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Revenge
on Bad Neighbors From The Revenge Guy

I hate the people that want to run your life from their home or apartment.
Let's get'em!!!!!

Breaking The Hold of a Bully Neighbor

Hi
Revenge Guy,
Without our consent or prior knowledge, our neighbour tore down the
fence along the property line between our backyards and put up a
cheap, ugly fence in its place.

He then asked us to pay for half of the cost. Since we had no
input whatsoever into any of the decisions, we refused. We have a
recent survey that shows exactly where the property line is. He is
now trying to tear out the hedge between our front yards. The
property line is right along the middle of the hedge. We notified
him in writing that he does not have our permission to do anything
to our side of the hedge but he says he can do as he pleases.

We have started pouring tons of well-rotted comfrey fertiliser
along the hedge. It has a lot of liquid as well as slimy rotten
leaves. This stuff stinks to high heaven and you can never get rid
of the smell. His dog loves it and I am sure it will work wonders on
his carpets when the animal tracks it into his house.

We've planted sea buckthorn along the hedge. This stuff grows
very fast, has huge thorns and puts out runners which will go all
through his lawn. It won't go through our yard as I can keep it
under control. It is indestructible.

We have poked out all the numerous knots in the backyard fence,
bored holes in the posts and inserted stump rot.

We've nailed pea netting all over the fence and are growing beans
up it.
We've notified the bylaw enforcement officers that he keeps an old
car parked in front of his house in violation of a 72 hour parking
bylaw.

He has on several occasions told us that one of our other
neighbours (let's call him John) threw rocks through his window and
destroyed part of his lawn with Round-up. No charges have been made
against John and it has not been proved that he had anything to do
with these incidents. If we told John what our neighbour was saying
about him, could he sue for slander? We would we willing to act as
witnesses.

Getting revenge is important for my self-esteem. Allowing myself
to be shoved around by this arrogant bully would undermine my
feeling of self-worth. Is there anything else we can do to get
revenge?
Thank you for your assistance.

Hi
Happy Homeowner,
You are really amazing to have started this neighbor war in the
methods you have chosen, my hat is off to you!

Continue your war of protecting your property line and house
value.

Look at getting this guy into court for slander, I fully endorse
such a move. Bullies need to be brought down to the regular earth
all of us good people share. Share what you know! The truth will out
all the bullies!

I would also start an online photo essay of your property, on a
site like www.photolog.com and be certain to have the picture "peek"
into his yard. Let's take pleasure in what happens to his yard.
Without any prior knowledge, of course.

BTW, if I need help with a bad neighbor will you share more of
what you've done?
Thanks for emailing me,
RG

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The Upstairs Neighbors

Dear Revenge Guy,
My husband and I live in a 4 family home. Last year we got a new
neighbor above us, a young 20ish girl. The other tenants in the
house are the landlords in-laws and another older couple. My husband
and I are in our 40's.

From day 1, there were definitely more than one person staying
there and they are serious night people. To make a story
short….they have caused lots of problems and are being evicted.
The landlord says he doesn't know how long the process will take,
but in the mean time they are basically terrorizing us. We tried to
get along at first and I realized when I stopped up there once that
they have NO furniture.

They live in 2 bedrooms. So when they come in at night….several
people congregate and party in the bedroom above us.

My husband has to get up at 4:30 am for work and they come in at
all hours of the night….who knows how many of them. Yes we've
called the police……I do not want to be a nuisance to them.

My husband wants to go to the basement and flip the breaker on
their music when it's loud. I'm afraid he'll get caught. I say go
down when we know they're out and flip the switch on their frig.
We're between a rock and a hard place.
Help.

Hi
Neighbor,
When you have the power over the power, use it.

First off, yes, start with pulling the breaker when the noise
get's too loud. Give your husband the go-ahead to do it.

Doing it when they're out probably won't make much use because I
bet they don't have anything in their fridge that isn't "shelf
stable", that is, won't rot in 50 years or so.

Follow up with calls from a "detective" asking for them to make
an appointment to come in for an "interview". www.revengecall.com is
great for that. Start to actually scare them into behaving better.

Take pictures of your building or encourage your landlords to do
so. I'd bet my bottom dollar that there will be a "moving out party"
to trash the place when they go. Punks like this don't care about a
damage deposit, if they gave one at all.

If you're any good at photo editing, scan in an image of your
utility bill, which ever you have to pay yourself, electricity, gas,
water, whatever. Change your name to theirs, of course, and add
several hundred dollars to the bill for them to pay.

Change the number to call for customer service to a sex line
number. Freak them out.

Quieting down a group of pigs is hard to do, but you can make
them ready to leave a lot sooner than the eviction if you do things
right.
Best wishes,
RG

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Red Fence Bastards

Dear
Revenge Guy,
I share a combined front yard with my neighbors. They
re-landscaped their side of the yard and put up an ugly red fence in
between us without asking us if it was ok. It is on our shared
property line, but they didn't ask for our approval.

The red fence doesn't match with our other fences and looks awful.
Also, it has ruined the look of my side of the yard.

We don't have a Homeowner's Association and there is no city code.
How can I get revenge?
Phyllis

Hi
Phyllis,
Paint your side of the fence to a more pleasing color.
Send them a registered letter before you do, notifying them of your
plans.

Get a lawyer involved if the letter doesn't work.

And if you don't paint it, plant some bushes or hedges….

And every once in a while through some granular fertilizer on their
side, after a few weeks the fertilizer will burn the hell out of
their lawn.
Good luck!
RG

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Crappy Neighbors Threatened Me

Hi
RG,
We purchased a house 3 years ago and the people next door are
typical white trash, they keep a tree trimming truck, chipper and
stump grinder on their property as well as a few junk cars.

We live in a nice well kept neighborhood, they drive and park all
over their property they constantly have kids over for parties,
drinking, music, screaming, through the night.

We have 2 small children and since we've been here we can't even
open their windows at night, and are forced to turn on the AC on
beautiful nights, even with their windows closed they can't fall
asleep and are constantly being woken up due to the noise.

We have asked numerous times with no results, called the police, as
soon as the police drive away it starts up again, last night we
called and as soon as the police left someone yelled out "keep
calling the police and we'll F$#* up your house" We are at a loss on
what to do HELP !!!!!
Greg T.

Hi
Greg,
First off: security cameras.

Second: motion detector lights.

Third: talk with your other neighbors, I'm sure they've had
sleepless nights too and would welcome the opportunity to gang up on
these asses.

Fourth: Liquid Ass. Spray it over the fence when they're NOT outside
but you know they WILL BE later.

Fifth: Video camera. Capture these guys in the act, when needed this
will make a great case for you in the courts, should this go that
far.

Getting rid of bad neighbors, unless they are renters is quite
difficult. Do a property search, find out their names and do a
criminal background check. odds are good that they all have some
arrests and convictions in their pasts, so you could again enlist
your neighbors and start a poster campaign to get these bums to
move.

You MUST have the support and willingness of your good neighbors to
force out the bad.

Introduce yourself around, if you haven't yet, and get started.
Good luck!
RG

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She's Calling The Cops On Me For Noise During The Middle of the
Day!

Dear
Revenge Guy,
I have a neighbor that is such a royal B*tch.

My roommate that lived with me for two years got involved with her
and they had a nasty break up. After the break up she was yelling
derogatory statements to him and his son. He got the cops involved
which they were not much help so he decided to move.

She has now started to take it out on me.

She has called the cops on me several times for music complaints.
They other day it was at 5:00 in the afternoon on a Friday. The
music was not that loud and I had it playing for well over 2 hours
but the second my old roommate showed up the cops were there
immediately after.

I have never been sited for these complaints and have even had the
officer tell me that it wasn't that loud.

There have been many of times that my lawn mower would be a lot
louder.

A few weeks back I was sleeping and the neighbor on the other side
had his music up I didn't care but she called the cops on me not
him. Since she is giving my address they have to respond to my
house.

This has got to the point were I can't even watch my tv at a descent
volume to hear it with out her calling the police.

It has effected my way of living that has been the same for the last
4 years. I would like to find away to make it stop. She doesn't have
a job and is home all day. Please Help!!!!!Thank you,
Billy

Hi,
First thinks first, find out what the noise bylaws are for where you
live.
You'll likely find that the police can't do anything because the
noise is during the day and well within the noise bylaws where you
live.
With that knowledge in hand, go to the police and see about making a
harassment complaint against her, tit for tat, right?!!

Now for the better part of revenge….
get her phone number, do a reverse lookup if needed to get her info
and post her info everywhere you can think of. (I have plenty if
ideas throughout my site!)
Make job ads for her, selling things, whatever.
Keep a steady stream of people calling her and coming to her door.

At least she'll be too busy to worry about you anymore.
Best wishes,
RG

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What Do I Do To Get Back At My Ignorant Neighbor And Her
Brats?

Dear
Revenge Guy,
I would never have thought that I would ask someone's advice on how
to get back at people, but my neighbors really piss me off.

I moved in a townhouse about 1.5 year ago, and immediately I
realized that those people are ignorant.

First they younger kid brought some kids and they had like an orgie
in my backyard.

I called the police then, they spoke to the neighbors, and then the
mother became upset that like her child is just a kid.

Then they started playing basketball on the driveway (it's joint),
and they were always on my front lawn.

I was kicking out the small kids all the time from there.

Then the older kid started walking through my lawn to drag his lawn
mower. I told them not to, and that guy was almost swearing at me
like "I will not stop doing that!".

Finally this year my lawyer wrote them a letter like "Do not play
ball on the other part lawn and driveway part".

No reaction.

More, that older son (who is over 18 for sure, and who does not
study buy just stays at home and waits till his girlfriend picks him
up in her car, or when some friends come to drink and then drive to
party) walked with his dog right in front of my lawn.

That was a good reason to call the police again, and I was lucky to
take some pictures.

So I called the police. Ha-ha. After like 9 days of waiting, I
finally got a call from a police officer that she spoke to the
mother, and that the mother promised that it will not happen again?!

The police woman did not even speak with the son, and when I tried
to explain her all bad things they did, she was like "Oh, that
mother told me that you were throwing stones and sod on her backyard
" (lie).

So, now I don't know what to do. I saw that stupid son walking the
dog, but so far he went around my lawn.

However that mother pissed me off with her lies. Also also the
police did not seem to be helpful, she did not even want to issue a
ticket to the son!!

My question is how to deal with that situation. I would love to get
a revenge, however I obviously don't want to go overboard. Should I
call the police woman's supervisor? Should I spread some real
compost (from a farm) all over to have the neighbors smell it 24×7?
What should I do?

In addition that mother claims to be poor and does not want to have
a fence in the backyard (we don't have any fence!!).

So now she had some money to buy a huge table with an umbrella, and
it's kind of close to the border with my yard. So I would have to
see their stupid faces when they have a barbeque. What do I do????

Please HELP!!
Yours, Suffering

Hi
Suffering,

You are in a bad place, but there is no point in NOT sharing the
misery you suffer.

If I were you I'd be fertilizing the lawn every second week… just
spread the manure on, let the kids walk through that.

Have a security camera installed, track the kids trespassing, gather
the evidence for the police.

Be proactive!

Go to the police department and search for a sympathetic ear to tell
your tale to. Have recordings, journal documentation, the whole nine
yards.

Check the strata/townhouse bylaws where you are, you might have a
good case to force her and those brats to vacate/move. tread the
rules carefully.

try to get elected to the townhouse board of directors… people
usually try to NOT be on the board and go with whatever decisions
are made.

With that type of power you could easily make her living there a
nightmarish hell.

Check on the watering restrictions too! And BBQ rules, I'm sure the
development you live in has restrictions on outdoor grills, most
places do.

Talk with your other neighbors and see what is happening to them.
Many times people silently suffer their neighbors obnoxious
behavior, but you can be the spark that starts the fire!

Do it!

Don't wait for these brats to fly away from mommy's side, they
won't!
RG

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Building My New Home

Dear
Revenge Guy,
I read some of the advice on your website and was
intrigued. I would love to know if you have any suggestions for my
husband and me.

We are in the process of building a new house at the end of a cul-de-
sac street. The space is somewhat tight at the end of this street,
and there are essentially three homes there (ours and 2 others). At

the very end of the street lives our now problem neighbor.

Soon after we purchased the property, on which a home had stood
vacant for 2 to 3 years, this neighbor somehow found my husband's
work phone number and email address and called to say he hoped we
wouldn't be removing many of the trees on the property. We were
surprised at this and thought it was none of his business, but we
assured him that where we had to remove trees, we would replant new
ones.

Subsequent to that time, our builder one day came across a yard
worker carrying an expensive Japanese Maple tree, which he had dug
up from the backyard of our property, toward his landscape truck.
The truck was parked in the driveway of our neighbor's house. Caught
in the act of stealing our tree, which retails for between one and
two thousand dollars, the yard worker said he would put it back. Due
to the way he had butchered its roots, it could not survive, and it
died. We were angry at the time, but we did not feel that we could
prove who had tried to steal it, and we were eager to begin our
relationship with our neighbors on a positive note. We did not
formally say anything to them about it.

Well, since construction has begun this man and his wife have been
irrational and nasty. I went over to officially introduce myself
before the construction was underway to apologize for the
inconvenience and establish a friendly relationship. This seemed to
go well, except that the husband continued to ask about whether we
planned to remove all the trees that were marked.

Some time later, my husband got another email at work from this man,
stating that his wife observed the construction crew "dumping
garbage" on their property. This neighbor said that he expected to
be notified no later than noon that day that it had been cleaned up.
We called our builder to ask about this, and when he drove across
town to investigate the "garbage dumping," he found one paper coffee
cup and an empty Jello cup. He picked these up and we all could not
believe how crazy these people were. I pick up that much trash and
more from my yard regularly, simply from what gets blown in by the
wind.

Later that week, we drove to check things out at the site and ran
into the wife. We waved and said hello. She did not respond but
asked whether they had taken care of "all the trash." We said that
we did not see any trash, but did she? She began to shake all over
and said that there was a "red buckle" on her side of the silt
fence. When we went to check, it was extremely hard to see, but we
did find a small red buckle contraption nearly buried in the dirt,
and my husband removed it. The area between our two lots goes down
into a deep gully covered by trees that is quite shady and hard to
see into.

The latest communication from these friendly and gracious people
came last week to my husband's email stating that OUR brick delivery
truck had hit and damaged one of their pine trees. The neighbor said
that he had called his tree company to come out and photograph the
damage and that he would be sending us the bill for the cost of
their services to "save" the tree. My husband responded that he
should send the invoice on and that our builder would look into it.
We investigated and found that the brick truck driver had hit the
tree (there was one square foot of bark knocked off) and that his
company would take responsibility.

This week, when the invoice came, Mr. Obnoxious emailed my husband
again at work and said that he should send the reimbursement check
to his work address and that they would hold us responsible if this
50 year old pine tree did not make it and died. My husband replied
that he would forward the invoice on to our builder who was
coordinating with the brick company and that further concerns about
the tree should be addressed to the brick company. They were
responsible for the damage.

These people are unbelievably obnoxious and I have grown
increasingly more angry as they barrage my husband at work with
their complaints. Their attitude is incredible given that we did not
pester them about the expensive tree WE lost (I mentioned that very
briefly during my visit to meet them) and that we have responded in
a prompt and polite way to their concerns. They clearly do not wish
to have anyone build or live on the lot next to them. I have never
been one to seek revenge, but I am finding myself wanting to put
this man in his place. He assumes a condescending and accusatory air
towards us that is out of line and infuriating. I would welcome any
actions you could offer that would enable me to stick it right back
to him.
Thanks so much,
Homebuilder under attack

Hi
Homebuilder,
From now on have all corresponded go through your lawyer.
Hit the ant with the largest hammer you have.

You see, when you try to be nice these neighbors are understanding
you as weak, so they try to push you around and make you jump
through hoops… and you jump!

This will end up being a court case, I'm sure.

Print out all emails, save every phone call details.
Write down and photo everything on a weekly basis as to how the
construction progresses, etc. Ask your builder to take daily
pictures when they leave for the day, if possible.

Check local building laws, make sure everything you do is by the
book. Detail the costs involved with this heightened recording of
your building being done, it'll come in handy.

Make sure your property is posted "No Trespassing" and that your
liability insurance is paid up.

You are in for a battle that has just begun so be prepared.
Good luck!
RG

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Parking Wars

Dear
Revenge Guy,
Hopefully you don't find this situation too similar to ones
already posted on your site- we are looking for some advice on
dealing with neighbors across the street from us.

A little less than a year ago we moved into a fairly young
neighborhood in which rows of townhomes (which we live in) sit
across the street from single family homes.

We were warned by our next door neighbor to watch out on parking in
front of the house across the street, they made frequent complaints
and had even egged our neighbors car once because they were too
close to the mailbox.

In December, my husband accidently parked about 2 inches on the
grass with one tire (the other tire was entirely on the curb) and
they left a threatening note on his windshield that said "Park on my
grass again and you'll be sorry" or something along those lines.

That day we went over and introduced ourselves, explained that we
were sorry but we thought the letter somewhat inappropriate.

We tried to be friendly but at the same time stand up for ourselves
that they had never met us before and should have tried talking to
us before leaving such a hateful letter. They used the excuse that "thats
how they were raised to handle things" (These people come across as
fairly uneducated hicks in my opinion) but apologized for the
overraction. We tossed the note and moved on.

Since that time, we bought a new vehicle and put our other one up
for sale, and since my husband also has a work car we now have more
vehicles than fit in our driveway, so my spare car which I don't
drive much anymore was parked in front of their house (because there
isn't parking on our side of the street).

It was there for about a week and a half until they called the cops
on us tonight for having it parked there for over 24 hours. Now
granted, we broke the rule but we weren't hurting anything! We
weren't blocking the mailbox, driveway, etc. In addition people are
always parking on the street so even if we weren't parked there,
someone else would be.

Well, my husband and are are out of town for the holiday but luckily
my sister was there doing laundry when the cops came and explained
that we would be back on Tuesday to move the vehicle.

SO that long story was to explain that I'm looking for a way to get
back at them for being jerks for no reason.

If you live across from townhomes that have single car garages, they
should realize that people will always be parking in front of their
home, get over it!!!

I want to get back at them somehow, but I'm really not enough of a
daredevil to do anything illegal. Can you help at all? I know very
little about these people except that they are ignorant and rude.

My sister did try to go over and talk to them again tonight to
explain that we were gone but would move the vehicle on Tuesday if
they would please not call the cops again until then, and they
pretty much treated her like dirt. I just want to be able to park
without worrying every day if I'll come home to a ticket.

Oh, and one other thing, I really don't want to just park the car I
do drive daily in that spot because 1. it would give them too much
satisfaction and 2. I have a 1 year old son and usually several
other things to carry inside when I come home everyday so its really
a pain to have to park so far from my front door.
Thanks for any advice!
Sally
PS sorry this was so lengthy!!

Hi
Sally,
People are very territorial; and you've stumbled across a roost of
turkeys that need to control everything in their sight.

While you can't do anything but offend them every time you park in
front of their house you did do everything right: introducing
yourself, apologizing for parking over the usual time limit, etc.

Now it's time to play their game but, you know, you're the number
one suspect no matter what happens to them.

Again, the first thing I'd try is kindness, bribing them for the
parking "permission" just might appease these monkeys, and that's
what I'd try first, again. Maybe go to their front door and give
them a bottle of booze and see what their reaction is. Certainly if
you continue to offend them by parking in front of their house (and
it seems like you don't have many options without a long walk home)
you'll be spending a lot of time cleaning egg, and worse, off your
car.

Revenge here really isn't justified:
1. you are parking in front of their home, you have too many
vehicles where you live, didn't you see that when you bought the
place?
2. they have more opportunity to mark up and harm your car than you
have time to fight them and stirring up trouble against these people

Making nice, in this instance, is my recommendation.
Spring for a bottle of booze once a month, maybe a dozen doughnuts,
whatever you think they might like.
It will certainly be cheaper than starting a parking war.

I hope this helps, if things get worse email me again,
Best wishes,
RG

You Can't Choose Your Family and You Can't
Choose Your Neighbors: More Revenge Advice From The Revenge Guy

I love new neighbors… you treat them nice and they try to fuck up
your lives
after that… So let's GET EVEN!

Take note: ALL OF THESE EMAILS BELOW ARE FROM REAL PEOPLE…
HONESTLY, I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO MAKE THIS STUFF UP!

My Neighbor Is Destroying My Property

Dear
Revenge Guy,
We have really enjoyed reading your posts in the past but this is
not your ordinary lover simple answer!

We have a challenging situation and may even be a bit difficult to
answer!

Our neighbor who moved into a horse community neighborhood was able
to secure a license to have a Cabinet Business next door to our
home!

The county approved him 'even after he was found to have been in
operation 8 years without a business license and illegally enlarged
a building, had a spray booth without proper ventilation, had over
15 fire code violations, had big diesel trucks next to our driveway
and forklifts beeping shaking our home & windows and scaring our
livestock so they would run.

This man has 5 acres and he has spent so much time and been at our
property line continually and provoked and caused so many problems
that we have pictures and documented that the Court Judge with our
documentation and pictures has enforced an anti-harassment order.

This neighbor has also created a ditch with a culvert in the wooded
area of wetlands and made a ditch and has drained water/ gray water/
toxic chemicals/ in a tube and ran it under ground into our property
( We had a culvert on top of our property and it has disappeared now
under the ground. Our Giant Evergreens 75 + feet high have lost most
of their full foliage turned brown dying, (his side only) and he has
chopped the limbs off on one side (his side) sticking the limbs cut
into our fence as trophies and has been moving our fence line in on
our property.

The county said they cant see the underground tank he put in to
drain the water into our pasture that has been over 5 feet high and
has flooded our barn. So they cant make him dig it up.

Now we are up 500 feet up a hill, no flooding here but he has taken
his wetlands and drained them into our property, drying his and
flooding ours.

We called EPA and conservation and we are waiting.

By the way the last business was also a cabinet business shut down
there because of illegal dumping chemicals.

This guy is an arrogant and intimidates and yells over the fence and
runs when ready to confront!

We bought this place because it was completely private years before
he showed up. He has tried to ruin our privacy we lost several
animals due to questionable circumstances, all these animals were
healthy and young.

We are very good pet owners having been 4H sponsors and leaders.
This guy moved into a farm neighborhood and has no pets and doesn't
like them. Here is a picture of the drain area with spiked logs.

How would you go about removing such a scourge like this (the person
scourge) now picture your child running after a pet with his open
gate open all the time and tripping on this spiked speared logs and
falling on these?
Now you know how we feel!

Hi,
You're right, this is a hard one to answer.

A man's property is sacrosanct but this guy has definitely crossed
the line hugely.

There should be some older property lines/allotment property values
stored by the county for the property as it was when first
registered. Maybe there is the information you need to prove all
that this guy has done. I'd look into the old county records
carefully.

You've done right to document all that he has done, maybe the local
conservation groups can get involved to help you fight this guy and
the destruction he has caused. Make some enquiries.

Look for a lawyer to help you in a property fight over the damage he
has done as well… if you don't find a lawyer right away, bide your
time and keep documenting what is happening, you will find one
sooner or later. Pictures, video, and a journal.

Talk to newspapers too… this might make a good local story.

Usually guys like this are only pushed into another place by heavy
attention, make that happen, even if it means you start slowly with
a website and an online journal.

Are there other neighbors that this guy is also offending and
destroying property? If he has other neighbors talk to them, if not,
look at who owns that land opposite him and talk to the owners or
county about that property and if there are any records about it's
state of being.

I wish I had some real revenge that would make this guy move away
instantly, but these types thrive on being the bully, so I don't
think he'd easily be tricked into a situation that would
automatically make him forfeit his land.
But you might have more input here than I.

I have published your story here:

Neighbors
and the photo that you sent me here:

Pictures

Maybe this will help to shine some light on the situation.
Best wishes,
RG

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Creepy Neighbor Next Door

Dear
Revenge Guy,
I need help with a horrible neighbor.

I bought my 1.5 acre lot about 4 years ago. The neighbor had lived
on his lot for about 8 years, and I guess was the first one in the
area. So he thinks he can dictate to you what you are going to do
with your property.

First, he started sneaking over and looking in the windows with the
excuse that he was "checking up on me".. I made it clear he needed
to stop. Then he told me I couldn't put up a fence because he uses
my yard to walk across to the next door neighbors. We put up the
fence and he threw a fit.

Then he told us we couldn't plant trees. We live in Arizona, and his
point was water preservation. I pointed out to him that his
(eyesore) yard has citrus trees all over, which are not native, and
we were planning on planting Mesquite trees which require little
water.

He is "christian" and plays his talk radio Rush Limbaugh and
Christian Network the loudest he can, so we usually turn on our
Country music and point the radio his direction. Well, apparently
this antagonized him. He told my son (10 years old) that we were
going to burn in hell and that the world was going to end. I told
him to keep his religious beliefs to himself.

Where we live we can burn brush as long as it's not a bonfire. He
burns himself. We were burning one day and he told my son we were
idiots, so I told my son not to play at his house anymore. Then he
called the sheriff the day after we burned and told them we were
burning furniture! of course, the complaint was dropped because it
wasn't furniture and the sheriff could see that.

So I decided to call the county, because he has a second mobile home
on his lot, he got a permit and called it a "shed" but I wanted to
see if it could be removed because it's full of pack rats,
rattlesnakes and woodpeckers, as well as a hive of bees.

This set him off and he confronted me telling me he was going to
call the DOT on us. We have 4 cars, but all are registered and
licensed, so not sure what his basis is. Then said he was going to
call the county for everything and anything we do.

We recently got permits to build two porches. He stands at the
property line and just stares. when we left, he told the guy that
was leveling the area for the porch that he was creating too much
dust. Then he filed a complaint with the county that we were grading
without a permit. It was hardly grading. It was leveling the area
for the porch.

My husband was in the yard today digging holes to plant trees, and
the neighbor stood on his porch just staring. He's creepy and I want
him to get the message that he's messing with the wrong girl without
inflaming the situation and making it worse. After he filed the
grading complaint he has kept his radio low, he must have found out
from the county that he couldn't do that.

We are going to build a shed to block his view of our porch, and
plant some oleanders along the property line, but I would just love
to do something else.
What is your advise,
Burned in Arizona

 Hi
Burned,
When he watches set up a video camera to record him.
Be obvious about it.

When your shed is up attach some fake plastic surveillance cameras
to it, to "watch" the property line now that it is out of view.

Add a couple of lights that are on timers that you can set to go on
and off all night long… let him "see the light" before you burn in
hell…LOL
Sorry, couldn't resist that one.
🙂

Document everything, I see this being a long battle with him so you
need to keep him on a short leash by recording everything he does,
complains about and threatens you with. Goodness only knows what
goes on inside his household, keep your son out of there!

And for the heck of it, post some "yard sale" signs around town so
that people can come and visit with him every few weeks or so.

Best wishes,
RG

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Adult Group Home Neighbors and White Trash Landlord

Hello
Revenge Guy,
I would like to get even with the man who owns the house
next to ours.

When we first moved in 8 years ago, the house seemed pleasant enough
– we were told that it was a rental and met the owner.

After our first few months of being in the house, things changed.

The owner put in a second driveway where he parks his landscaping
business equipment and supplies which have attracted rats. He has
completely let the yard on the property go and we found out that he
is renting to an unlicensed adult family home. The employees of this
home are rude and consistently block our driveway access. They do
not supervise the clients of the home and we’ve had to deal with
clients vomiting in the yard, running screaming and yelling in the
streets and the police and fire departments being called to the home
on a regular basis.

Complaints to the city about his landscaping equipment (he’s
violating a city ordinance by parking his trucks on the property)
and the Department of Health (about the lack of supervision at the
home) have gotten us nowhere and were thinking that it’s a lost
cause and we should just sell.

Meanwhile, the property owner is unresponsive to our complaints.

We found out that he lives in a nice little house overlooking the
ocean – we know that his neighbors would be mortified to have to
live next door to what we’ve been dealing with.

I’ve thought about taking photos of this eyesore with a description
of what’s been going on and mailing them anonymously to his
neighbors to let them know what a “gem” of a guy this jerk is. Got
any better ideas?
Thanks
Pissed Off

Hi
Pissed Off,
It's nice to have shitty neighbors, eh? Especially shitty
landlord neighbors that rent to crappy people and just don't care.

First off, report this "adult home" to any and all agencies you can
think of. Federal, state, municipal, police, local councilman, all
of them. Talk to the newspapers too.

Take pictures, get the name of the place and create a Facebook or
MySpace page for them. record some videos and create a Youtube.com
account to post them. use the guy's real name and his neighbors will
find out about his absentee landlord practices.

Take pictures and post them on fences, trees, poles, bulletin
boards, everywhere and title the page "Is this how you want to
live?", put a picture of the home under that, and the guy's name and
address and phone number under that.
Let him squirm and open his neighbors eyes up!

Mail them to the above federal/state/local agencies too.

Hell, email me a picture and I'll post it here:

Pictures page
( I created this page on my site after reading your email, so send
me a pic and some details, ok?)

Embarrass the fuck out of this guy…. that's the only way to get
revenge because when a guy doesn't care about his landlord duties
the only thing that gets under his skin is what his
friends/neighbors think of him and that the law might crack down on
him.

So get to work, start posting the pics, videos, all of it!
RG

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"Trespassing, Complaining About My Dogs" Jackhole Neighbor

Dear Revenge Guy,
I'm in a desperate situation. My neighbors have finally
crossed the line from obnoxious to full-out war. And they have the
law on their side. But let me start at the beginning.

We have lived next to them for what, 13 years perhaps. Throughout
that time they have committed egregious acts, but we have generally
looked the other way in favor of friendship.

For instance, years ago they had a sleepover. They had tents in the
yards and the kids had all their friends over. They were up giggling
and running around all night, and we didn't call the police.

They came into our yard and cut the lower branches off of a tree,
unwanted. We said nothing.

They came into our yard and threw chlorine tablets into our pool,
unwanted. We said nothing.

He attacked our gutters, unwanted. We said nothing.

At 7AM they are up hammering on the roof or building a stupid little
shed. They had a ladder so well-positioned that they could see into
a high window in my mother's room. They did wake me up at least
once. (We did eventually call the police once, but for some reason
it is legal between the hours of 7AM and 11PM)

But recently we got another dog. Unfortunately she barks a lot.
She's still young though. We let her out for a short period of time,
and yes, she makes noise. But this is where these jackholes cross
the line.

The first came when the police came to our house. Apparently the
jackhole next door called… because they were outside IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DAY. It isn't like we leave her out overnight. But apparently
"his son was trying to relax".

The other day he claimed he saw the dog kill a bird. He said that he
had called the police and that they were sending someone over this
Tuesday. This did not happen. Needless to say, we also never found
evidence to confirm this unlikelihood. The dog wasn't even out very
long, once again.

But today was the last straw. The dogs were out once again in the
middle of the day for a short time, and they called the police. This
officer was a real douche, and I wish I could get revenge on him
too. He made up a bunch of lies, and then he wrote my sister a
misdemeanor, who was completely innocent. My mom wasn't home, so how
cowardly of them. I only let the dogs out once all day, and in that
short time he called the police. Coward. He doesn't have the balls
to come over and talk to us.

Sadly the law on "barking and howling" dogs is written in stone – it
grants the officer so much discretion that we can't fight it.
Despite another pig abusing his power and the neighbor making up a
crock to get them out here.

This is the price we pay for being nice people. Well, enough's
enough. I will go to any length to destroy this man. The only reason
we can think of that he's become such a grouch lately is because
he's out of work at the moment. Plus he hates us because we have
what is to him too many animals, and our house isn't perfectly neat
like his is.

Unfortunately, we never had security cameras, so we can't take him
to court on trespassing, and there's no way we'd win a harassment
charge. Like I said the law is on their side. I've been mulling ways
to get back at him since he first called the police like last year,
but now it must happen. It's on. We were never out to harm anyone.
Our little, broken family always went out of it's way to be good,
and we always let ourselves get walked over. This is the last straw.
I will do all I can to mete out the justice that society would deny
me. It's no wonder his kids have problems.

So I need some really viable options to protect my family from this
maniac, preferably by putting him in his place once and for all.
Sincerely,
Bullied

Hi
Bullied,
I feel your pain.
I have three dogs (municipal law says I can only have two), and dogs
bark.
And neighbors complain.

So, what I have set up is the Lentek Bark Free ultrasonic training
device that emits an ultrasonic sound so they dogs know that if they
bark they get buzzed, when there's no barking there's no buzzing.

So, this trains the dogs, all is good on my side.

Plus, there is an audible setting so that when the dogs bark there
is a second buzzing noise that tells me the Bark Free has sounded to
remind the dogs to stop barking.

The neighbors hate the buzzing as much as the dogs do, but I don't
care, I tell the cop I'm doing what I can, he walks away, no ticket.
So try that first:

The Revenge Guy shopping page

Now that that is settled, you need to start a journal of what the
hell this guy and his family are doing.

Write down everything. Take video and pictures of your place
monthly, detailing changes that have happened.

Get a security system, it's only a couple of hundred, less that a
lawyer… which you'll need after catching this guy trespassing
anyways.

You could use www.revengecall.com to call him up and say you're from
local law enforcement and need to talk to him about some trespassing
charges… let him stew on that. Give him a verbal warning.

Talk to your other neighbors, surely you're not his only target.
Neighborhood bullies attack all they see. Get the details, form a
committee against this asshole.

Aim a telescope at his window, let him feel he's being watched. I
bet a friend has one they aren't using anymore so you can just
borrow it for a couple of weeks.

Yes, building noise is allowed during 7am to 11pm in most places….
but what's good for the goose is good for the gander. Rent a
jackhammer or something and let it rip right at 7am.

Or mow your lawn…. race your engine… something. And do it
regular like clockwork, same time and same day of the week for a
couple of months.

You have to MAKE justice in this world… the guy/group with the
loudest voice always wins because so few people stand up for
themselves or what is right. Look at low voter turnout for proof of
this concept.

I could go on with more stuff to do, but protection against this
creep comes first, don't you agree?
Best wishes,
RG

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My Neighbor Is A Thief!

Dear
Revenge Guy,
I have this neighbour, and he's a complete asshole…

While we're outside, we can hear him shouting and yelling out the
door and at us even for being too loud.

He complains that our dog ruins his lawn, even though he takes
fertilizer for our lawn and uses it to plant his own trees.

I'd like to get revenge on him for being so loud and stealing
fertilizer from us.
thanks,
R

Hi
R,
If the guy is intent on stealing your stuff for his
lawn, why not give him a real treat?

In your next bag of
fertilizer put in the bottom of it some ground beef, bacon
drippings, whatever you wouldn’t put into a composter. Add some
tampons and pads after they’ve been sprinkled with ketchup.

And just in case he’s had enough fertilizer use a bag of premium top
soil to get his attention.

And as an added bonus, include a
letter saying that “You have stolen this bag of XXX from us and we
now have the proof. If you ever harass us again the police will be
called and we will prosecute you.”

That should do it.

Best wishes,
RG

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Delirious From Lack Of Sleep

Hello Revenge God!

I need MAJOR help. My neighbors suck!

Let me preface by saying that I am generally very laid back, a
partier myself, but this is just way tooo much. I live in an
apartment community and My upstairs neighbors are extremely loud —
all day and night.

It is not the normal noise of someone above you. They sit on their
balcony all day during the day (I work from home) screaming over the
balcony throwing their cigarette buts off onto the grass and things
end up landing on my balcony.

They smoke pot that comes into my apartment.

They are fat and truck through their apartment like they are damn
doing gymnastics up there, which I know they are not (please see the
fat comment and sitting on their balcony all day long!).

The girl sits on her cell phone again on the balcony so the entire
neighborhood can hear her conversation. And they are doing this from
about 10 am until 2 am almost every day, depending on the day.

I think they are students and that is why they don't care. I mean I
will be in my apartment and I can hear them pull up in their raggedy
car and enter the building up the stairs that is how loud they are,
thump thump thump up the stairwell, which is not even next to my
apartment and we live in a VERY nice EXPENSIVE apartment community
— it is not a lower income area or place that you would expect
this.

So.. what have I done thus far?

I have complained to the leasing office on 8 separate occasions,
including the pot smoking and noise.

The problem with the pot, is you can't really catch them in the act
b/c by the time someone comes, they are done with the joint. I have
made two different police calls for noise complaints.

Sometimes it is not late enough for me to call the cops, if they are
being this ridiculous during the day, I am not sure I can complain
about the noise. My apartment complex says "they deny all actions"
— which OF COURSE THEY DO! Wouldn't you?

So they say there is nothing they can do. Of course they don't want
to evict someone in this economy right?

I have a lease until March and for my sanity and lack of sleep I am
getting, I need to do something! I want them out out out! What can I
do? Please help!

Thanks,
Delirious from no sleep!

Hi
Delirious,

You need to start a journal right now and detail everything they do.
Dates, times, witnesses, calls you make.

Get a copy of your lease (I'm sure it's the same type the upstairs
assholes would have signed) and read it for what violates the lease.
Management companies don't really like to kick anyone out, but if
you can prove they should be, then they'll likely act then.

Talk with your neighbors, I'm sure you're not the only one mad at
these idiots, and having more than one person/apartment complaining
together will make them act much more quickly to get them out.

Video tape words wonders, if you don't have a camera to capture
sound and scene, then borrow one form a friend or buy one. This will
make much more convincing proof of the actions of the pigs upstairs.

With all of the above start a complete war on getting them evicted.

It will take some work, but you can do it!

You're not going to scare them out, pigs like this don't mind
sitting in their own slop.

And for immediate revenge, when they are out:

• Spray their front door with liquid ass, spray their car door
  handless too.
• Fill a large manila envelope (8.5 x 11 or larger) with a cup
  of confetti, add the confetti and squeeze the envelope so that
  it has a pocket of air, slide the open end of the envelope under
  their door and press down, shooting the confetti into their
  place.
• Use www.revengecall.com to call them up at 3:00am and ask
  them if they need to re-finance their car, or need auto
  insurance (you can change the caller id to anything you like,
  record the call to enjoy later)
• Start a website (use www.business-domain-names.com and
  select the "private registration" option, no one will know it's
  you) and tell crude things about them, using their real names…
  let them live with internet stink on their reputations for the
  rest of their lives (use a public computer when doing this,
  never use your home or office computer in case they can track
  the IP address)
  (note: when a business pisses you off, take a look at this site
  for an idea: www.dateapp-sucks.com)
• push wooden toothpicks into their locks and break them off
• follow them shopping and report them to store security as
  possible shoplifters
• post ads in local places about a room for rent, cheap, and
  help wanted, top dollar jobs, and add their phone number to it.
  For extra credit, say it's a night shift job and only call after
  2:00am)

This should get you started, right?

Good luck!
RG

You Can't Choose Your Family and You Can't
Choose Your Neighbors: More Revenge Advice From The Revenge Guy

Just like family, you don't get to pick your neighbors!

And just like family they often don't give a crap about you… but
once they've crossed that line from allowing you the peaceful enjoyment
of your own paid-for property… well, let's just say they deserve
what's coming, right?

My Neighbor's Trees

Hey
RG,
I got this neighbor who owns trees that branch out passed the
sidewalk where cars park.

This morning I found him ordering his hired help to cut down the
branches and they ended up falling on my car.

I'm not talking about twigs here, they were big enough to make a
loud crashing, twisting sound when they were coming down. After it
happened he noticed I saw it and acted really friendly in a fake way
asking how I was doing and the usual bull shit while his hired help
brushed off the branches from my car.

How do I get even with him. I want to thai kick him in the face but
I know you can help me find a better way to get revenge.
Thanks,
Dave in MN

Hi
Dave,
That type of event is why the Revenge Guy has his cell phone with
him at all times. It's the type that takes pictures, video and voice
notes.

I am ready to get evidence of anything that happens to me and my
things.
Did he scratch your car's paint job? Any dings? And why didn't you
ream him out right away?

If you know the company name of his hired help, I'd send them a
letter claiming damages. Detail what happened. They'll have to call
him and make him sweat it out thinking there may be a small claims
lawsuit coming his way.

Now then, what I'd do is start buying containers of molasses.
Molasses spread onto wax paper or poured into small plastic baggies
(with small holes put into them once placed) and hung in trees,
hidden under porches, stuck under cars, wherever there is a great
hiding place, makes a heck of a nuisance attracting all kinds of
bugs for him to deal with… give him some real worries.

If that's too hard for you to do, maybe just throw some granular
fertilizer over onto his yard every night for about 2 weeks. The
over-fertilization will burn his grass and he'll be flummoxed as to
how it happened. Maybe he'll blame the hired help again.

Best wishes,
RG

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Dear
Revenge Guy,
I just found your site today after my rude
awakening, by the animals that I am forced to call neighbors, this
morning.

A little back story:
Since we moved in 3 years ago, the neighbor "above" us on the hill has
given us problem after problem. With no retaliation from us whatsoever.

I am sick and tired of doing things
"properly", for them just to spit in our faces and think up some new way
to dirty the place up. The summer after we moved in, they started
draining their kiddie pool into our yard. Not only were they eroding
away the fragile hill between our two homes, but we then had to deal
with bugs, mold, stagnant water, etc. My husband tried to talk to them
the first time this happened. They refused to answer the door, so we
called their landlord. He said he would take care of it.

As the months went on they began to drain
their pool DAILY (!!! water wasters!!!) while we were at work. Back and
forth all summer.

The next year, the same thing. So I called
local code enforcement. "Nothing can be done, you’ll have to file a
civil suit." At this point, they are draining their washing machine onto
our hill, and into our yard! In addition, their trash falls into our
yard on a daily basis, and our nice normal neighbor has had to take care
of this crappy neighbor’s "feral cat" issue.

Fast forward to today: Saturday morning.

Husband went to work early, and I am in
bed with the dogs. All of a sudden, a loud bang on the roof. The dogs
start barking, so I know something’s up. As I try to collect myself from
just being waken up to abruptly, I walk out the front door to the side
of the house where I heard the bang. There were what looked like large
drops of water on the concrete all around my car. Weird… Then I see an
open water bottle, and go to see what’s inside. I should have known.
When I picked the bottle up, it was warm. And that was when I realized
what I should have known all along. It was pee. WTF?!?!?! PEE?!?!?!?!

I called the cops. He visited them, and after 10 minutes of tying to get
them to answer the door, speaks with the mother (I use the term
loosely). She knows nothing of any pee (convenient lie), and claims she
just wants "all this to stop".

Uh…okay lady. I’ll stop…uh…playing nice with you ‘ cause you
obviously have no sense of common decency!!

Her landlord let it be known to us that he
doesn’t want to evict them, because he gets money from the government
(Section 8?) to keep them there.

What do I do!?!?!?!

I don’t want to take it out on the kids
(even though they are incredible brats…all 20 of them!), because this
ghetto bitch is obviously not doing her job as a mother…but what do I
do??? Help!!!
Sharon

Hi Sharon,
First off, create a water diversion to drain the water
off the edge of your property.

Take pictures of the damage that now exists, how the water is ruining
your landscape and threaten a lawsuit against their landlord. That will
get his attention better than just you calling him up and complaining. A
nice letter from a lawyer should move things along nicely.

Keep a journal of all the things that have happened and will happen.
You’ll need this as evidence if you end up in court or there are more
calls to the police.

Get the names and numbers of these
idiot neighbors… if they are on Social Assistance then they will be
money hungry, you can use RevengeCall.com to get them out of the house
supposedly to pick up a cash prize at a local radio station… You can
also use RevengeCall.com to call them and give them other things to
worry about, once you find out more about these people you’ll know what
buttons to push.

And call the SPCA about the cat wandering around… maybe a trap?
Or better yet, throw some dry cat food into their yard, get all the cats
in the neighborhood into their yard and let your dogs loose.

I hope this helps:
Records of everything;
Pictures and video and voice recordings when possible;
RevengeCall.com phone calls when you know what will get them out of the
house;

Small efforts of revenge against their cat and yard….
And whatever else will not be pointed back at you but will help to exact
your revenge.

Best wishes,
The Revenge Guy

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Dear
Revenge Guy,
I have a neurotic pregnant lady next door that
says my dog barks all day and it doesn’t and the city won’t check
into it so I am going to be inconvenienced because the city will not
come out here and listen to confirm it.

All they have to do
is turn in complaints without substantiation and I will have to go
to court to prove otherwise.

Not fair.

I have had the dog
for ten years, have left a recorder outside etc., to make sure that
he isn’t barking when I’m out.

How can I cause
some discomfort and discord in their household?

My wife passed away
a few years ago and this was her dog. It’s an important pet to my
son. They have a dog that runs over and barks at me and I don’t
complain. I am a good neighbor.

Hell, I am a
homeland security guy trying to take care of all you oblivious
assholes to what’s really going on. I pay taxes, volunteer and have
been a good citizen.

I want to have some
fun and cause a little discomfort. Any suggestions? Bad porn in the
mail to his neighbors with his name on it or what?

Hi,
Being a good neighbor doesn’t mean that you have to put up with the
bad ones. And since she’s got you going to court it’s time to play
on their level.

First off: keep recording your dog. You need hours and hours, and
days and days of recordings to verify that it isn’t your dog making
all the noise.

Secondly, also get
video of her dog coming to your house and making noise, digging,
snooping around, whatever it does. Most places have bylaws against
letting dogs run loose and without a leash on so turn the courts
onto her pronto.

Thirdly, when her
dog is on the loose make a call yourself to the city. Let them deal
with the "dangerous stray". If it doesn’t have tags they’ll have to
take it. Let her pay the "doggy impound fees".

And I wouldn’t send porn in the mail, too obvious.

Send her husband some flowers to his house, from "Susan at the
store" or whoever. Or use
www.RevengeCall.com to call and leave messages that infer he’s
cheating on her, stir the pot.
Let her sweat that one, pregnant and all.

Best wishes,
The Revenge Guy

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Dear
Revenge Guy,
I feel a little strange writing, but I have no
idea what else to do in this type of situation.

Today, we came home to a notice that our neighbours had called
animal control on us.

e have four dogs,
who will go outside in our backyard. Our neighbour also has a dog,
and whenever the they meet, they bark. Our neighbours complained,
insisting that they cannot enjoy their pool with our dogs present.
Now, we have 30 days to remove two of our dogs.

I understand this is a mistake on our part, and we should have
looked into bylaw rules. I know that my family is guilty, and we are
receiving our punishment. However, we are not crazy, and our dogs
are all foster and rescue dogs who we saved from be put to sleep.
Not to mention our neighbour’s dog is just as guilty as ours, we
just have more (which means more noise). On another note, our
neighbours are not as saintly as they may seem.

I am in highschool with their son, and I happen to know that he is
involved in the trafficking of cocaine (and various other
substances) within the school. When they do go out to their pool, I
know he will have loud music and friends, who will be consuming more
of these illegal substances. I am a good student within the school,
and I am not involved in these activities.

With this being said, this is a very stressful and upsetting time
for us, especially my parents. Without doing anything illegal or
stupid, I was wondering if you have any advice on what we could do?
I doubt there is much to be done, but I feel that if they expect us
to remain so strictly within the law, that all members of their
house should be responsible for doing the same. I just want to let
them know how traumatic this will be to our dogs and our family, all
for the sake of their summer parties.

Thank you kindly for your time,
The sad neighbour.

Hi Sad Neighbor,
First off, get a hold of a local newspaper about your dogs and maybe
they will be adopted by someone else with a kind heart. Newspapers
love these types of local stories, make it sound as though you are
being unfairly punished for providing a home for these former rescue
dogs.

As for the kids and parents with all their drugs, get the evidence
and call the police.

Report him anonymously with drugs on campus…
When the parties start, I’d put up posters to make it an all-out
bash, destruction will soon follow as you call the police on these
overly huge parties.

Good luck!

Best wishes,
The Revenge Guy

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Dear
Revenge Guy,
Believe me when I say my neighbours are the
worst kind anyone could imagine.

There are 3 adults
& 2 kids living in a two bedroom unit directly above my unit.

I am woken around
5.30am every morning. Even though I ware earplugs to bed every night
the huge bangs are so loud & heavy it makes the walls n floor
vibrate.

Every time I go 2
the bathroom no matter when. Someone is hitting something with a
hammer. In the shower my water pressure continuously changing Hot to
cold etc. Someone goes to the water system & keeps re-adjusting
while I’m in the shower.

Most nights I end
up lying on the lounge watching TV. As soon as I begin to shut my
eyes {fall asleep} someone makes a huge bang noise directly above
me. {Happens most nights}

Yet if I have a
visitor then nothing happens!

I could write pages
& pages of incidents that have happened over last 3 years. The
Police know my voice so well they don’t even ask who’s calling.
Obviously because I have had to ring them so many times.

Last week they got
one of their cousins or whoever to throw a rock at their window. The
window broke. Then they rang the Police & told them they saw me do
it.

I wasn’t even home.
Good for me that the police did not believe them.

These neighbors are
unbelievable, they try to harass me 24/7.

Sometimes I go away
for the weekend and as soon as I arrive home they start. They seem
to have dedicated their lives to harassing me.

I need advise!
Please help
Yours Sincerely
Bob

Hi Bob,
First off, you need to gather evidence better… get a video camera
and let it record all the noise.

Certainly these
idiots upstairs won’t know you are recording them, so you’ll finally
have something to show the police and the management of where you
live.

If the police know
you by name when you call then a visit to the station house is a
good idea so they know you on sight. Take some muffins or doughnuts
to add to your welcoming visit.

Fight for your
living rights as agreed to in the lease you signed (as a renter) or
in the housing rules you agreed to (if a condo/townhome development
with an HOA).

As for revenge, I’d get their phone number and post ads all over the
place for “furniture for sale” and let them deal with the calls for
cheap furniture. Make sure you include “Shift worker – call between
midnight and 5 am”.

Do this every
couple of weeks. At least you’ll have the last laugh when the phone
rings upstairs.

And get ready to move, your sanity is much more important, don’t you
think?

Best wishes,
The Revenge Guy

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Dear
Beloved Revenge Guy,
I need to know if my desire for revenge
is warranted.

I had a truck (an
ENTIRE TRUCK, SIR!) STOLEN from my apartment complex.

When I asked to see
if I could get out of my lease early without penalties, the
management company’s corporate office said no and that I would have
to pursue legal action to get a different result.

Well, the
management company changed, and the new company decided to up my
rent $80 a month DESPITE the fact that my truck was stolen from this
complex. They basically told me to move if I didn’t like it.

Like an idiot, I
resigned my lease because it would have been too expensive (even
with the upped rent) to do otherwise.

But I’m pissed!

The management
staff in the office are a bunch of rude people. I feel like they’re
lording the higher rent over my head, and I would like to do
something about it. I thought about powdered drink mix, food
coloring, or jello in the pools or maybe a large banner out in front
of the complex, but I wanted to consult you first.

For all of its generally nice external appearance, more heinous
things have happened to people in this place. Do I need therapy, or
is revenge a viable option in this particular scenario?
Thanks!
Dr. Fellows
P.S. Also, do you have post-revenge stories on the site?

Hi Dr. Fellows,
You are right to seek revenge. And it is the management company that
you want to be put into a bad place as they most certainly pay for
the troubles they have caused you.

I feel for your
truck being stolen. I have had a car stolen once when I lived in an
apartment… not too much you can do except make an insurance claim,
but double check your rental agreement anyways, maybe there is
something you can use in there about the safety of personal
property. You never know, you might have justification for a civil
suit against them.

Now, first off, I
don’t know where you live but many places have rent control. Are you
positive that the increase in rent was legal?

Call your local
government’s residential control department to find out.

Talk to other
residents about the rent increase. Were you singled out?
Was everyone’s rent raised?
Maybe starting a residents club is a good idea. Management never
likes residents getting together, it always means trouble for them
and this is a step you should take.

Create posters and
slip them under everyone’s door.

“ Dear Residents of XXX
Has your rent recently be raised?
Is this a legal rental increase?
Tenants have rights. We need to band together to protect ours.
Contact me at this email address for more details: me@mynail.com”

That should suffice.

Don’t let these
idiots bully you for one more second!
Best wishes,
The Revenge Guy