Happy Fourth of July!
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Monday, July 2, 2012
Woe
Woe is me.
I have felt this way for weeks.
I don't know... could you tell?
The day after I wrote my last post about this subject we received a certified letter from the neighbors that if we don't remove a portion of the front fence/wall within 30 days they are going to sue us. This letter is in addition to the first letter we received in March, from the city, that the fence was higher than what the city allows. Unfortunately, even though the city has no problem with our front fence being a few inches over, they need to enforce this code because someone complained. I wonder who that could have been.
So we have been in contact with attorneys, the city, surveyors, landscapers, contractors - you name it. Basically, anyone who can help us out of this mess.
Friday we spent $1900 for a surveyor to come out and tell us exactly what the neighbor's surveyor told us. The fence/wall is on their property and even though they verbally agreed to have it installed, because it's on their property, they get to change their mind.
In our inexperience with owning a home, replacing fences, gates, and laying concrete we made some mistakes. Our biggest mistake was trusting their word. We trusted that they were telling us the truth that they did not have the money to pay their half. We trusted that they wouldn't agree to build a fence, let us pay for it and then ask us to take it down.
Live and learn.
This is why I haven't written.
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I'm hoping that writing and doing something positive will feed on itself and counteract the woe.
I'll let you know how it's working.
I have felt this way for weeks.
I don't know... could you tell?
The day after I wrote my last post about this subject we received a certified letter from the neighbors that if we don't remove a portion of the front fence/wall within 30 days they are going to sue us. This letter is in addition to the first letter we received in March, from the city, that the fence was higher than what the city allows. Unfortunately, even though the city has no problem with our front fence being a few inches over, they need to enforce this code because someone complained. I wonder who that could have been.
So we have been in contact with attorneys, the city, surveyors, landscapers, contractors - you name it. Basically, anyone who can help us out of this mess.
Friday we spent $1900 for a surveyor to come out and tell us exactly what the neighbor's surveyor told us. The fence/wall is on their property and even though they verbally agreed to have it installed, because it's on their property, they get to change their mind.
In our inexperience with owning a home, replacing fences, gates, and laying concrete we made some mistakes. Our biggest mistake was trusting their word. We trusted that they were telling us the truth that they did not have the money to pay their half. We trusted that they wouldn't agree to build a fence, let us pay for it and then ask us to take it down.
Live and learn.
This is why I haven't written.
----------------------------
I'm hoping that writing and doing something positive will feed on itself and counteract the woe.
I'll let you know how it's working.
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