Got a neighbor problem, need advice.

[Steve]

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quote:Originally posted by hello

^I'm very glad that there are people trying to keep Lortondale nice. It saddens me to see homes with such great potential not being taken care of.

Thank you, and rest assured that I, as a Lortondale resident, am doing all I can to reverse this trend.  Lortondale is the next neighborhood in Tulsa in line for inclusion on the National Historic Register, an honor very long overdue that we have deserved long before some other neighborhoods in Tulsa have been granted this designation.

[Townsend]

Artist,

Anything new with the neighbor?

[YoungTulsan]

This thread reminds me of a website from a long time back where a guy cataloged the epic events of his redneck neighbor

http://www.geocities.com/redneckneighborhell/

Long but entertaining if you haven't read it before

[TheArtist]

Same stuff in the yard and driveway. Actually more since it was warm and the kids got out lol.  I am going to wait till the end of the month and get the dumpster and tell the neighbors on my street they can use it. Hopefully they will. I will tell them when I first get it and also let them know how long it will be there. Then if they dont use it, the day or two before the dumpster is due to be picked up,,, will go to them and say "Hey, just wanted to let everyone know, if you want to use the dumpster (said while waving hand at stuff in yard and driveway) they are coming to pick it up tomorrow. []". hint hint
Thats the plan for the moment lol.

[waterboy]

Good plan. We had a house nearby that had its entire front porch filled with garage sale type stuff. I was new to the hood and had only seen the family once. The lady was really old and lived with her son. I thought they were having a garage sale the next morning and went up to get a preview. Suddenly, I realized that nothing was priced, no one came outside and stuff looked like it had been there awhile. Years. I slowly walked away.

Years later I laughed about it with her son who remembered me skulking around. He thought I was going to steal that junk!

Hope it works out.

[tulsa1603]

quote:Originally posted by Miss Solemnis

I don't suppose your neighborhood association would spring for the dumpster, would it?  When we lived in Florence Park South, a couple of times a year the neighborhood association would have dumpsters brought in for residents to use.  Really handy and really kept things cleaned up and looking nice.

I used to live in Florence Park South, and that was the best Homeowners Association ever.  I live in FLorence Park (North?) now, and ours was non-existent for years, and even now it's wimpy.  I remember when I lived over there (2000-2001), we got THREE houses condemned.  The city was going to tear them down!  They were abandoned for lack of a better term.  We had meetings where we all figured out a game plan, we would all call code enforcement regularly, etc.  End result?  Two were sold and redone -one of which, just west of St. Madeline, just sold for over $300,000 which has to be one of the most expensive in the area.  The other is that really modern one just down the street, and the other (across from my old house) is still a dump, but at least it's lived in and somewhat fixed up.  

I call code enforcement on serious offenders over here a few times a year.  I'm of the opposite approach - I see no reason to talk to some of these people if it's really bad.  For instance, if someone has grass a foot tall, they know what they're doing.  If they have a sofa on the porch, they KNOW that is not acceptable.  I have an older neighbor, and she's much more passive aggressive about it.  She'll go talk to the person and say things like "Oh I remember when your house USED to be soooo beautiful and well kept..."  Which of course implies that it isn't anymore.hahaha.  SO sometimes i have her do the dirty work if it's something minor.

[Hawkins]

I would have just called code enforcement.

The guy is obviously a junk collector, and people like that don't typically feel the urge to dumpster stuff.

Like others have said, he's hurt the neighborhood. I wouldn't even try to talk to him. In this day and age, its just not safe to do so anyway. I'd be afraid he'd poison my dog or something.

[Hawkins]

quote:Originally posted by YoungTulsan

This thread reminds me of a website from a long time back where a guy cataloged the epic events of his redneck neighbor

http://www.geocities.com/redneckneighborhell/

Long but entertaining if you haven't read it before

Wow, if that had been my neighbor I'd have probably burned his house down myself!! Considering the redneck's other two accidents with fire, I doubt it would have been considered arson. LOL

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[carltonplace]

Artist, I know how frustrating this is. I have a house next door to me that is falling down (not an exageration...pieces have fallen off and there is a tarp for a roof rather than shingles).

I have offered to assist this person, I've even idenitified trees with them that should be removed and started cutting them down. But they apparently forgot our discussion and flipped out on me.

This "neighbor" likes being a pariah and enjoys the piles of sticks, broken down cars and dilapidated structures. I don't call code enforcement because it doesn't work (many neighbors still do). Speaking to the occupant doesn't work. I think we are all just waiting for the house to become uninhabitable.