05-17-2007, 07:28 AM
Aloha, Mella, and all,
Having just spent 3 months on the West coast of Mexico, I have a good idea where that trash that washes up on the beach on BI comes from. After Semana Santa--the biggest two-week holiday in Mexico--the beaches I was at sparkled like diamonds with 2 liter soda bottles from shore to sea. Disgusting.
I also have neighbors in HSRE who, never meeting me, insisted that I spend $2500 to cut down an albezia IMMEDIATELY. The initial estimate of $5000 didn't even make them hesitate or consider my pocketbook. I was definitely ripped off for two days of felling. Two guys made $1250 EACH for two days work. Here in Northern California, it would have cost me $800 tops with the trees hauled away. They laid on the pressure, threatening lawsuits and other. I'm sure what they wanted was more sunlight.
I was happy to take the tree down for them, but would have preferred my own time schedule, not a rush job.
I'm not crazy about living next door to people like them. But I don't think that bad neighbors only exist in HI. Regarding cutting trees on my property--have you considered a civil suit? Sometimes people need to be reminded to be civil.
april
Having just spent 3 months on the West coast of Mexico, I have a good idea where that trash that washes up on the beach on BI comes from. After Semana Santa--the biggest two-week holiday in Mexico--the beaches I was at sparkled like diamonds with 2 liter soda bottles from shore to sea. Disgusting.
I also have neighbors in HSRE who, never meeting me, insisted that I spend $2500 to cut down an albezia IMMEDIATELY. The initial estimate of $5000 didn't even make them hesitate or consider my pocketbook. I was definitely ripped off for two days of felling. Two guys made $1250 EACH for two days work. Here in Northern California, it would have cost me $800 tops with the trees hauled away. They laid on the pressure, threatening lawsuits and other. I'm sure what they wanted was more sunlight.
I was happy to take the tree down for them, but would have preferred my own time schedule, not a rush job.
I'm not crazy about living next door to people like them. But I don't think that bad neighbors only exist in HI. Regarding cutting trees on my property--have you considered a civil suit? Sometimes people need to be reminded to be civil.
april
april