My neighbor moved out, house is for sale. Hasn't mowed the grass in a month. My sub is full of perfect lawns except for this one. I've called him three times and he's said "the lawn service will be out there asap!"
well, how should I handle it? I'm thinking about mowing a pretty design into the yard. Ideas?
edit: the photo doesn't do it justice, it's knee high, especially where my sprinklers hit.
Simple. You're watering it, you mow the part you're affecting.
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Or get a GL member to break in, move in and start maintaining it. They can be a squatter like that other thread a while back where the woman had to share residence with the squatter.
I am amazed you didn't cut it after you took that pic, took an after pick, then rushed back on here to brag about the awesomeness of that Simplicity tractor of yours.:thumb:
If you want to salt it I've got 80 gallons or so of chloride I drained from tractor tires. Yours for free (or anyone who wants to come pick it up) LOL
Really tall especially where your sprinklers hit it? Well.....turn off your sprinklers oke:
I did a cock and balls on a vacant lot adjacent to an account i cut for my dads company when i was 16, it was similar in height and bogged down a 27hp 60in rider pretty good. I doubt a regular lawn tractor would do much to that...
I would just mow it to be the better man. Then I would run over a tool I loaned my douchbag neighbor and he never returned, ruining my tire in the process.
Glad my neighbors are all cool and mow, and we dont live where people tell you how to keep your lawn.
To those telling me to clean up their yard, it would literally take me hours upon hours. There are tons of sticks from the elm trees in their front yard that would destroy my mower blades, and there would be so much dead grass that I would be worried it would kill the yard. That yard is also .40/acre, so it's not like I can grab a push mower and take five minutes.... The main reason why I will not cut it, is I will be trapped into doingso until it sells. If the owner finds out I cut the lawn once, why wouldn't he think I wouldn't cut it again? That would remove all reason for him to take care of his own yard.
If you live in a subdivision, you should take care of your lawn. Even though you technically own it, it is your job to take care of it and make it look better. I looked through my township laws, and any grass over 8" is illegal. The grass is 15-20" tall, so I will be contacting the township today. They will cut it, and simply tack that bill unto the taxes. Thanks for the heads up on that.
CC could make it a D-bag contest out of this, like when CC had the snow melting contest, everyone gets a guess how tall it will grow before it gets cut, CC get out your tape measure.
I wasn't suggesting you cut it by yourself, and only after you found no other recourse. My main point is I don't think it's smart to deface it in any way.
This time of year the grass is really growing. The rain we have been receiving is incredible. There are many houses in my neighborhood that the grass is probably close to 12"-16" tall. I don't mind it that much. There are no rules in my neighborhood, so people can let their jungle grow as they please. As long as their grass is all grass and no little trees starting to pop up everywhere, then it's somewhat better.
If it were me, I would probably cut it myself. Maybe you can send your own bill to the realtor and get reimbursed for your gas and time. Simply tell him that not only are you keeping the yard in line with your SUB rules, but you are keeping the house presentable for potential home buyers. I think he would appreciate that, or at least hope he would.
It seems you already looked up the township ordinance which would have been my first suggestion, though I do like the idea of contacting the Realtor as well since they may be more motivated to get somebody out there right away whereas the township probably has to wait at least a week to 10 days after notifying the owner.
I had a similar situation across the street from me recently - the old woman died in February and her caretaker moved out right away. The son comes by once a week to slowly clean out the house and take out some garbage but nobody has cut the lawn all year long. It wasn't too bad until a couple of weeks ago when it seemed to grow about 2' overnight. I finally called the city on Wednesday last week and they showed up to look at it about an hour later. The code enforcement officer said it looked like a wheat field and was surprised nobody had called them yet. They posted their notice (didn't have a telephone number for the son) but would have to wait 7 days before they could send their own crew. Luckily the son must have seen it because Saturday afternoon there was finally a crew in there giving it a shitty cutting, but it's definitely better than it was.
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