Drunk neighbor threatens new occupant

[CoreyPena]

Hello, my name is Corey.

I am twenty four and just purchased my first home in April. It's a low income duplex.

Things have been fine, until recently.

Several times my neighbor has been over to my house, pounding on the door and admittedly looking for a fight. His problem? The lawn is dead.

I live in an HOA, and the home was a forclosure that was left empty for over a year. So yes, the lawn is dead. Unfortunately, I need the HOAs approval to make any changes to the landscaping.

I have informed this neighbor, politely, that I am working on it. Still he's being very pugnacious. Now it's worse then ever. I can't sleep in my own home without being awoken in the middle of the night by this guy screaming at the top of his lungs and pounding on the common wall.

Everytime he screams it involves the same thing. "I'm gonna come over there and kick your door down and ram my fist down your throat," or "I'll take care of you with a twelve guage."

I've had the police over once. They gave him a warning for disturbing the peace. Now, however, he doesn't keep up his tyrades long enough for me to call the police(I don't want to waste their time).

He is always drunk beyond comprehension, often times I can't understand a word he's saying.

Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much,
Corey

 

[CdwJava]

Depending on the laws in your un-named state, you might be able to seek a restraining order ... you might continue to ignore him ... you could call the police every time he is causing a disturbance ...

In short, you can do a great number of things, but none of them will change his opinion of the lawn. Perhaps sitting down with him when he is sober and going over your plan for fixing the problem that has him so concerned might allay some of his anger. Perhaps not. But, there are not a whole lot of options, and none that do exist are great ones.

- Carl

 

[CoreyPena]

Thank you for the reply. I live on nevada, cant belive i forgot to mention that. I will try to speak with him. Unfortunately noone in the vicinity knows when, or how, to get a holdof him sober. Im not the only one waiting for the opportunity.