Moving to Puna?? Hawaiian beaches??

[Jeffhale]

If this works here's what the neighbors property line looked like last year. There's a low growing ground cover that's been growing from his lot for a few years. Which I why I can not imagine any overgrowth threatening his house. Photo.
Looking from street:


Looking from farthest corner to street:


Well I thought a photo would post, was just testing, so nevermind, did not entend to restart the topic.








Edited by - Jeffhale on 11/18/2006 13:35:32

[aprild]

Aloha All,

I, too, have had a similar experience with neighbors, but in HSRE. I was threatened with a lawsuit, received threatening phone calls, lied to and forced to spend $2500. I thought they were very unkind, unthoughtful and rude. I told them from the very beginning that I would cooperate and cut the offending trees. They pressured me, forced the scheduling and even interferred in hiring the tree trimmers. It was very easy for them to spend my money, I found.

Why they suddenly realized the problem at the time they did still mystifies me.


april

[Kahunascott]

I drove by the other day and saw the lot was cleared. Did you do that from the mainland? Any reaction (Phone calls) from the neighbors?

[Jeffhale]

It's been a while since I looked at this topic, , Scott I guess I was to busy to notice your question. Nope I went and cleared it myself. I mean me and my wife did.

The neighbors? well I can't say they have any aloha, not the wives. The fellow who lives south and had called, I think he threatened me, not sure. Depends on how you interpret the second time I'd greeted him, called him over to chat, his wanting me to go to Alaska for bear hunting.

However once we left he offered his "heartfelt Christmas wishes"

We my wife, Cary and hubby Jim, helped a few days too. Thanks again Cary and Jim, you guys are super. But we cleared the lot, after about five days worth of work. And then spent thousands importing rocks and leveling it. In the mean time my wife and I decorated the edges (wild trees and plants) with orchids, which we bought from just below the Pahoa post office. Also, we gathered big rocks and created our selves a little patio under the avocado tree.

I cut down the mango they'd bothered about but not the avocados. The rat story? we did not see a single rat. Except one, the lady to the right (north) of our lot, she wanted the avocado down but not for the reasons she'd expressed before. Turned out she wanted it down so she could get a better breeze at her house, the rat story was bull. She asked about cutting it and i being polite, told her maybe, she offered to have her husband do this and I gave it some thought. Well that was the last I saw of her, about the second day we were cutting, after having spent just over a month on the lot never saw hide nor hair of her again. .


The lady to the left, the one who called and threatened to file a suit, against us? She never showed her face, although I think I caught a glimpse of her at the market. Maybe once her husband decided we weren’t so bad, she didn’t feel the need to confront us.

Guess what?


We thought that five or six different types of live growing orchids tied into the branches 4-5 feet high might clue her in however,
I just got some recent photos sent to me and the large avocado tree is way dead laying across my lot!

It appears that, after we left the lady to the north and her husband helped themselves to our tree, whacked it down and left it laying there.






Edited by - Jeffhale on 02/28/2007 07:23:33

[Royall]

That's raw! I guess I could say what I'd do but there wouldn't be any "aloha". It is still chicken s**t though! But on the other had if you had some extra money I would plant a large avo back in it's place. By the way, Jim and Carey are great people!

Royall

What goes around comes around!

Edited by - Royall on 02/28/2007 06:48:27

[Hotzcatz]

Ah, perhaps they interpreted your "maybe" to mean you wouldn't mind if they took down the avocado tree. A "no, thank you, I like the tree" would have kept them from persuading themselves that you really didn't like the tree and wanted it cut down.

There are a lot of cultural differences and places for misunderstanding when one person is trying to be polite another person can entirely misunderstand it.

[Jeffhale]

Yeah although it seems she took that maybe, ran off, waited till we were gone, a month later and ha her way with our tree, because she wants a better breeze.



Edited by - Jeffhale on 02/28/2007 07:27:39

[Carey]

Catz, Jeff was saying "no thanks" to the north neighbor lady when we were there, she just kept pressing that this one tree was blocking the breeze. Jeff finally said that he would see how the layout of the house would be, and then maybe....
The kicker, she was so up in arms about calling the cops on the overgrowth in lot, but her husband runs an auto shop out of the garage (this in a very residential area, small lots & all...) (probably why she wanted the breeze, to blow the paint fumes to the next neighbor!)
Jeff, sorry to here about the tree, it did have some really nice avocados! Glad to here you guys are OK, did you ever find that phone? Do you know when you will be back here?
Aloha, Carey
PS, we're not that "great", just need change of scenery from our own little project from ....



Edited by - carey on 02/28/2007 08:23:19

[Jeffhale]

Hey Carey, yeah, just being modest, you guys are really swell, volunteering your free time to help us and all.

The phone? Nope I hunted and hunted carefully threw the whole lot especially in the area I’d been in the day it was missing. and nothing. I think it's likely I did leave it on the top of the car, them two kids ran off with it.. But who knows, (shrugs shoulders). Maybe the north lady snatched it, LOL.

Yeah, my wife (Mayumi) Man she had one heck of a go round with allergic reactions to that ivy. Finally the doctor diagnosed it as Photo hyperactive dermatitis. Meaning, she got some dam tough stuff on her skin and the bright Hawaiian sun was not helping it. $300.00 later and she's fine now, also knowing that when her husband says: "If it bleeds red, Red's a danger sign stay out of it" she might just do that. Ha. .

I managed to get bit by a centipede in three quick spots, on me toe. However, must have been a small one cause it only rotted for a few days, and betadine soaked on a band-aide fixed me up.

Far as coming back, there is not a day that goes by when that's not on my mind. Mayumi has been having more troubles, lung problems and we are going to a specialist tomorrow..




I don’t know bout them neighbors.. Kind of thinking that lot aint so great..

I am, we are Really P.O.-ed to see that beautiful tree laying dead in our lot.

Edited by - Jeffhale on 02/28/2007 12:11:12

[punagirl]

Hi Jeff - It was great fun meeting you & Myumi at our pond party. Glad to hear she got that skin rash resolved.

Atlanta/Pahoa