mygoldendoe - deer, rabbits, &more(?)

[Latestarter]

Sorry you're dealing with all that crap. It's a drain on you for sure. It can also cause liability issues if something happens on your property. I would suggest getting the law involved, if only to document what's going on for down the road. Hope your baby gets better soon. A sick child (even teething) is the pits.

 

[mygoldendoe]

Well I think ya have gone above and beyond....next time it is time to call the Law and let them handle it cause obviously there isn't any 'Respect' being taught down the street...and if the parents have no Control, then anything you do will only escalate the 'Retaliation' factor and you certainly don't want that....faced a similar situation when I used to live in a neighborhood....the Sheriff deputies got their Attention finally....wish ya the best for sure!!

I plan to if anything continues. I'm soo ready to move to my husband's land. It's crappy when the deed says no trailers even on foundation. Of course 2pages of it was more controlling hog raising than anything. Just one of the many on the list of "if only I won the lottery" lol decent sized house on his land. All the equipment we need for the small farming and enough put back to continue to pay land taxs down the road to insure we keep it lol aw big dreams, big dreams..

 

[CntryBoy777]

It doesn't sound like the land is zoned for Agriculture and there are manufactured homes that aren't trailers and they can be in the 'Ball Park' of the cost of a trailer too.

 

[mygoldendoe]

Sorry you're dealing with all that crap. It's a drain on you for sure. It can also cause liability issues if something happens on your property. I would suggest getting the law involved, if only to document what's going on for down the road. Hope your baby gets better soon. A sick child (even teething) is the pits.

Yes I had planned too. My husband's uncle is still on the force (my dads retired) so when I'm ready for an official report he'll be ready to assist me. Hoping everything will be nice and relaxed for Christmas and New year's . I couldn't imagine putting up with all that plus teething baby and all the incoming family. Woo wee no thank you

 

[mygoldendoe]

It doesn't sound like the land is zoned for Agriculture and there are manufactured homes that aren't trailers and they can be in the 'Ball Park' of the cost of a trailer too.

It is zoned for it. As it's nothing but farms all round that area. Its just the man who sold the land was more interested in protecting his hog sales to limit compition. Smart on his part tho. Glad we don't wanna raise pigs or Wed have alot of guildlines to follow lol
I'll definitely have too look into those type homes bc we can afford anything more than trailer type housing prices. Not unless we should our current house first.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Usually those kind of clauses in a sells contract are for a stated period of time and then Expires...if the Civil and Criminal laws are not Violated then an indiviual can't stipulate forever what happens of the land....especially if it is Paid off and the seller isn't the Financier....and if he is then a Refinance will end his 'Control'....that is, unless the Laws have changed that much and I was unaware....it is still the US after all.

 

[NH homesteader]

My husband's grandfather sold a bunch of parcels on a pond locally. He put it in the deed to the property. It still stands many years later so I don't know if there is a way around that after a certain period of time or not. Weird about the pig farming rules though!

@CntryBoy777 I think it's more permanent in the deed than in a contract between the two parties.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Never have faced that one before...now ya got me interested in this.....bet @Latestarter , @Bruce , or @greybeard could shed some 'Light' on it.

 

[Bruce]

Got me but if the town doesn't have zoning regs against manufactured homes on foundations, I don't know that someone selling a single parcel can do so. You could potentially challenge that clause is court if necessary. Easier if you can find cases where similar clauses have been found unenforcible and just show them to the guy. Tell him you aren't going to drag a 1960's rat trap over and live in it. There are some truly fancy "trailers" made these days. They may look like a standard mobile home on the outside simply due to the restrictions of roadway width but they don't have to look like "trailer trash lives here". Heck a "basic" stick built ranch home doesn't look any different than a double wide.

Covenants like that at are more usual if there is a neighborhood association that makes rules that apply to all. For instance, the 8 houses up the hill are on a private road. The land used to belong to the property we live on until the prior owners chunked it off. Their rules say "no poultry". I have no idea why. Near as I can tell they could have llamas (specified in fact), pigs, horses maybe even cattle but not poultry. They could, of course, change their association rules according to whatever method they have to do so.

With regard to the yappy dogs that aren't kept home, I would have reported the lady and the dog that bit you. They have been a longstanding problem for the neighborhood and don't deserve "one free pass". Her dogs are an annoyance to many and she knows it. That bite report will put the dog on a short list. The lady would be told that if the dog bites anyone else it will be destroyed (different places might have different "number of bites"). That might be enough that she will keep them on her own property. If you don't feel like shooting it with a "weapon" of any sort, capture it the next time it comes on your property and take it to the nearest shelter, no matter how far away that is. Since she knows she isn't properly keeping her dogs at home, I don't think I would even tell her you did so. Let her think her "precious" dog got run over somewhere. Let her sweat. If it has tags, they might call her to come get it. That can get pretty expensive, again she might be convinced to keep them at home. BTW, if you are concerned a BB gun would damage the dogs, I've not ever "played" paintball but I gather they can sting pretty good. Might do some serious damage to a 3 pound rat at close distance. Maybe a "super soaker" instead? And given her lack of desire to control her dogs at all, were I walking down the road and her dog(s) came on the attack (even if they stop short) I would likely give them the same treatment @CntryBoy777 suggested, try to land them on her doorstep Not quite the same as a dog that gets out one time and harasses people.

The kids across the street?? Wow. I would call the law on them. Trespassing on your property. Shooting toward your house? Better the law comes down on them before someone gets hurt.

 

[Bruce]

Thinking about this some more, the issue with the yappy dogs is, of course (and is almost always) the owner, not the dogs. So maybe we don't punt the dogs back to her house. People like @Southern by choice and @BrendaMNgri who have a lot of dog training experience might have ideas that are actually useful. But I would think that soaking the dogs every time they come on your property wouldn't chance physically damaging them and perhaps they would decide they really don't want to come harass you after all. If all the neighbors did the same, they might stay home. Of course these dogs will still bark at you from their yard, still be annoying but at least not on YOUR property. I would carry the soaker for "protection" on the street if they come out after people.

I will say (with respect to people who have tiny dogs that are NOT nutballs) I have no use for them. They seem to feel they need to act BIG because they are small. Yip and yap at anything. There was a mini dachshund that lived next to us at our prior house. Keep in mind the lots were ~44'x100', you sneezed outside and the neighbors' wind chimes would ring . That dog would yip and bark at me from inside the house anytime I was in my yard. Mind you their yard was not fenced and they didn't let the dog out unless it was on a leash going for a walk. Yip and bark then too, in the presence of the owner and on a leash. I was no threat to it but it felt the need to "guard" against me anyway even though I was on my property and it was NOT on its property any longer.