Right now she suffers from having clots in her lungs, and to add to THAT fun, has cancerous nodules there as well. We live in the country, in a development, in NC. It seriously is the middle of nowhere. We don't get cable, just satellite. /BG
Generally, I'm home 4 out of 7 days of the week. The other 3 I work in an office 50 miles away from the house. At present, I maintain my own business as a web guy, contract out to another web guy, and my main day job is... web guy . Because of the issues my family has, with health issues and recovering from the last few years, I work a butt load of hours. 7 days a week. My wife is out of commission all but maybe 4 hours a day.
Most of the neighbors (and us) allow our kids to roll without much adult supervision out in the cul de sac. As a result, there's a good chance that things will be left out on the front of my property. And for some reason, MY property seems to be the main place where things get left out by my kids... and those that aren't even mine. My kids love to share snacks, drinks, toys, whatever. Sadly, many a wrapper has come to live on my front lawn because of this. And most days they roll back in as it's falling on darkness which leaves little time for getting the most out of them cleaning up. And it's not JUST my kids out there, it's the cluster of us in the cul de sac.
Over the weekend we were in the middle of cleaning up the front. Unfortunately, a family up the street had an emergency and we dropped everything to help them out. This meant that there's trashbags and other things waiting to head into the dump sitting on my driveway. In addition, it's been raining every time I have the time to run the mower. As a result, my properties grass is shin high.
Today... oh, I saw red today. There's a property beside us that has been in rental status since it was completed 5 years ago. The lot is shit. There's just no better way to put it. Where the rest of us have at least half an acre, this thing is around a quarter. And most of the water from the development channels to it. There's barely room in the rear of the lot to do anything, and being a 3-4 bedroom two story, I wouldn't want it for my family. And most of my neighbors feel the same. This house has sat empty for the last month, month and a half. The grass there at that point was nearly waist high.
The family that sold the land for development hired a new developer, apparently. All told, there's around 30 lots on the tract of land, and we're in the last of the lots. And today I got a lovely little note: "Please clearn yard. And mow. Covenants mandates properties to be mowed + cleaned. We (Developer) will be glad to hire someone to do it + send bill". I called to verify, and though the guy sounded chipper, he can just fuck right the hell off. There is NOTHING in the covenants that match what he's putting forth. A vague "maintained" wording, but nothing as specific has what douche nozzle has put. And to be certain, I cannot be fucked to make this asshats life easier in selling the house. NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM BRO.
Does the yard need mowing? Yep, and it'll get done when I damn well feel like it and have time to do it. Will the yard be cleaned of trash? Again, yep, when I damn well feel like it and have time to do it. Will it be free of toys? Fuck no. If someone coming in doesn't like kids and the mess that they bring? Sorry, too fucking bad. We're not in a retirement village.
Oh, and the other wonderful phrase from this guy "We've been getting complaints". Hmm... well, nope, I don't think you have. Because see, I TALK to all my neighbors. And they also all have kids, and aren't overly bashful about saying they don't want to see something happen in my yard.
Fuck off wee man, for if it's to court we go, it's going to be time to amend the covenants when they get thrown out by a judge. That's going to be the result if I win. Because if they cannot be enforced or are too vague, well then they don't belong.
Generally, I'm home 4 out of 7 days of the week. The other 3 I work in an office 50 miles away from the house. At present, I maintain my own business as a web guy, contract out to another web guy, and my main day job is... web guy . Because of the issues my family has, with health issues and recovering from the last few years, I work a butt load of hours. 7 days a week. My wife is out of commission all but maybe 4 hours a day.
Most of the neighbors (and us) allow our kids to roll without much adult supervision out in the cul de sac. As a result, there's a good chance that things will be left out on the front of my property. And for some reason, MY property seems to be the main place where things get left out by my kids... and those that aren't even mine. My kids love to share snacks, drinks, toys, whatever. Sadly, many a wrapper has come to live on my front lawn because of this. And most days they roll back in as it's falling on darkness which leaves little time for getting the most out of them cleaning up. And it's not JUST my kids out there, it's the cluster of us in the cul de sac.
Over the weekend we were in the middle of cleaning up the front. Unfortunately, a family up the street had an emergency and we dropped everything to help them out. This meant that there's trashbags and other things waiting to head into the dump sitting on my driveway. In addition, it's been raining every time I have the time to run the mower. As a result, my properties grass is shin high.
Today... oh, I saw red today. There's a property beside us that has been in rental status since it was completed 5 years ago. The lot is shit. There's just no better way to put it. Where the rest of us have at least half an acre, this thing is around a quarter. And most of the water from the development channels to it. There's barely room in the rear of the lot to do anything, and being a 3-4 bedroom two story, I wouldn't want it for my family. And most of my neighbors feel the same. This house has sat empty for the last month, month and a half. The grass there at that point was nearly waist high.
The family that sold the land for development hired a new developer, apparently. All told, there's around 30 lots on the tract of land, and we're in the last of the lots. And today I got a lovely little note: "Please clearn yard. And mow. Covenants mandates properties to be mowed + cleaned. We (Developer) will be glad to hire someone to do it + send bill". I called to verify, and though the guy sounded chipper, he can just fuck right the hell off. There is NOTHING in the covenants that match what he's putting forth. A vague "maintained" wording, but nothing as specific has what douche nozzle has put. And to be certain, I cannot be fucked to make this asshats life easier in selling the house. NOT MY FUCKING PROBLEM BRO.
Does the yard need mowing? Yep, and it'll get done when I damn well feel like it and have time to do it. Will the yard be cleaned of trash? Again, yep, when I damn well feel like it and have time to do it. Will it be free of toys? Fuck no. If someone coming in doesn't like kids and the mess that they bring? Sorry, too fucking bad. We're not in a retirement village.
Oh, and the other wonderful phrase from this guy "We've been getting complaints". Hmm... well, nope, I don't think you have. Because see, I TALK to all my neighbors. And they also all have kids, and aren't overly bashful about saying they don't want to see something happen in my yard.
Fuck off wee man, for if it's to court we go, it's going to be time to amend the covenants when they get thrown out by a judge. That's going to be the result if I win. Because if they cannot be enforced or are too vague, well then they don't belong.
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