OFF TOPIC - What to do about conflict with a neighbor...
PaulDrake
Off again on again PL
Tuesday, June 4, 2019 3:57 PM
So I have a large 2000sqft shop in my back yard which is in the back corner of my property 10 feet from the property line. I have no HOA, no deed restrictions whatsoever. My neighbor has a larger amount of land next to me with some horses. A month ago I came out and my neighbor had a small fire going burning some brush. The fire was right up next to the property line so probably less than 20 feet from my shop. Due to the wind and the difference in elevation the smoke from the fire was collecting in my shop. I drove around to find my neighbor on another part of his property and asked him to put out the fire as I was totally incapable of working in the shop due to the smoke. He said he would stop adding brush to the fire but did not put the fire out and it smoked for hours. My shop is filled with race cars so I moved the nicer ones out and had to air out the building for a day to get rid of the smell.
Fast forward to today and he has another brush fire going in the same spot. I couldn't see him anywhere so I just took a garden hose and put out the fire. A few hours later I hear him yelling so I walk out of the shop and he is pissed and saying that I am the rudest neighbor he has ever seen. I tried to explain twice that the smoke was building up in the building and could potentially cause smoke damage to the cars inside. He could not understand how anything in my shop could be damaged. The discussion wasn't accomplishing anything so I just walked off. No point in letting it escalate.
So what to do now...?
Send him a registered letter asking him to move his bonfire location further from my shop? Threaten him with the possibility of a property damage small claims suit?
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