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Offline Shorty

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« on: May 10, 2004, 03:16:20 PM »
This, from the real estate advisor column in the paper.
'Writer complains about having just bought a house only to find out that there is a (gasp) shooting range nearby!  'Writer dislikes the noise.  'Says that the neighbors explain that the range has been there "forever", even before all of these houses were built.  'Writer asks if there is any legal recourse he can take to shut down the range.  
Advisor suggests the the writer sue for a noise abatement/ public nuisance.  'Says it's a long shot, but "worth a try"!   :evil:
Isn't that like moving into a house near a dairy farm and then complaining about the odor?  DUH! :roll:
Here I am, wishing that I DID live near a shooting range! :roll:

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« Reply #1 on: May 10, 2004, 04:38:39 PM »
Why is it that some people are so arrogant that they think they can move into a new to them neighborhood and make everyone else that have lived there for years change just to suit them?

Yes, that is nothing but arrogance. Inconsiderate egotistical arrogance!
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« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2004, 02:19:45 AM »
Wow! Am I in agreement with you guys!
  Some idiot builds his house under a glide path to a 50 year old airport; then bellyaches about the noise of airplanes...
  A clown builds near a farm and complains about odor...Duh!

    My friend restores and collects old farm tractors...besides his shops he has a line of tractors awaiting restoration. He has lived there and restored tractors for 18 years.
  A couple years ago, some dude moved out from the city or burbs and built a house overlooking his property!
  Almost immediately, the complaints started..." I didn't spend XX X thousands of dollars on a new home, just so I could view a bunch of old tractors!"
  He went to town board meetings and raised cain, until the town board came out to talk to my friend , Neil.
  Somehow, they couldn't find Neil, so called him later telling him how his neighbor said his place was a "pig pen".
  Neil told them...I'll put a sign up, so you can find me!
He went to his shop and cut out a silhouette of a pig, about 3X5 feet, and hung it neatly, in full color, on a decorative signpost beside the road.
   I stopped by his place a couple weeks ago, and the town "fathers" had not yet visited him.

   I asked, "Neil, this is still zoned agricultural isn't it?" He sais "sure is!".

      I said, " When this comes to a head, why don't you tell your neighbor;
..I have to have something to do, so if I HAVE to get rid of my tractors, I will probably put in a couple hundred head of hogs!"

  Note:Neil lives about a third of a mile due west of the complainer, and particularly on the warm summer days, the rising currents go right up around that new house!
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« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2004, 04:59:12 AM »
Quote from: ironglow

  A couple years ago, some dude moved out from the city or burbs and built a house overlooking his property!
  Almost immediately, the complaints started..." I didn't spend XX X thousands of dollars on a new home, just so I could view a bunch of old tractors!"
 


Someone needs to tell this jerk that he only paid for the view up to but not past his property line!
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« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2004, 12:21:12 AM »
The gentleman may have a recourse but it will be against the Realtor/REaltors and the seller. Such things may be a part of of the sellers disclosure. Now I do not know where this is or what the state laws are, and they are all different.
Folks moving to a new area, whether it be in the city, the suburbs or the country should drive the area, investigate, determine their needs, likes, dislikes. In other words they should take responsibility for theirownselves. We all make mistakes but it is not always someone elses responsibility for our own mishaps. Live and learn, grow from it.
Now if they asked and it was not revealed--well thats different--see first statement.
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« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2004, 01:52:53 PM »
Yup William;
   As you said, rules are generally the same, but do differ some from state to state. I was licensed in 1989, and it was emphasized to us the importance of not "crossing the lawyers", as I am sure you were; but....
   Nothing was concealed in this case. He could have stood on his proposed site for his house and seen Neil's farm in almost any weather (outside a raging blizzard). There is about 1/3 mile of clear hayfield , pasture and one country road between. Add to it the fact that the complainer has perhaps 75-100 feet elevation over Neil's farmyard.
  Just don't think he has a case!.....but then , I didn't  think O.J. had a case either!
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« Reply #6 on: May 15, 2004, 12:41:43 AM »
Shorty-
Make em an offer- Ya can always ask for it free, all thay can do is say yes or no. Course they could say no adamantly.
Still say they should have checked all this out before hand.
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