Neighborhood Conflict Fallout: New Resident Challenges Homeowner Over 7:30 AM Noise
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Living close to someone doesn’t mean they get to control what you do on your own property.
One homeowner ran into that after washing his car in the driveway around 7:30 on a Sunday morning.
His new neighbor lives in an ADU right beside the driveway, and apparently, she wasn’t happy about the noise.
Since she complained to the property owner instead of talking to him directly, he ignored it and kept going.
Now, he’s waiting to see whether she confronts him about it.
Read on to learn more about this situation.
What is the earliest reasonable time on Sunday morning to wash your car? Take out trash?
A renter neighbor moved in next door 2 months ago, into the ADU my homeowner neighbor built last year.
We are a street of single-family homes.
Because of stupid ADU rules, the ADU has very little setback from the property line, and it’s built behind their main house, in the rear, right next to my detached garage in the rear of my house.
Apparently, this isn’t the first time the people on that property have complained.
Their ADU bedroom windows are close to my driveway. But we have a 6-ft.-high concrete block wall dividing our properties.
It’s after 7:30 a.m. on Sunday. The sun has risen. I wash my car in my driveway with my garden hose.
And from behind the concrete wall, I hear this tenant complaining that I’m washing my car early on Sunday morning. I believe she was complaining to the homeowner neighbor, who also has OCD and used to complain about my tree leaves falling onto their side of the property line until I cussed them out earlier this year.
Since the tenant didn’t say it directly to my face, I ignored it and went about washing my car.
He already has a plan if the woman comes back over.
The city municipal code doesn’t prohibit me from washing my car in the morning. I have done nothing wrong.
I’m just waiting for this ***** to come over and say it to my face.
I’m gonna tell her to get earplugs, or close her window, or move out. Because I am using my own property as intended.
My driveway runs alongside your ADU, and my driveway is for cars to come and go. This is not the last time you will hear my car on a Sunday morning.
Wow. That sounds like some pretty entitled behavior.
Let’s see what the readers over at Reddit think about the situation.
That sounds pretty reasonable.
Now, this is funny.
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For this reader, that is a little early.
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According to this comment, 8 AM is appropriate.
7:30 on a Sunday morning is pretty early to start washing a car.
Sure, he has every right to use his own driveway, but he may want to consider waiting until a little later.
Yet, at the same time, the neighbor lives right next to a driveway, so she can’t expect complete silence.
This seems like one of those situations where both sides are going to have to give a little.
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