What should I do???

A Mexican family bought 5 acres right across the road from us. They say they’re gonna put a mobile home there. They have cut trails and made a atv track over there. They invite me over to ride quite often. We have a blast. We own 5 acres right north of them. I bought it to keep anybody from building there and it makes a nice buffer from the hiway. Last night Jenn noticed they have dozed a big wide trail through our property. I don’t mean cutting a few limbs I mean they pushed out big nice trees with a dozer and left the place looking like . They are right across the road from my moms house now and she lives close to the road. They ride all hrs of the night and keep her awake. The owner of the property told me that whoever sold him his property walks him down the road and showed him where his stops. That is way beyond even the property we bought. All my paperwork is buried in a tote while we are remodeling. Jenn is going to the title/ land office this morning to get copies. What should I do? I like these people and don’t want neighbor problems. They did get a bit testy last night when I explained it was my property.

Tell them you plan on raising hogs if they continue to be a pain.

I'd be getting a stop work order issued before they destroy anything else with that dozer until the legal property lines can be established. If it was only a few yards is one thing, but a thousand or more feet, no you stop immediately until the legal boundary is marked by a surveyor is how I'd handle it.

tadams(OH) wrote: Better get it stopped before they ruin all the trees.

I’m trying. It will take me the next two winters to clean up what they’ve already done. It wasn’t neat work by any means.

Common courtesy and common sense are rare these days. I know you said he thinks the property is his but how about a heads up to you that he was going to bring a dozer in and do that. Yeah if he thinks it's his land and he doesn't have to ask then he has no courtesy. Around here we always talk to the neighbors beforehand and tell them what we are wanting to do and see what their reaction is before it blows up into something. Another thing that's rare is good neighbors.

I've heard of people having to pay for each tree they destroyed, plus a sizeable sum of money.  You need to find your property line and then put up "Posted" signs.  Call the police if the signs are violated.

  And make sure you got somebody with that can speaka spanish or mexicana.   Good Luck

Thad, 

Build the wall, NOW!

And make them pay for it.

5 acres is room for 50 trailers

We were told to post signs and purple paint around the border. Jenn bought signs and we hung them last night. He and his son showed up to ride 4 wheelers. They saw the signs and rode up the road to see if we put any there. I was walking home when he went by . They stopped and he said “so it’s gonna be like this huh?” I said yes it is. He got friendly again and all seemed ok. He then promised to put big rocks in front of the roads he cut just as soon as he can get the dozer back. I hope this will pass with no more issues.

How's it going on the Nathanial front?

chaskaduo wrote: How's it going on the Nathanial front?

Very quiet. We haven’t heard a thing lately. His Grandma has taken control of the situation and I haven’t heard much lately.