NO WAY ARLENE. THEY KNOW WHERE THE BOUNDARY IS, IT'S BEEN SURVEYED TWICE. WE JUST GOT A LETTER FROM THEIR ATTORNEY SAYING WE DID SOMETHING WRONG IN 2002 WHEN WE REPAVED OUR DRIVEWAY. NOBODY WOULD DO THAT; YOUR LOOKING FROM THE HOUSE, A HUNDRED FEET AWAY AND CAN'T SEE ACCURATELY LIKE THAT.
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN OCTOBER 14, 2005( CATHERS FIRST ATTORNEY LETTER) AND OUR ANSWER, OCTOBER 26, 2005, THE CATHERS DID PLANT THREE ARBORVITAE SHRUBS AND ONE DOGWOOD ON OUR PROPERTY. GO FIGURE. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING? DID THEY WANT TO TRADE PROPERTY? SEEMS TO ME GETTING A LAWYER IS A FUNNY WAY TO GO ABOUT IT. IN ANY CASE THAT WAS NEVER MENTIONED AS FAR AS I'M AWARE.
WE ANSWERED CATHERS, STATING OUR INTENTION TO LIVE IN PEACE WITH THEM AND THAT WE DID NOT EXPAND OUR DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME OF RESURFACING. WE REQUESTED MR. AND MRS. CATHERS:
1. TO PLEASE REMOVE THE SHRUBS FROM OUR PROPERTY.
2. TO PLEASE INSTRUCT THEIR CHILDREN TO REFRAIN FROM ENTERING OUR PROPERTY BECAUSE THEIR BICYCLE RIDING ON OUR DRIVEWAY HAS CREATED A SAFETY CONCERN.
3.TO PLEASE REQUEST THEIR CHILDREN TO DISCONTINUE RIDING THEIR ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES ON OUR PROPERTY.
WE HOPED THAT MR. AND MRS. CATHERS WOULD REGARD THESE REQUESTS IN THE SPIRIT IN WHICH THEY WERE GIVEN WHICH IS TO MODERATE A SITUATION WHICH HAS ALREADY DEVELOPED INTO A HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE AND CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN ATTORNEYS. THEN MY VERY EXPERIENCED ATTORNEY STATED, " MY EXPERIENCE IS THAT DISPUTES BETWEEN NEIGHBORS CAN BECOME COSTLY AND LEAD TO EXPENSIVE, UNNECESSARY AND UNSATISFYING LITIGATION.
