11-12-2006, 09:52 AM
Aloha Punatics, in short enough time I'll be one of you, as my wife and I bought a little lot in Hawaiian beaches last Jan and are planning on building something.
However, we are confused. Last June the neighbor living on the south of our lot called us and said; We needed to cut the tall grass, because of it he and his wife are getting rats.
I told him I'd look into it, asked him if he might find a local kid that could trim it, (it was leveled and dozed a few years ago and last December, there was 4-8 ft tall grass and weeds we took 25 photos of this 12,000sq lot then, which we refer to currently)
He said he'd see what he could find out about somebody who migh help cut and trim. So, in Aug. he calls me to tell me about the rat problem again and he talked to somebody who could cut the lot for $800.00.
O.K. I am thinking it does not cost $800 to get a brush hog, and cut 7-8.000 sq feet for a few hours, right? Whats the going wages? $800 a day?
Anyways we've been trying to get over there for a few months, so we’ll see what we can do when we get thier and look around for help in the mean time.
So, like two weeks ago the neighbor on the north of our lot calls us and says they would like to cut down our big Avocado tree, with their chain saw. (It’s in the middle rear of the lot about 25 ft from her property) and that our guava tree is dropping guavas on their yard. (we did not know we had a guava, but that sounds like good eating) And she tells me that the tall grass is causing them to have rats.
I was 'like' "Why does MY tall grass make the neighbors get rats in the middle of the jungle?" I asked her how can my grass make them get rats, and she said "oh, well, the avacados and guava are ripening and it is bringing rats to their house." I asked "but how does the grass make rats come?" she went on to tell me that the guava is dropping on her yard and bringing flies, and sort of avoided the rat question to tell me that they were going to call the health department if I did not do something.
In the mean time, we've bought tickets and will arrive next week.
But today the lady south of us called my wife, and threatened her with a law suit, and that they were going to bill us for their telephone calls, and hat her husband has cut down the trees threatening their house, and then saying she's recording the telephone call, etc.. etc. that we obviously are not taking them seriously and they will sue and call the health department.
My wife was very upset and disturbed, with this ladys voice, threatening 'smart alic' tone and attatude.
There's a big problem here. There's no trees next to their house, in fact there is a nice ground cover creeping from their yard that was spread at least ten feet into my lot preventing anything from growing there.
I have been thinking that maybe we would just plant that stuff everywhere and the wild grass would not grow.
But what tree could just pop out of a nice ground cover and threaten their house in less than a year?? An Albezza? There was nothing in that area last year but a single skinny banana tree nothing,, Albezza grow fast but not so fast to threaten a house, no.. That Lady did say the banana is still there, never mentioning it to be a sorce of trouble.
So, imagine Punatics, I have not even moved over there and I am getting harassment 4,500 miles away! ( I talked to the Hilo Police and they say this is the case, “To file harassment charges on the both of them”.
I thought people over there were friendly?
A elevated lot, kind of grassy right now, On the south-west corner of Opelu, and Puna-Paka south, What are we to do?
We are now struggling with the idea that we don’t even know our potential neighbors, on both sides of us yet they already have formed a conspiracy against us ( the Hilo Police seem to feel this is true too).
Our lot does present interesting possibilities for these two it seems. It’s irregular and one side allows the south neighbor to have a nice view, which is the only area that a house can be built. When we build and house? There’s no place except in front of their nice patio, which the roof of is built up to three feet to our property line and concrete floor is about five, (permitted addition By the way) .
And the north side of our lot triangulates extending the typical ‘lot rectangle' into the north neighbors yard/lot, which, with this section their lot would have full frontage, whereas theirs is only half frontage due to the triangular area our lot extends into.
Guess we had better ask them if it’s O.K. and when we may go to the bathroom?
How will we manage, build a home? Make peace with our potential neighbors without worrying about tipsy toeing on our land?
We also understand, “Hey this is the Jungle! Duhh, there’s gonna be a couple o rats!’ And these threats of calling the health department, law suits, have no bearing or grounds to stand on..
They do not want to tell me what they do about the jungle lots behind them and across the street..
Where’s those friendly neighbors in Hawaiian beaches we heard about?
If I don’t figure how to solve this, it’ll be the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s Hawaiian style. Geez!
Edited by - Jeffhale on 11/12/2006 13:55:23
However, we are confused. Last June the neighbor living on the south of our lot called us and said; We needed to cut the tall grass, because of it he and his wife are getting rats.
I told him I'd look into it, asked him if he might find a local kid that could trim it, (it was leveled and dozed a few years ago and last December, there was 4-8 ft tall grass and weeds we took 25 photos of this 12,000sq lot then, which we refer to currently)
He said he'd see what he could find out about somebody who migh help cut and trim. So, in Aug. he calls me to tell me about the rat problem again and he talked to somebody who could cut the lot for $800.00.
O.K. I am thinking it does not cost $800 to get a brush hog, and cut 7-8.000 sq feet for a few hours, right? Whats the going wages? $800 a day?
Anyways we've been trying to get over there for a few months, so we’ll see what we can do when we get thier and look around for help in the mean time.
So, like two weeks ago the neighbor on the north of our lot calls us and says they would like to cut down our big Avocado tree, with their chain saw. (It’s in the middle rear of the lot about 25 ft from her property) and that our guava tree is dropping guavas on their yard. (we did not know we had a guava, but that sounds like good eating) And she tells me that the tall grass is causing them to have rats.
I was 'like' "Why does MY tall grass make the neighbors get rats in the middle of the jungle?" I asked her how can my grass make them get rats, and she said "oh, well, the avacados and guava are ripening and it is bringing rats to their house." I asked "but how does the grass make rats come?" she went on to tell me that the guava is dropping on her yard and bringing flies, and sort of avoided the rat question to tell me that they were going to call the health department if I did not do something.
In the mean time, we've bought tickets and will arrive next week.
But today the lady south of us called my wife, and threatened her with a law suit, and that they were going to bill us for their telephone calls, and hat her husband has cut down the trees threatening their house, and then saying she's recording the telephone call, etc.. etc. that we obviously are not taking them seriously and they will sue and call the health department.
My wife was very upset and disturbed, with this ladys voice, threatening 'smart alic' tone and attatude.
There's a big problem here. There's no trees next to their house, in fact there is a nice ground cover creeping from their yard that was spread at least ten feet into my lot preventing anything from growing there.
I have been thinking that maybe we would just plant that stuff everywhere and the wild grass would not grow.
But what tree could just pop out of a nice ground cover and threaten their house in less than a year?? An Albezza? There was nothing in that area last year but a single skinny banana tree nothing,, Albezza grow fast but not so fast to threaten a house, no.. That Lady did say the banana is still there, never mentioning it to be a sorce of trouble.
So, imagine Punatics, I have not even moved over there and I am getting harassment 4,500 miles away! ( I talked to the Hilo Police and they say this is the case, “To file harassment charges on the both of them”.
I thought people over there were friendly?
A elevated lot, kind of grassy right now, On the south-west corner of Opelu, and Puna-Paka south, What are we to do?
We are now struggling with the idea that we don’t even know our potential neighbors, on both sides of us yet they already have formed a conspiracy against us ( the Hilo Police seem to feel this is true too).
Our lot does present interesting possibilities for these two it seems. It’s irregular and one side allows the south neighbor to have a nice view, which is the only area that a house can be built. When we build and house? There’s no place except in front of their nice patio, which the roof of is built up to three feet to our property line and concrete floor is about five, (permitted addition By the way) .
And the north side of our lot triangulates extending the typical ‘lot rectangle' into the north neighbors yard/lot, which, with this section their lot would have full frontage, whereas theirs is only half frontage due to the triangular area our lot extends into.
Guess we had better ask them if it’s O.K. and when we may go to the bathroom?
How will we manage, build a home? Make peace with our potential neighbors without worrying about tipsy toeing on our land?
We also understand, “Hey this is the Jungle! Duhh, there’s gonna be a couple o rats!’ And these threats of calling the health department, law suits, have no bearing or grounds to stand on..
They do not want to tell me what they do about the jungle lots behind them and across the street..
Where’s those friendly neighbors in Hawaiian beaches we heard about?
If I don’t figure how to solve this, it’ll be the Hatfield’s and McCoy’s Hawaiian style. Geez!
Edited by - Jeffhale on 11/12/2006 13:55:23