Outwitting Neighbors: A Practical and Entertaining Guide to Achieving Peaceful Coexistence with the People Next Door - Softcover

Adler, Bill

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9781585741618: Outwitting Neighbors: A Practical and Entertaining Guide to Achieving Peaceful Coexistence with the People Next Door

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ISBN 10: 1585741612 ISBN 13: 9781585741618

Publisher: Lyons Pr, 2000

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Finally, ideas for successful ways to go to bat, or battle, against those inconsiderate or downright obnoxious neighbors. Whether the situation calls for a friendly negotiation or an all-out war, OUTWITTING NEIGHBORS is the source to call on.

Bill Adler Jr. helps navigate condo, co-op, and homeowner associations; property boundary disputes; weird and uncivilized neighbors (and advice for when you’re the weird neighbor); neighbors who use their front yard as a junkyard, have bad teenage children, don’t keep their large dogs leashed, have litigious tendencies, and worse.

OUTWITTING NEIGHBORS is full of humor and sound advice. It is indispensable for homeowners, apartment dwellers, and urban, suburban, and rural folks alike.

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Finally, ideas for successful ways to go to bat, or battle, against those inconsiderate, unruly, unusual, or downright obnoxious neighbors. In this hands-on guide you'll find ways to cope with problems through apartment walls or over backyard fences. Whether the situation calls for a friendly negotiation or an all-out war, Outwitting Neighbors is the source to call on. Bill Adler, Jr. offers sage and sane counsel to help navigate: condo, co-op, and homeowner associations; property boundary disputes; foliage wars; noisy neighbors and neighbors who are slobs; weird and uncivilized neighbors (and advice for when you're the weird neighbor); neighbors who use their front yards as junkyards for abandoned cars, have bad teenage children, don't keep their large dogs leashed, have litigious tendencies, and worse. With sections called 'Loud Music, Rowdy Parties, Sleepless Nights,' 'Beware the Squatter,' 'Petty, Sweet Revenge,' 'Alternative Ways to Peace,' 'Parking Lot War Rules,' Outwitting Neighbors is full of humor and sound advice. Concluding with a chapter on how to be a good neighbor yourself, this guide is indispensable for homeowners, apartment dwellers, urban, suburban, and rural folks alike. (51/2 X 81/4, 224 pages)

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