What's Going On?

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

United States

July 26, 2025 5:06am CST

When the drug dealers moved out next door, I was really happy! The new owner started remodeling the house. One of the things he did was make his garage beside my driveway into a new room of his house, expanding the walls out and enlarging the concrete pad his house sits on. Something else he did was put some type of cooling unit for the garage/room beside my driveway... When I pulled into my driveway last week, my car door banged into that cooling unit. I checked and I'm parked on my driveway... My car door shouldn't reach far enough to touch anything on the neighbor's property... Since I rent this house, I'm not sure what to do. I guess I'm going to have to contact the landlady about the encroachment. I hate to make trouble with a new neighbor but I should still be able to open my car door when I get home from a trip. I'm not happy about this.

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@Fleura (32559)

• United Kingdom

26 Jul

Sounds like the new owner is the one causing trouble! Maybe he thinks he can get away with it since it's rented, nobody will care...

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@BarBaraPrz (50339)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

26 Jul

@DaddyEvil Then get the city ordinance people on to this. Did he even have a permit to expand the garage?

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

Maybe so... I checked with city ordnances and there's supposed to be six feet between property lines at the sides of the houses. We had maybe 12 feet between the two houses before he expanded the concrete pad.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

@BarBaraPrz I don't know. I never saw any posted permits to do any work there.

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@Soobinah (169)

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26 Jul

I think you need to talk with your land lady about this matter. Its better to let her know what's happening on her property.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

The landlady drives by here almost every day checking to make sure the house hasn't blown away. She should be able to see the encroachment but may not be looking that closely at property lines.

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@JudyEv (362895)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Jul

@DaddyEvil It's probably not something she thinks she needs to check - that someone would encroach on her property.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

@JudyEv You're probably right.

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@snowy22315 (195986)

• United States

26 Jul

I wouldn't be either.Best to learn the landlady deal with it.

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@Jenaisle (16433)

• Philippines

26 Jul

Yes, you have the right to call the attention of the landlady. You're paying and should feel comfortable when parking in your own garage.

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@rakski (147914)

• Philippines

27 Jul

I hope that can be resolved soon. It will be a problem for you for sure

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

28 Jul

@rakski Pretty went out today and took pictures so she could send them to the landlady tomorrow... I hope something happens.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

27 Jul

I hope so. I don't drive the car very often but I'd like to be able to get in and out of it.

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@rakski (147914)

• Philippines

27 Jul

@DaddyEvil oh definitely especially in your own driveway

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@JudyEv (362895)

• Rockingham, Australia

26 Jul

You don't really need this. I guess you'll need to let the landlady know.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I was hoping the new neighbor would be quiet and friendly after he moved in... He's been friendly enough but I'm not sure he's actually going to live in the house once the construction is done. It doesn't make sense to put a cooling unit between the two houses. He could have just as easily put it in the back yard like everyone else on the street did.

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@yanzalong (19087)

• Indonesia

27 Jul

The left wall of my car garage was half open. When it rains the water sprays into the garage making the floor wet. I planned to have the open space covered with the wall. I told the neighbor my plan so as not to offend him.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

27 Jul

Why would closing the wall of your garage offend your neighbor? I would have just had a wall built. As long as I stayed on my property, it's not the neighbor's business.

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@rebelann (114666)

• El Paso, Texas

26 Jul

Dang, that's not fair. What did your landlord say?

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

The landlady isn't available on weekends, even for an emergency. She won't answer her phone and lives way outside of the city somewhere. When we first moved into this house, we accidentally locked ourselves out of the house. She told me it was my responsibility to make sure I didn't lock myself out. I broke a window to get back in and she had to call her insurance to fix the broken window.

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@rebelann (114666)

• El Paso, Texas

26 Jul

Damn, she's cold hearted

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@jstory07 (145817)

• Roseburg, Oregon

28 Jul

That is not right you should be able to open your car door when you get home.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

28 Jul

I agree... Pretty will text the landlady on Monday and see what she says.

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@LeaPea2417 (38404)

• Toccoa, Georgia

26 Jul

You definitely need to let the Land Lady know.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I'll text her on Monday and see what happens.

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@LadyDuck (483370)

• Italy

26 Jul

Here before doing anything they must ask permission and the Municipality has to ask to the neighbors if they approve the project. You need to contact the landlady.

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@LadyDuck (483370)

• Italy

26 Jul

@DaddyEvil It was a pain even if you needed to change the heater in Switzerland. Here it's more relaxed, but you must obtain a license to built no matter what.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

@LadyDuck I know we're supposed to have something from the city before we can do outside remodeling but we didn't need to get anything when the construction crew were here working in the house.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I'll send her a text in the morning. Things aren't as formal here.

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@RasmaSandra (88905)

• Daytona Beach, Florida

26 Jul

That does not sound very neighborly, I hope you can figure out what to do,

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

Thanks. I'll text the landlady on Monday and see what happens.

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@Shivram59 (45584)

• India

26 Jul

I think you need to talk to the land lady. Let her know everything. I hope she'll solve your problem.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I hope so, too.

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@Shivram59 (45584)

• India

26 Jul

@DaddyEvil Thank you. She's the only person who can save your izs Hy ws.

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27 Jul

You’re right to bring it up with your landlady, since the space around your driveway should be clear and accessible.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

27 Jul

Thanks...

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@GardenGerty (165764)

• United States

26 Jul

Good for the neighbors to be able to make this improvement, but they should have also talked with the landlady about getting a legal easement. Where I lived before that is what you had to do if you were putting anything within ten feet of the neighboring property. I wonder if the hope was that since it was a rental no one would notice or complain.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

That's entirely possible... I'll have to send the landlady a text Monday and see what she says/does.

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@RebeccasFarm (95997)

• Arvada, Colorado

26 Jul

Oh oh..that's a pain now.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I'll send the landlady a text tomorrow and see what happens.

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@FourWalls (78701)

• United States

26 Jul

Yes, definitely report it to the landlady. Let the arguments about property lines be fought by the property owners. Not your circus.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I'll send her a text Monday and see what happens.

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@wolfgirl569 (122306)

• Marion, Ohio

26 Jul

Maybe mention it to him and if he doesn't do anything then let her know.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

Since they've stopped the construction over there, we haven't seen anyone to ask about it.

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@sallypup (66006)

• Centralia, Washington

26 Jul

Uh oh. It's powwow time. I hope there is a peace pipe available.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I'll send the landlady a text Monday and see what she does/says.

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@LindaOHio (200593)

• United States

26 Jul

Yes. Definitely talk to your landlady.

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@DaddyEvil (159620)

• United States

26 Jul

I'll send her a text tomorrow.

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