Long time neighbor to one of the farms is selling after 40 plus years and looks like I am getting a new neighbor. I hope everything works out. Historically, we have been lucky on that account and hopefully the trend continues. Good thing the one lady around the block moved away as one of the last times she was at the door with me driving down the road she could have been more modestly dressed.
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Bob Bancroft
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Well, that all depends on how attractive she is! If it looks good, then it's inspirational, if not, cover it up.
The lady in question was plenty good looking. She kept two horses on a very small paddock and probably was looking to get some hay without writing a check. This last encounter was on a seldom traveled side road at a little past 6 in the morning with me on the tractor so I know she was trying to send me a message. The times she would see me on my road in her car she would offer a very enthusiastic wave. I've got my wife and am not going to mess that up.
2002sliverado
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Fourteen years ago, I moved my family to an acreage outside of the town where I work and our kids go to school. It is a very good neighborhood to live in and the neighbors are all friends of ours. My wife and I both grew up on farms, so we know quite well the odors and noises that go with living in a rural agricultural area. The troubling thing is there are plenty of people who move out to the country and expect it to be peaceful, quiet, and full of fresh air. Gravel roads get driven on and dust will be raised into the air with that traffic. Manure is likely to be spread from time to time, so there are going to be a few days when the odor is not very fresh. The plight of those who move out to the country tends to be exaggerated when a neighbor versus neighbor battle ensues. The reality is the conditions are not nearly as bad as it is suggested by the complainant. Wish you luck in obtaining a new neighbor.
Manure will not be an issue and I don't work extremely early or late. The closest houe is probably a 1000 feet away with the next neighbors over a 1/3 of a mile away so they can blare their home entertainment equipment all they like. It might be a good thing that the last guy let lots of growth come up on his side of the line so there will be no doubt as to where the new neighbor's property stops. Ideally, it would be some couple in their 60's looking for a semi-private place to live. No kids and no problems that goes with too many kids today.
Ny here are a few tips 1. Mark your property lines and fix the fence etc and soon!!! 2. Don't jump on them give them time to get in. But put a stop to any crap immediately like trespass, loose animals etc. 3. would not hurt to introduce yourself and if say you are going to work land right next to them meet with them and inform them (the logging crew is moving in and clear cutting the lot) etc.
Steve@Advance
Well-known Member
Well, it could be worse...
Many years ago I was renting in town. The neighbors across the street were absolute PIGS! Trash, weeds, junk, tick infested dogs tied out front to guard his "stuff", just filthy people!
Came home one night, here is the man standing on the front porch, under the porch light, beer bottle in hand...
Not a stitch of clothes on! Yep, in all his glory!
The only thing that kept it from being indecent, his belly hung down further than some other body parts!
That's been about 40 years ago, still can't un-see that! LOL
Many years ago I was renting in town. The neighbors across the street were absolute PIGS! Trash, weeds, junk, tick infested dogs tied out front to guard his "stuff", just filthy people!
Came home one night, here is the man standing on the front porch, under the porch light, beer bottle in hand...
Not a stitch of clothes on! Yep, in all his glory!
The only thing that kept it from being indecent, his belly hung down further than some other body parts!
That's been about 40 years ago, still can't un-see that! LOL
In all likely hood they will be ordinary folk. I don't know what the place sold for at this point but enough to keep most lowlifes away. As for the woman she had a pretty good body but I did not need her stopping by. Most hay buyers come without the drama. A simple how much followed by they can buy the same quality elsewhere for less with me telling them the price is the price. If I had saw her at 6 PM with her wearing a clubbing outfit then I would say I was letting my imagination run amok. She did stop at the bottom of my driveway once but I was already on the road heading away so I had a good excuse not to stop to talk. Now you got my thinking about some of the places in town. There is one place that is probably a rental that has a railroad track barely 20 feet away and at a crossing. I know the railroad goes through town at night so I would hate to be in bed when the locomotive lays on the air horn.
Steve A W
Member
- Location
- Northwest Indiana
Maybe he was wearing a speedo !
Few years ago I got introduced to a friend of a friend. This guy has 40 acres south of me a couple of miles. It's on a small lake and his is about the only property that isn't a lake shore lot. His property had come out of CRP and the native grass was growing. He wanted it cut. I went a looked and it was nice grass. I didn't need but I know some horse people who like grass hay. So I called them and told them I would cut it and bale it but that if they wanted small squares they were going to have to pick it up or stack onto wagons. While I was baling that grass the son of a friend was across the lake working with a crew build a deck on one of the lake homes. The lady of the house came out and was complaining about the noise. The kid told her that this is a rural area and people farm and that she was going to have to get used to it!
Hope your new neighbors are good ones.
Rick
Hope your new neighbors are good ones.
Rick
Eldon (WA)
Well-known Member
They are probably hoping they have good neighbors too.....
Dave H (MI)
Well-known Member
When I bought my farm 6 years ago every property owner on the street was in an uproar over it. A lot of it was not real nice, I will spare you the details. Only one neighbor on the street stopped by to say hello. I cleaned that place from corner to corner, spruced up the house, trimmed the trees, mowed the lanes and got it all back into cultivation. Same guy stopped by and told me how lucky they all were the day I bought the place. The rest of them just stopped their beeching for the most part. One guy still files a complaint every time I try to build something or make an improvement. Township comes out, looks it over, shakes their heads and then goes back and raises my taxes. Hope they raise his too!
Texasmark1
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Getting lots of them around here. A seller's market. Lots of growth in the county and the folks are moving in with pockets full of money. I try to meet and help all around me. So far so good. However, all the activity brings a lot of " support type traffic" to the area and some of it has sticky fingers so I'm having to lock everything up to keep it; something I never had to do before. Pain but at least when you go to use something it's there not gone.
Geez, Dave, that's the exact same thing that happened to me in St. Clair Twp, MI. I bought 55 acres out of foreclosure. Bank had truckloads of junk hauled off it. I started cutting, clearing, fencing, etc. Basically cleaning the place up. Wanted to put up a pole barn for my stuff. Neighbors all showed up at twp hearing on the pole barn to object, screaming, mad as all get out. It got so bad, wife wanted to sell the place. After 13 years of ownership and asserting my rights (some of them didn't want it fenced), they now wave to me and smile. I think part of the attitude change was because a few years ago I bought a foreclosed house that abuts it and will be moving into it this fall after I retire. I gutted it and cleaned it up. Neighbor that did a lot of the beeching came over and said that he was happy to see me buy the place after the pigs that lived there. I guess they realize I'm not the devil after all. :evil:
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