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Here's the basic story:

I moved into my house over 5 years ago. When I moved in I had a kooky old man on the left and a nice Cambodian family on the right, all is reasonably good. A couple months later the old man moves two houses down the road and sell his house to a young couple with 2 small kids. When he does this he takes "his" fence with him. He also sold the house for a reported 10k in cash... thereby sinking the value of my property...

So when winter ends the new family is out and about, and they are creepy. The first time we saw the kids they were playing a game called "Foster Parents" from what we overheard the the premise was for one kid to sit still and do nothing otherwise people will come and give him to mean foster parents that wont feed him and will beat him. As for the parents they are both what I would call Wiggers, and the man has the tough guy in a little body attitude (sort of like a cocky little toy poodle).

Like I said creepy.

Well long story short the man is a "contractor" I use that term lightly because everything he fixes ends up looking and functioning worse than when he started. So in a short time the house is falling apart, no heat, electric, or plumbing. We also find out that the old man is his wifes father or uncle, so when the old man wants to move again he gives another house to this couple for 10k cash.

Fast forward a year later and this house is destroyed. While he is doing all of his "improvements" hes trying to flip the houses for more money. In the end he sells both houses to a Burmese family down the road for 10k each (making no money, if he paid for the houses at all). So at this point I take my wife out to eat in celebration.

But at this point out nightmare is just beginning, the Burmese people turn around and higher him as their contractor to fix the houses up....





Now the problem, at the moment he is gutting the houses by tossing everything out of a second story window into a dumpster. No plastic up, no covered shoot, nothing. Now my wife and I are having headaches, increased pulse rate, and black auras in our vision. I don't have any proof but I would assume its mold or some other dust coming off all the crap.


does anyone know any way I can get this guy fired / fined / locked-up? Oh I tried talking to him, he called me all sorts of vulgar names for about 30 min and then ended it with "Talk any gak and I'm gunna punch yo' in da mouf!"

The first thing I would suggest is tell the city hall about it. I know where I live, they are real sticklers about things being done by CODE. If you call them, and talk to the right person just tell them how you think the guy is shady as hell, and your pretty sure he is tearing things down and throwing "mold spores" in the air that are in turn affecting you and your wife. If you tell them that, they will most likely send out a city inspector to make sure everything is on the up and up, and by code.
If this silly contractor is as bad as you say he is, Id bet that the inspector will shut him down ASAP. You can always call and complain to the city about things like that. Im not saying I do that, because my neighbors are pretty cool, and clean so Ive no worries. But its simple enough man, just might get the problem to go away.

yeah i'd call city hall on him. Remember to include phrases like, "corrupting our youth", "denying our freedoms" and "harming our American way of life"

You could also play the one up game and try to be even worse neighbors than they are. Blast loud polka music, get like 50 cats and let them roam and of course have annoying brats of your own. Eventually something will get settled that way, whether by the city, the law or a good ol' fashion fistiecuffs.

BTW don't let the misses know what your upto if your playing the one up game. Loud arguements about how you've changed always bother neighbors

yep, call the city and have them check for permits and licenses.
after that... invest in a privacy fence.

usernamesareannoying wrote:yep, call the city and have them check for permits and licenses.
after that... invest in a privacy fence.

Or befriend an Arsonist.

I have a 6 foot fence up now, but it doesn't stop the noise and air pollution.


I called the city they just keep saying they will look into it when they have a free inspector.... Seeing as they laid off 90% of the workers for budget reasons, I doubt thats going to happen any time soon.

punch him in the face and scream, "BLOOD FOR THE BLOOD GOD" and then run away before the cops come. (this solves nothing, but it would be cool!)

KingCracker wrote: Or befriend an Arsonist.

You rang?

rocklord2004 wrote:

KingCracker wrote: Or befriend an Arsonist.

You rang?

PM Clthomps, arrange a way to solve his problem, and get you excited about burning gak, and I get a 45% finders fee of any and all money made by this collaboration

I think anyone that meets this guy would do it Pro bono

Talking about hiring an arsonist and requesting a finders fee? That wont "blow up" in your face at all.

Nuke it from orbit.

That'll kill any and all bacteria.

Hire ninjas to attack him. Well, even though that is my solution to everything, it might not work for you. Call the cops and building inspector people, to prove that the guy is gak at what he does. You should also request that he should never be allowed to "improve" another construct again.

What you guys didn't play "Foster Parents" when you were kids?! Like you've never eaten toothpaste for dinner before.

Seriously, dude. I hope it all works out. That gak is creepy.

I sucked a few bars of soap as a kid. Dropping the Fbomb in front of mom was a bad decision. LOL.

Get a tape recorder, talk to him while recording the conversation. If he threatens you or lambastes you again, try and claim it as harassment. Just make sure you get him to look like a tool, and you look like the good guy.

Alternatively, get child protective services involved. That game sounds pretty demented. Might lead to something. Either way, CPS agents are pretty relentless, and the investigation will be a real hassle for the guy. Revel in his misfortune.

Commander Endova wrote:Get a tape recorder, talk to him while recording the conversation.

Unfortunatly; recording a conversation without the persons knowledge is in-admissable as evidence. Sure, You COULD say, "Now I got you on tape you slimy git!". However that could be construed as an implied threat, and charges could be pressed on you for blackmail, harassment, and making a recording without permission.....

Fortunatly, I live out in the stix.... the bodies dont smell so bad if you have a BIG backyard.

Didn't know that was illegal. I've been watching too much Burn Notice...

If he does end up punching you after going through the proper channels works at least you can get him for assault and remove him that way.

Seriously use guile, call the city hall and mention how badly it is effecting your health and have some proof from the doctors as well when you go down there to ask in person. If that fails call them up one more time, then pretend to collapse during the call see if tht works. If not run outside "Yelling oh crap oh crap" when this guy shows interest in what's going on (be loud it sounds like loud things would be better than smart in this case). Mention to him that your wife has been having issues like you with the spores being released then, with her cooperation (she can pretend to actually be knocked out if he goes to check), you pretend that she has collapsed and become unconcious from it and say you need to call the ambulence right away and that he should get checked as well. Then get some friends to come out to that house a few days later wearing hazmat suits. Spray him with a disguised fire extinguisher muttering something about a "super mutated psydo spores causing raipid tissue degeneration leading to sterility then death via the tissue falling apart, you know arms and other things like legs fall off then your lungs fall apart leading you to drown in your own blood as your heart and otheer vital organs breakdown into a mildly toxic sludge". It will probably cost a little bit, but should at least scare the crap out of him.

My neighbors on one side have been a pain in the arse for years... Just generally being vexing busybody douchebags. There's a lot more I could say, but let's leave it at "stealing my wireless broadband was a problem..."

So after 5 years of this sort of thing they wanted me to sign some stuff to let them build a garage practically on my property line(my town has weird laws, let's not get into it).

Being the forgiving and benevolent person I am, I responded with "Feth you, fethstick!"

Get proper encription on the connection. If it's normal broadband through a wireless hub or such, as in wireless network connected to a wired internet, you should be able to go to their computer. Depending on security and such you might be able to run a scheduled task. For it create a text file and type in "logout" then save it s a bat file. Next set it as a scheduled task, but with no time and point it at the bat file. Now when you right click it and tell it to run it makes their computer log out.

Oh, my friend's in IT. He locked it up nice and tight!

Thanks though!

Ugh, Ihave some gakky neighbors (broken cars in yard, drunken ramblings, trash, etc.) behind me. I am pricing a 10' privacy fence today actually!

Yeah, I'd just keep plugging away at codes. Tell them they are burning asbestos in the yard or something.

My concern is your 'headaches' and the stuff being thrown out.

Have you checked for fibreglass and most importantly asbestos?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asbestosis

I don't know about the States, but over here, you mention to the Environmental Health people that there might be asbestos in the building being demolished and they'll be on it like flies on poo.

Ditto Nurgleboy!

rocklord2004 wrote:Talking about hiring an arsonist and requesting a finders fee? That wont "blow up" in your face at all.

Before I respond.... look at my avatar, go ahead.....Ill wait......alright now, that was taken at a 3 y/o's bday party, and I was suppose to be the clown. I showed those little basterds what it means to run in fear from the man eating Ork/man!

My wife keeps talking about giving her crackhead brother some cash to firebomb their house. I'm sure she's not serious.....pretty sure...

although they are entertaining at times...

Once last year one of the men (read "shirtless wastes of skin") living there (it's an old couple and their deadbeat children we think) was on a drunken rant and being hostile in the house. They called the cops and they arrested him. As they escorted him shirtless and cuffed out of the house and down their very narrow porch steps he struggled with them and the cops just let him go. He fell right on his face on a step and proceeded to roll forward down the steps from there. The cops picked him back up by his arms (which were behind his back) as he screamed "call nine-one, Right NOW!" over and over. I can only assume he meant "911" (emergency response # in the States for you Outlanders). My wife and I could barely contain our laughter as wee peered through our laundry room window at the spectacle. Ahh... good times with drunken idiots!

Did you Consider going over there and talking to them al nice like to them first. If they blow you off you can sue them for medical problems for unproffessional contracting or something along that line. and you got proof from when you hid a camcorder in you hat when you went there all nice like.

I watch the zoning commission and building standards commission sessions on my local access channel. If you can get a neighbor or two as witness it helps, but go to your local building standards commission session and take a turn to speak. Bring up the issue, take pictures and they'll definitely get on it for you.

I must be the only one here, that is wondering how a house can only be 10k... The houses in my neighborhood usually start, at like 200k.


If I were you, I'd find as many numbers, and people to call for that sort of thing as possible. If you ring enough organizations, one of them is bound to respond.

Is it too late to suggest a barrel roll?