Neighbourhood Disputes
1. "It's not easy being green for homeowner"
< http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-greenhouse17.html >
"[W]hen his neighbors called police last summer, complaining that the
truck was noisy and an eyesore and the police made him move it, Mata,
who says none of that's true, got mad. Then, he got even: He has
painted his house a brilliant shade of fluorescent green. Serves you
right, says Mata: 'Well, I thought if they said, 'The truck's an
eyesore,' I'd give them a real eyesore'"
2. "Neighbour 'cut in chainsaw attack'"
< http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/
0,5478,11160743%255E1702,00.html >
"A man has allegedly cut through his neighbour's car door with a
chainsaw, leaving the neighbour in a serious condition with stomach
wounds"
3. "Lawyer posts poisonous snake to neighbour"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_861017.html >
"Staton had asked for money for repairs to an vehicle he had bought
from Jerrod. The demand escalated into an all-out feud between the
neighbours, from Pocahontas in Arkansas, and Jerrod's father Bob
suggested his son catch a poisonous snake and send it in the post"
4. "Hedge dispute might cost couple their home"
< http://cnews.canoe.ca//CNEWS/WeirdNews/2004/03/30/401970-ap.html >
"When Paul Derwent and his wife Janet cut down 25 feet (7.6 meters)
of laurel hedge on the boundary of their property in May 2000, they
set off a legal dispute that now looks likely to cost them their
home... The Derwents said they will have to sell their 600,000-pound
(US$1.1 million) home, Linden House, to pay their 350,000-pound
(US$630,000) legal bill"
5. "Man in court over abusive mynah bird"
< http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_768881.html >
"A Chinese man has taken his neighbour to court because his mynah bird
keeps verbally abusing him"
6. "Dog's snore worse than its bite"
< http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200409/s1197077.htm >
"A Romanian dog owner has been forced to leave his apartment after a
court ordered his mastiff be removed from the building because its
snoring was keeping the neighbours awake"
7. "Nightmare neighbor finally jailed"
< http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article838236.ece >
"After being annoyed by a loud phone conversation, the man in his
mid-30s decided to play music and movies at a decibel level that
disturbed an entire neighborhood. The deafening revenge last from
the summer of 2002 until the end of 2003"
8. "Flying ball sparks noisy neighbourly feud"
< http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?art_id=qw1071057241650B215 >
"A middle-aged Japanese housewife has been arrested for bombarding
her neighbour around the clock for seven months with high-decibel
sounds from a dozen radios and alarm clocks"
