Someone threw rocks at my bus..

[nikitis]

Yeah I worry she acts okay to get you to drop the charges and does something worse later. She's an adult, she should know better than to throw rocks at vehicles.

I would charge her period just to let her know you mean business and know how to punch back. It's unfortunate, but she knows better.

 

[Carrier6]

I can tell you from experience, this will not end. People like her will never stop. Keep on the police to prosecute her. Go get an estimate to fix the small dents and repaint the whole bus. You can't match the paint on these old buses. Send her the estimate by certified mail with a demand letter for the total payable in 10 days. Have the letter say that non payment will result in suing her in civil court.
This is what I had to do to stop my old neighbor. I had an attorney write the letter and it was $150 with the certified delivery. It's funny how fast they change their attitude when looking at 10-15K.

Good luck.

 

[JumpinJack-SKO]

You could buy a "carport" cover to park your bus under. That would make it less visible to the neighbors. I have a metal carport on my driveway (which is large), and when I bought my bus earlier this year I raised it 3 feet and bought a nice tarp to cover the front so my neighbor across the driveway did not have to look out her picture window and see a school bus. I know it costs extra to do this, but peace is worth the price.

 

[#1FordFan]

No hoa huh,…. Well did you know Magnaflow makes a very nice 4 inch diesel muffler you can drop a 4 inch ball Clean though. Might help with fuel economy. what ever you do don’t make sure the trial pipe points at her house.) .

 

[shorthair-SKO]

People are mostly stoopid.

While you can't fix stupid you can numb it with a 2x4 properly applied.

 

[Meathead]

My experience is that once your neighbor is questioned by the police she will stop. They will of course explain the ramifications of her actions. Call the officers and make sure they directly, in person, question her.

Dave

 

[mhreynolds]

it's a beautiful bus, i like the paint job! one could sympathise a bit more with her feelings if it was rusted out, or dirty yellow, or whatever. in any case, since it's her problem, and she's literally breaking the law to express her anger, she probably has enough energy to install a bit more fence so she can look at her lovely fence rather than a bus - perhaps she hasn't even thought of that

 

[Cannabus]

Minor damage, but the whole concept is awful from my perspective.

It takes literally no effort for someone to let someone else be.

You have to apply effort in order to **** with someone.

Like, why bother? Ain't got struggles of your own? No goals? No one you want to be when you grow up?

Why don’t you grow up.

 

[Cannabus]

Hi, this is not a usual post, but I feel it would be useful to get some feedback on my situation.

Here’s the story:
One of my neighbors is.. not to fond of being able to see my bus over her fence. She had been a bit of a problem, mostly complaining about it to the city and not getting anywhere because it’s a registered vehicle on private property in a non HOA neighborhood.

Fast forward to this morning, I go outside to do some cleaning on the bus and see some rocks and a few dents in the side of the bus, thankfully no glass was broken and they aren’t huge dents, most of them you can’t see unless you look closely but.. it’s still not a nice thing to do. I know it was her, because it was near her fence line and she came up to the fence after I saw it and threw another one.

I did contact the police, but they are still investigating it, I feel she’s not gonna get let off easy, but at this point I don’t know.

I would just like some advice and maybe some experience from anyone else who faced some.. not so nice neighbors.. I can’t really park the bus anywhere else because my space is limited and I don’t know if she’s going to do anything else, I’m not really well versed on how the law works and what is going to happen…

Your camera sitting inside your bus will need to be on 24/7. Not sure if that’s what you want. I’d get a motion detection security camera with a light. You need footage and a good legal charging her after that you can use that charge to reinforce your lawsuit and go for mental stress and damages if she doesn’t stop. If you just let her continue you will have more problems down the road with her. Only a fool will let her slide and she won’t stop. She has more issues with you than you know

 

[TaliaDPerkins]

Why don’t you grow up.

Cannabus, I think they were criticizing the neighbor with the throwing arm . . . the one who needs to grow up.

 

[Mercuric Mind]

Sadly, This type of thing happens more than you would think. My folks had a neighbor that was like that. They did lots of stuff and constantly called the cops on all the neighbors for anything they thought was an infraction on their sensitivities, and engaged in other physical actions. It came to the point I had to talk to their adult son and he agreed that his parents were in the wrong and unreasonable. We put up cameras and the tallest fence allowed and planted tall bushes. That did help. Eventually they moved and the neighborhood had a block party to celebrate! It was a good time, lots of food and stories. I bet if you talk to your other neighbors they will have had altercations with that person as well. Good luck and I feel for you. It is a sucky situation.

 

[OldSkoolAnthony]

Hi, this is not a usual post, but I feel it would be useful to get some feedback on my situation.

Here’s the story:
One of my neighbors is.. not to fond of being able to see my bus over her fence. She had been a bit of a problem, mostly complaining about it to the city and not getting anywhere because it’s a registered vehicle on private property in a non HOA neighborhood.

Fast forward to this morning, I go outside to do some cleaning on the bus and see some rocks and a few dents in the side of the bus, thankfully no glass was broken and they aren’t huge dents, most of them you can’t see unless you look closely but.. it’s still not a nice thing to do. I know it was her, because it was near her fence line and she came up to the fence after I saw it and threw another one.

I did contact the police, but they are still investigating it, I feel she’s not gonna get let off easy, but at this point I don’t know.

I would just like some advice and maybe some experience from anyone else who faced some.. not so nice neighbors.. I can’t really park the bus anywhere else because my space is limited and I don’t know if she’s going to do anything else, I’m not really well versed on how the law works and what is going to happen…

Hi, this is not a usual post, but I feel it would be useful to get some feedback on my situation.

Here’s the story:
One of my neighbors is.. not to fond of being able to see my bus over her fence. She had been a bit of a problem, mostly complaining about it to the city and not getting anywhere because it’s a registered vehicle on private property in a non HOA neighborhood.

Fast forward to this morning, I go outside to do some cleaning on the bus and see some rocks and a few dents in the side of the bus, thankfully no glass was broken and they aren’t huge dents, most of them you can’t see unless you look closely but.. it’s still not a nice thing to do. I know it was her, because it was near her fence line and she came up to the fence after I saw it and threw another one.

I did contact the police, but they are still investigating it, I feel she’s not gonna get let off easy, but at this point I don’t know.

I would just like some advice and maybe some experience from anyone else who faced some.. not so nice neighbors.. I can’t really park the bus anywhere else because my space is limited and I don’t know if she’s going to do anything else, I’m not really well versed on how the law works and what is going to happe

 

[Tin Roadtube Vagrant]

Lived in the city for 12 years. Never again. Bought 15 acres and built a house. No more watching neighbor lady bring her dog into my yard to dump at midnight, no more drug dealing by a next-door renter, No Harley straight pipes at 2 AM, no having everything loose stolen, etc. etc. I recommend it to anyone.

Give the gal her fine, see if she changes. It will be her past practice track record for future infractions.

To your point.....
I had a guy steal beer out of my fridge while living in town. Caught him doing it, didn't know I was home, said he was bringing me magazines he just stole from the public laundromat. He was a trouble making alcoholic with a disability and couldn't afford enough booze. He was forced, by judge, into rehab after I pressed charges. Changed his life. Sometimes good comes out of these bad situations that folks follow through on.

 

[freppon]

I didn't get dog poop , but I did face legal poop.

My bus was parked in my driveway for 10 years without issue. Ocasonally, City Ordinance came around, but it was always found to be legally correct. One day my "nice guy" neighbor was going through a divorce and wanted to sell his house. The same day the for-sale sign went up, the city got multiple complaints about the bus. Suddenly Ordinance found it to be an issue but could not explain why found the bus had been legal for the last 10 years. I had to choose between moving it for 60 days or fight in count and face a possible $3K in fines if I lost. Meanwhile my neighbor was smiling and said hi to me every day. His ex said she didn't know if he called Ordinance, but was something he would do. His lack of honesty and narcistic two-faced behavior was partly why they were divorcing.

The most frustrating part is if the guy had just asked me, I would have moved it to short term storage while he was trying to sell the house. Instead, he had to be a jerk and had me deal unpleasant courts.

 

[s2mikon]

@freppon It may have been the real estate agent that made the calls. I have had agents tell me personally that they call code enforcement If it will help a sale.

 

[Tin Roadtube Vagrant]

I didn't get dog poop , but I did face legal poop.

My bus was parked in my driveway for 10 years without issue. Ocasonally, City Ordinance came around, but it was always found to be legally correct. One day my "nice guy" neighbor was going through a divorce and wanted to sell his house. The same day the for-sale sign went up, the city got multiple complaints about the bus. Suddenly Ordinance found it to be an issue but could not explain why found the bus had been legal for the last 10 years. I had to choose between moving it for 60 days or fight in count and face a possible $3K in fines if I lost. Meanwhile my neighbor was smiling and said hi to me every day. His ex said she didn't know if he called Ordinance, but was something he would do. His lack of honesty and narcistic two-faced behavior was partly why they were divorcing.

The most frustrating part is if the guy had just asked me, I would have moved it to short term storage while he was trying to sell the house. Instead, he had to be a jerk and had me deal unpleasant courts.

Want me to keep my eyes open for a 15 acre plot? Colder than Texas, but no riff-raff and almost zero homelessness. Brother lived homeless in my skoolie for one winter and went out and bought a house immediately.