Oh where do I start...this is a long one so brace yourself. We live in a fairly nice neighborhood. Having said that, I guess everyone's definition of that is different. What I mean is that it's a new development where every neighbor carefully prunes and tidies their landscape, bakes cookies for the "newbies", chat at the bus stop, babysit for each other, painstakingly maintain their property, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. You get the point.
With all of that being said, a "wonderful" new neighbor moved in 2 years ago. Let the fun begin. Of course, being a friendly person and on the communication committe in our neighborhood I do my best to make friends and wave like a crazy person so they will feel acknowledged and welcome. In return I got a few return waves but not much else. OK, fine. Not everyone has to respond with excitement and emotion. Moving on.
Now it's customary that after a new neighbor moves in a landscape company will show up shortly after to start the yard and the landscape. Not so much in this case. OK, fine. Not everyone is on the same schedule. Maybe the grass is not their top priority. Moving on.
It's customary that in the first month or so after moving in people will start to park in the garage. Of course this is giving time for them to unpack and get settled. Not really in this case. OK, fine. They'll get to it eventually right??? Of course all homes have central air. However, our new neighbors decide to leave all the windows open and use window air conditioners instead. (window air conditioners with pillows strategically placed around them so as not to fall out of the window) Ummm..OK, maybe they are extremely frugal and want to be cautious starting out. Worry starts to set in.
Their first week anniversary rolls around. TRASH DAY! Sure, it's very normal to have tons of trash after just moving in. Does that include stacks of tires,piles of bricks and basketball hoops (which apparantly were never intented for the trash man but rather lawn decoration). The bus stop talk is getting heavy at this point.
Fast forward, relief is in site. A local landscaper shows up and installs a yard. HALLELUJAH. See, I told you they would get to it eventually. I should've taken a pix of the grass at that moment because that's the last time it would be short! I thought grass was a step in the right direction but again..not so much. Did you know grass can be "repoed". YEP, it can. Months later, as the landscapers pounded on the front door, they then proceeded to remove the yard. That's right, they skimmed that beautiful green grass right off. I mean, who gets their grass repoed.???
Then my neighbor tells me "Mr. Cleaver" is off to prison. Are you serious? For what? Can you really go to prison for not paying for grass? C'mon.
Well apparantly there is no hard time for stiffing your landscaper but there is for mortgage fraud!!! That's right. They have been doing this for years. Moving from one house to the next, one area to the next, writing bad checks, identity theft, foreclosures, ... I guess I was naive thinking they must just work from home and that's why they never leave to go to work. Always think the best right?
The icing on the cake came one sunny afternoon. Now granted, we were having a heat wave at the time but is this really necessary? As I typed away on my computer, I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. Some kind of strange, awkward movement on their front porch. OH, you have got to be kidding me...no way...are you serious...Oh my gosh they really are..... being "very friendly" right on the front porch. The Cleaver's would never do that!!
Now, as I sit here tonight, I am watching the most beautiful sight my eyes have ever seen. A giant moving truck! The foreclosure process is finally paying off. I say all of this to ask---How on earth did they get that mortgage in the first place? Are they that good or has the mortgage process failed so miserably. I can laugh now at some of this stuff--but only because the moving truck is in the driveway. I will never look at that front porch quite the same. I think when I welcome the new neighbor's to that house, I'll leave that little tid-bit out!
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