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I've always read the GAF threads about crazy neighbors with morbid fascination, but it's finally happened to me. I think my neighbors might give
DragoonKain
Catphish
and
nkarafo
's neighbors a run for their money.
Back story - I bought a house in 2020 during the COVID lockdowns. The neighbors on one side had a ton of shit in their yard (not actual shit, that comes later). The house that's there is obviously a hoarder house, they have a lot of outbuildings and RVs, which I glanced inside from across the fence, and they were mostly filled with trash / old newspapers / and old VHS tapes. There was a guy living there that was unemployed, but good with motors and fixed most of the neighbors mowers and stuff. Nice enough guy that was living there with his aunt who is the property owner and hoarder. The first two years in the house were fine, although the trash everywhere was an obvious eyesore. I didn't care too much, because it obviously brought the property value down and let me afford the house, and they mostly just kept to themselves.
The Firebug - Around mid-2022, there started to be a bunch of sketchy people going in and out of the property next door. These were new people, not the usual nephew guy. These people all looked extremely meth-ed out, and acted crazy - but again, their property - none of my business. One guy rolled up in a silver car one day, got out a bucket of paint and a roller (like you use to paint a wall in your house) and proceeds to spend about 4 hours painting his car black. He then changed the plates on his car - we called the police because that seemed shady as fuck. They did nothing.
When I started caring is when the fires started. One guy was told he could move into one of the RVs if he helped clean the place up. This genius's great idea was to just pile everything up - trash, furniture, loose treated lumber, etc. - in the yard and light it on fire. I should also mention that they had no electricity or running water. Dude was lighting fires that pushed out massive amounts of black smoke that would go up 10-12 feet in the air, so we called the fire department. Fire department revoked their burn permit (how did they get one in the first place?) so what does this idiot do? Starts burning all the trash INSIDE the house. Long story short, the decent nephew guy dies of a lung infection, I'm sure it was totally unrelated.
There were a total of four times that they burned outside (a few feet away from my house) where we called the fire department, and the fire department came and put the fires out. Doofus that was starting them gets agro towards me and the wife for cramping his style or whatever. This guy eventually got "gifted" one of the non-running RVs that was parked there. He spent about 6 weeks "fixing it up" and trying to jump start it, before finally having someone come haul it away tied with rope to a muscle car, and he rode his dream home on wheels off into the sunset, thankfully never to be seen again.
The Naive Hobos - Next up was a young married homeless couple that the old lady gave permission to live in one of the RVs. They seemed nice enough when talking to them, but they seemed incredibly naive and seemingly believed everything the old lady told them. They were told they could move onto the land and live in one of the RVs if they helped clean up the house, and that once everything was all cleaned up that the old lady would give them the deed to the property. Dude was a bit of a handyman, so in theory this all sounded okay. In practice, the old lady is batshit crazy and on drugs and probably had no intention of giving them shit. If the property actually got cleaned up, she'd probably sell it and take all the money. Anyway, they've been around for almost a year now, and they're still living there. Both of these hobos are now (very obviously) on drugs.
The Creep - About 8 months ago, a van backs up into their yard. There's a guy living in it, despite there still being about 4-5 derelict RVs in the yard, I guess none of them were livable. Dude is a massive creep. They don't have running water or sewer, so this dude will just go into the yard, drop his pants, and take a shit. He's the kind of weirdo that will look you right in the eye while doing it. Drugs are a hell of a thing, I guess. Old lady next door says she's gonna let him stay there for a couple of weeks.
So this guy is a real piece of work. Every time me or my wife are outside in the yard, he just stands next to the fence and stares at us. Threw a bunch of clothes and things in my yard, so I just tossed them in the trash, which made him all butthurt ("dude, that was my stuff!"). No job, always there. Always in or around the van. Set up a tent next to the van for extra living space.
One day a young girl, 11 maybe, shows up and starts living in the van with him. We call the cops and CPS, because that's really fucked up even if it's maybe his daughter. Cops do nothing, CPS does nothing. After cops come out for the wellness check on the little girl, that same night she's shoved in the back of a car with a big suitcase and we never see here again. Probably trafficked. Hope wherever she is that she's okay.
A few weeks ago Creep has a buddy drop off another RV - he's moving up in the world, he is no longer living in a van but now has an RV all his own. Shortly after, he moves in the ugliest looking middle aged woman and another young girl (this one maybe 8-9). Keep in mind that they still don't have any running water, so they just empty their RV sewage tanks on the ground. Creep guy still seen on occasion just shitting in the yard.
We put up a 6 foot privacy fence around the back yard, because this dude was creeping us out. Recently, he had a buddy come by with a truck and rolled the RV back so that it's overlooking the back yard / fence. What a creepy motherfucker.
So basically, for the past few years one of my neighbors has opened an RV park for the homeless. They are all on drugs (which are sadly legal here, so the cops can't do anything).
I've contacted the city on multiple occasions, because there are city ordinances that they're violating - but they come out to investigate, find "no infractions", and then lecture me about how I should be more sympathetic to the homeless and their plight.
I've hired a lawyer, and I'm trying to explore my legal options (including suing the city for not enforcing the city ordinances). If interest rates and the price of housing in my area wasn't so high, I would have moved across town years ago.
Anyway - all this shit is still ongoing, and there are other juicy bits I left out that'll probably expand upon later, but for now I hope you've enjoyed my saga.
DragoonKain
Catphish
and
nkarafo
's neighbors a run for their money.Back story - I bought a house in 2020 during the COVID lockdowns. The neighbors on one side had a ton of shit in their yard (not actual shit, that comes later). The house that's there is obviously a hoarder house, they have a lot of outbuildings and RVs, which I glanced inside from across the fence, and they were mostly filled with trash / old newspapers / and old VHS tapes. There was a guy living there that was unemployed, but good with motors and fixed most of the neighbors mowers and stuff. Nice enough guy that was living there with his aunt who is the property owner and hoarder. The first two years in the house were fine, although the trash everywhere was an obvious eyesore. I didn't care too much, because it obviously brought the property value down and let me afford the house, and they mostly just kept to themselves.
The Firebug - Around mid-2022, there started to be a bunch of sketchy people going in and out of the property next door. These were new people, not the usual nephew guy. These people all looked extremely meth-ed out, and acted crazy - but again, their property - none of my business. One guy rolled up in a silver car one day, got out a bucket of paint and a roller (like you use to paint a wall in your house) and proceeds to spend about 4 hours painting his car black. He then changed the plates on his car - we called the police because that seemed shady as fuck. They did nothing.
When I started caring is when the fires started. One guy was told he could move into one of the RVs if he helped clean the place up. This genius's great idea was to just pile everything up - trash, furniture, loose treated lumber, etc. - in the yard and light it on fire. I should also mention that they had no electricity or running water. Dude was lighting fires that pushed out massive amounts of black smoke that would go up 10-12 feet in the air, so we called the fire department. Fire department revoked their burn permit (how did they get one in the first place?) so what does this idiot do? Starts burning all the trash INSIDE the house. Long story short, the decent nephew guy dies of a lung infection, I'm sure it was totally unrelated.
There were a total of four times that they burned outside (a few feet away from my house) where we called the fire department, and the fire department came and put the fires out. Doofus that was starting them gets agro towards me and the wife for cramping his style or whatever. This guy eventually got "gifted" one of the non-running RVs that was parked there. He spent about 6 weeks "fixing it up" and trying to jump start it, before finally having someone come haul it away tied with rope to a muscle car, and he rode his dream home on wheels off into the sunset, thankfully never to be seen again.
The Naive Hobos - Next up was a young married homeless couple that the old lady gave permission to live in one of the RVs. They seemed nice enough when talking to them, but they seemed incredibly naive and seemingly believed everything the old lady told them. They were told they could move onto the land and live in one of the RVs if they helped clean up the house, and that once everything was all cleaned up that the old lady would give them the deed to the property. Dude was a bit of a handyman, so in theory this all sounded okay. In practice, the old lady is batshit crazy and on drugs and probably had no intention of giving them shit. If the property actually got cleaned up, she'd probably sell it and take all the money. Anyway, they've been around for almost a year now, and they're still living there. Both of these hobos are now (very obviously) on drugs.
The Creep - About 8 months ago, a van backs up into their yard. There's a guy living in it, despite there still being about 4-5 derelict RVs in the yard, I guess none of them were livable. Dude is a massive creep. They don't have running water or sewer, so this dude will just go into the yard, drop his pants, and take a shit. He's the kind of weirdo that will look you right in the eye while doing it. Drugs are a hell of a thing, I guess. Old lady next door says she's gonna let him stay there for a couple of weeks.
So this guy is a real piece of work. Every time me or my wife are outside in the yard, he just stands next to the fence and stares at us. Threw a bunch of clothes and things in my yard, so I just tossed them in the trash, which made him all butthurt ("dude, that was my stuff!"). No job, always there. Always in or around the van. Set up a tent next to the van for extra living space.
One day a young girl, 11 maybe, shows up and starts living in the van with him. We call the cops and CPS, because that's really fucked up even if it's maybe his daughter. Cops do nothing, CPS does nothing. After cops come out for the wellness check on the little girl, that same night she's shoved in the back of a car with a big suitcase and we never see here again. Probably trafficked. Hope wherever she is that she's okay.
A few weeks ago Creep has a buddy drop off another RV - he's moving up in the world, he is no longer living in a van but now has an RV all his own. Shortly after, he moves in the ugliest looking middle aged woman and another young girl (this one maybe 8-9). Keep in mind that they still don't have any running water, so they just empty their RV sewage tanks on the ground. Creep guy still seen on occasion just shitting in the yard.
We put up a 6 foot privacy fence around the back yard, because this dude was creeping us out. Recently, he had a buddy come by with a truck and rolled the RV back so that it's overlooking the back yard / fence. What a creepy motherfucker.
So basically, for the past few years one of my neighbors has opened an RV park for the homeless. They are all on drugs (which are sadly legal here, so the cops can't do anything).
I've contacted the city on multiple occasions, because there are city ordinances that they're violating - but they come out to investigate, find "no infractions", and then lecture me about how I should be more sympathetic to the homeless and their plight.
I've hired a lawyer, and I'm trying to explore my legal options (including suing the city for not enforcing the city ordinances). If interest rates and the price of housing in my area wasn't so high, I would have moved across town years ago.
Anyway - all this shit is still ongoing, and there are other juicy bits I left out that'll probably expand upon later, but for now I hope you've enjoyed my saga.
