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So pretty much all this trouble was for 100 dollars in damages ? I think your neighbor is just lonely.


Well, his number was $3000. He showed me no official papers on how he arrived at this number, but described it as if it was enough to replace all his sod and install some elaborate cement drainage gutter. The $100 came out of the negotiations to replace a tiny bit of his sod and to basicially also cover the court costs.

The judge blew the $3000 out of the water already, basicially asking "what is that for, are you going to landscape Tom's yard? No? Then that doesn't solve the aparent issue you are having."

The two times I have gone to court I have brought my stepdad along as well. He's doing my landscaping, as it's what he does for a living. Having him there to counter these BS price claims from my neighbor has been great. He also can share the not so plesant discussion with him when the fence was being built. The neighbor aparently kept watching him build it, and finally came out to state he had to get off the property. My stepdad asked him simply "How can I bould the fence, especially considering the way the boards are placed to give you the nicer view without stepping in your yard?" the neighbor got rather upset and stormed off. In a discussion with me later when I brought it up, his excuse for acting like an ass was "well he's your father right?" I cut him off right there and said no, he is my stepdad, and also a hired professional doing work that is benefitting both of us.

Gah. I'd be happy to not have to deal with people like this for at least a few months. Between having to get paperwork from the local FBI offices and also now the court house for the neighbor, it's just turning into a big waste of time.