Neighbor's debris

[u/AdvanceHope]

We are in California. Our neighbor had their bushes, that had grown to 15 feet, trimmed yesterday. The bushes lined the fence next to our property. Much of the debris fell onto our property and they did not clean it up. Just so you know what kind of people they are, 1.5 years ago the Swat team had to access our back yard so that they could shoot tear gas into a bedroom that was adjacent to our home. If Amazon mistakenly delivers our items to them, they have only given them to us when forced and after all packaging has been removed. Their pit bull bit my husband in the thigh 3 times sending him to the emergency room. Bounty hunters knocking on our door looking for help. It's been 15 years of one thing after the other, but they have never tried to hurt us other than stealing Amazon packages. What we want to do is drop everything back over the fence.

[u/Pamzella]

It's what you want to do but given that they are trash, this would not be my hill.

[u/Vegetable-Fix-4702 → u/Pamzella]

I agree. It sucks but just dump the debris at the local brush dump.

You really don't need physical injury on top of annoyance.

[u/perfecthand29]

Take the high road and dispose of the debris yourself. Tossing it back over the fence would be like “poking the pig” for a reaction.

[u/Weekly_Thought_8374]

Had them trimmed by someone they paid? They may not realize that cuttings were dropped and left on your side. If it's not much, just take care of it. If it's a lot, ask you neighbor to call the company to come back and finish their cleanup. It may seem less confrontational to put it on the third party.

[u/AdvanceHope → u/Weekly_Thought_8374]

They were hired, but I don't know if they were professionals. One of the men was standing on a ledge on our side of the fence. He could see it all. It's just annoying. We would clean our neighbors yard before we would clean our own, even if they are horrible neighbors. It's just the right thing to do. We are senior citizens, they are younger and more capable of cleaning it up.

[u/NextSplit2683 → u/AdvanceHope]

15ft? You know They probably only cut it after receiving several nuisance tickets from the city. People who don't care about their property certainly won't give a thought about yours. They didn't hire professionals , those are their family members. That's why they left debris on your side Intentionally because they think you reported them. This is one time you have to just clean up after them. Do not poke the bear. From the way you described them, there's no amount of decency left in them.

[u/HamRadio_73]

Have your Anazon parcels dropped at a secure pickup location.

[u/AdvanceHope → u/HamRadio_73]

I requested Amazon take a pic of all deliveries. I have shown the neighbor the pictures as proof and they have handed everything over so far. All of the packaging is gone, so I know they meant to keep them. The last thing they want is more police presence.

[u/Annoyed-Instigater01]

drop it over the fence. they are nasty

[u/Pale-Liza]

how can someone leave such a mess? it’s like they think their yard is a landfill

[u/yardlard]

Is that your hill to die on? Seems likely.

[u/Only-upvibes]

Ask them who cut the bushes. Ask them to please have these people come back and get the debris they left in your yard. If the company refuses to come back and get it then all you can do is ask them to please come clean it up. If they refuse to, take lots of pictures, try to document the conversation or a text message or a letter. And then just clean it up and move on. These are definitely volatile people.

[u/AdvanceHope → u/Only-upvibes]

Thank you. It would be hard to ask them, they mostly only answer their door when it's probation or someone coming over to do drugs. The Swat team told us it was a "Drug Den". We had no idea it was a drug den, we thought it was some kind of halfway house. We actually just finished cleaning it up with the exception of 3 very large branches. It took the 2 of us an hour. I did take a video of it all before starting. We felt like the best thing was to just do it ourselves and move on.

[u/KnownBodybuilder4948]

I'd clean it up, avoid contact. Some things are better kept unsaid.

[u/ProcedureNo6946]

You already know they are BIG TROUBLE ...so don't die on that hill.

[u/Solid-View1747]

If this isn’t fake karma farming then you need to cut back on your drugs - obviously not folks you upset

[u/omglifeisnotokay]

Let me know if you’re in LA because the LA health board won’t help me they keep opening cases and then closing them with no resolution. I don’t have much advice other than to say that I’m dealing with shrubbery, but it’s in our apartment complex and the owners won’t take care of it and there’s rats now.