Neighbors and Pool Installation (LONG)

[cruzmisl]

Sound like a couple of people I wouldn't be inviting over. They sound nuttier than squirrel turds. Keep them away from your water unless you enjoy swimming in your neighbors urine

My neighbor is a dolt too so don't feel bad. I walk right by and don't even look at him. His wife is nice though. I still say hello to her.

[medvampire]

You have a agreement signed from them ??? Dont worry about and enjoy the pool when its done. If they ask about swimming smile and mention some chem issue and feared legal action aginst you. Looks like its gonna be a very nice pool.
Steve

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I am gonna get slapped for this : Tell them you have too much dihydrogenmonoxide in your pool to be safe.
If you want to know why I will get slapped read this thread
http://www.poolforum.com/pf2/showthread.php?t=2619

[sevver]

These are the people I say are Cookoo for Cocoa Puffs. They are the ones who say that since they swam in your pool, their eye hurts, or their skin feels funny and try to ask everyone else who comes over if theirs does too. Best thing to do is put up a fence, tall fences can make for good neighbors sometimes. Or else if you don't want to be too rude, a nice border of Rose Of Sharon and just let it get tall, that way it is a slow slap in the face.

My neighbors are all cool, I am lucky I suppose. Good luck with the weird-o's.

[CarlD]

Y'know--there are always two sides to the story....

What WAS your agreement with them? How serious an impact did it actually have on their house? Did your builder exceed your agreement with them? Was cleanup and repair done in timely fashion?

Sounds like the impact on their yard was FAR more than they expected and they reacted emotionally rather than logically.

They may be nuttier than a squirrel's stash, but they, too, have a legit beef. It sounds like they handled it badly, though.

Neighbors' construction can have quite a lousy impact on your quality of life. After years of a development going in behind us, with lots of blasting, the new house behind us was occupied. They then IMMEDIATELY had the trees between us taken down and we looked at dirt and construction for then next 13 months. The drainage "solution" their landscaper put in has been causing pooling in MY back yard....Am I a rotten neighbor for being upset? Then the guy next to him is doing construction now, up hill from us. I did speak to his architect and they are ensuring that the OTHER source of flooding in our backyard will be fixed too...

All by careful back-fence diplomacy--and a wife smart enough to tell me to use that first...

[Simmons99]

Y'know--there are always two sides to the story....

What WAS your agreement with them? How serious an impact did it actually have on their house? Did your builder exceed your agreement with them? Was cleanup and repair done in timely fashion?

Sounds like the impact on their yard was FAR more than they expected and they reacted emotionally rather than logically.

That's the craziest thing - they did sign an agreement that allowed the entire use of their side yard. I told them that their sprinklers were going to get trashed and that we would pay for repairs and resod any area that was damaged.

When I talked with them the day of digging, Mrs. Lovely Newly Wed didn't even tell me they were broken, just that they were burried. When I asked if I could do something - she says no.

We are only 3 days into construction - I just hope the pool builder hurries.

We are going on vacation all week next week - I hope they don't burn our house down while we are gone.

[medvampire]

My out take they should have said something when there was a problem not wait. Take in to account that it IS concruction and things will be a mess during this time. List things that need fixed, let you know about it, and at the end of the concruction hold your feet to the fire to get it done.
Good luck and have a great vacation
Steve

[Simmons99]

OMG - it gets better - the sprinkler company came out to fix the sprinkler heads and they were not home. Husband calls them to tell them that the sprinkler company needs to be able to turn the system on to find the heads and verify they have been fixed. They tell us that they should not have to take off of work or come home to deal with this.

So my husand left them the sprinkler company's card and a letter for them to contact them to schedule a time when it is convienant for them.

I just hope they don't try and get me to replace the sod in their whole yard because heads are broken in 3 of the zones and they can't turn on the system.

Maybe I should leave a new hose and sprinkler for them too when we leave? If this gets really bad (although I don't know it can get worse) I will just tell them to sue me and we'll see who runs out of money first

[mhnewcomb]

These are the people I say are Cookoo for Cocoa Puffs. They are the ones who say that since they swam in your pool, their eye hurts, or their skin feels funny and try to ask everyone else who comes over if theirs does too. Best thing to do is put up a fence, tall fences can make for good neighbors sometimes. Or else if you don't want to be too rude, a nice border of Rose Of Sharon and just let it get tall, that way it is a slow slap in the face.

My neighbors are all cool, I am lucky I suppose. Good luck with the weird-o's.

Good advice.

I, too am lucky in the neighbor department. Up until three months ago, my grandfather was my neighbor--he is 91 and finally decided to go live with my mother. We have just barely started construction on our new home--next door to my dad! Ain't nothin' but a family thing...

[Pool_Mike]

Sound like a couple of people I wouldn't be inviting over. They sound nuttier than squirrel turds. Keep them away from your water unless you enjoy swimming in your neighbors urine

My neighbor is a dolt too so don't feel bad. I walk right by and don't even look at him. His wife is nice though. I still say hello to her.

Agreed, and your neighbors are the same as mine.

The only problem I see with there lots is no private fence (from the pics). Seems like more then the neighbors will try to attempt to invite themselves when your out on a little vacation. Btw.. nice pond out there. Hope that no ducks or other rodents will enjoy your pool water better

Great to vent and love these type of stories. Keep them coming