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Originally Posted by Sliver
Because it looks like shat. If you can't keep your property looking neat and tidy, I already am annoyed with you. If you can't keep your property neat and tidy and you're breaking bylaws, I'm going to complain until you comply.
The reason I care is because it's inconsiderate to your neighbours to not maintain your property to the standard of the properties around you. If you can't maintain your house in a nice state of repair, go get a condo (where the exterior is taken care of for you) or move to an acreage (where I don't have to look at your mess).
Neat/clean/tidy people are so because they're more comfortable in neat/clean/tidy surroundings. If your mess/junk is breaking a bylaw, why should I have to deal with discomfort when it's you that is breaking the bylaw? If some slob's fence is falling over, paint is falling off his house, starts projects and doesn't finish them, doesn't clean his gutters, parks his jalopies on the front lawn, leaves his crappy tent trailer on the driveway, etc., his neighbours have every right to complain. They're not a-holes for complaining; the guy is an a-hole for breaking the bylaw.
And should you talk to the neighbour before complaining? Definitely never. It's not good for the community. You want plausible deniability: "Somebody called on you for that?! What a prick! Weird, never bothered me..." Then when their mess is dealt with, you can carry on having a nice, civil relationship with them. You're not the guy who complained on them (in their mind), which is better for everybody's peace of mind.
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How do you know his tent trailer is crappy? What if it is a new, well maintained tent trailer that, when parked doesn't extend into the side walk.
Now, I will preface this by saying, if it is set up all summer then maybe you have a point. But storing a tent trailer in your drive way does not equal not looking after your property.