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Crazy neighbor moved all my porch furniture and then moved her things in

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There’s too often underlying pathology which, unless it’s addressed, prevents her from being able to engage rationally.

Yes - maybe she is unable to understand? Is she lonely or suffering from a mental disorder?

Does she have someone close or personal that your lawyer or the other Board members can appeal to that she will then engage with to sort this out?
 
@blackemerald1 and @Sideways your points and opinions and experience are very interesting. Yes, she is clearly unhinged and she has burnt many bridges when she was President. She sits in her condo, alone, doling out criticisms on everything that is done that board has gotten smoothed over with the tradesmen in our area that refused to do business with us. The present board has worked hard to mend fences, and we are fortunate that we’ve found tradesmen to work for us. So now what?
She attempted a hostile takeover against the Unit 2 owner, that being me, and uses that encroachment to further distress the entire community. The way the present board is going to handle her is through our lawyer. I will be having a session with him ASAP. Unfortunately we can’t hire the condo expert that alalyzed our Declaration and found that the plan is ambiguous. He directed that the board rewrite the first floor plan with boundaries are clearly drawn on the plan. We’re not doing this just to shut her up, but to have a Declaration that is clear and considering.
We have retained a law firm different than the one I used. They will represent the Declaration and will have us redrawing the first floor limited common area. There will be money involved with this, and the board is trying to use its funds in a responsible way. We owe it to future owners to correct the ambiguity. I will probably write the boards response to her as I am living here fulltile. The other 4 units are seasonal folks.since we feel strongly that the hostile owner legally be addresses by the attorney, but that represents the entire population..all units are supposed to live peacefully and private lives.
Her persistent badgering we guess we’ll have to endure until the vote by the unit owners. But again, this action is for perpetuity, not just this one crazy lady. We don’t want to have this happen in the future. I am of the opinion that the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior, we’ll address that.in comman..we measured her pace out front and it is Eight feet. She wishes she had a first floor unit, I think she enjoys stirring things up.
I really appreciate your perspectives and they are common sense.. When I say ghosting, I mean we are not going to tell her for the umpteenth time that we’re putting her complaints on the agenda for the next meeting. These state states are clear and concise. But in her head, they hold things she doesn’t want to do, so she picks fights at the herrings.
Do I want to be President? I think so. It will be interesting to see how long it takes her to cry foul. We’re not putting just anything on the agenda. Our lawyer can talk for us. If I become the prez I’d write a policy and procedure plan that future inhabitants won’t have to go it alone.
 
Getting the boundaries nice and clear sounds like a valuable thing to do. Squares your legal standing in respect of this issue, but is also just a common sense thing to do.

I absolutely agree with you that her behaviour to date is a good indicator of how she’s likely to continue behaving. So, there’s 2 realities here:

1) she’s not going away; and
2) she’s not likely to change.

So unless you’re planning on moving, she’s gonna keep being there, being an obnoxious, objectionable, antisocial annoyance.

Letting your lawyer handle her makes perfect sense to me. Because you’ve tried to respond to her directly, and it didn’t help. You got a lawyer to respond to her for you, and it didn’t help. You got the board to respond for you, and it hasn’t helped.

That’s a pretty clear pattern. Endlessly engaging in her fight? Seems to me to be a waste of time. It hasn’t helped. She’s not going to stop, no matter how right you are, or how much the law is on your side, yeah?

The board has an issue. Because as an owner, when she raises issues, the board can’t flat out ignore her. But if she’s continuously going over the same issues in different ways? “Thank you for your letter. All of the issues you have raised have been addressed adequately already.” End of story. The distress and cost to everyone of continuing to fight an unwillable war? Just ain’t worth it.

Especially for you. You have to live there.

In all of the suggestions about what you could do to piss her off and make her life more difficult, it seems to me that you and your needs get a bit lost in all the bluster and anger. At some point, you need to reconcile the fact that you have a really difficult neighbour who isn’t going anywhere.

So, how do you manage that moving forward, without letting this neighbour dispute completely take over your emotional energy, your time, and the feeling of peace you get when you walk in your front door?

And as a seperate matter, taking over the presidency, and the eternal problem of her endless complaints, is that good for you?

You won’t ever stop this woman from being exactly who she is right now. But you can control you - how you respond, but also how much importance you give this issue. There’s an immense power in that. Sometimes, deciding “I don’t actually care that much?” can be an incredibly liberating thing to decide for ourselves...

Protect your patio as best you can, without devoting too mich time or money to it. Beyond that? You have a really irritating neighbour that you can’t do much about. She’s miserable - doesn’t mean you need to be.

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You’re not nearly as crazy or miserable as she is. Maybe that’s something you could smile about?
 
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Thanks for your insights @Sideways . Today I wrote a letter to the other board members as a unit owner. It wasn’t anything new. Everyone has problems with her. I just have the misfortune of being under her and her door opens right at my boundary. I just stated that the only exposure I care to have with her is zero. I also said that I have consulted with a civil lawyer (different from the condo law expert) and have been assured that I would definitely be awarded a Protection order. I don’t want to do that if possible because it leaves a record that will follow her the rest of her life. Why do I even care? I don’t know, because I’m nice. But let there be no doubt I will get one if she harasses me one more time. I also told them that I plan to put a camera surveillance of my porch when I save up the money.
She has been away most of the time since I got a lawyer. We hope her daughter is helping her find a first floor unit somewhere. She is getting on in years and we all noticed she’s been declining mentally since last summer.
This has been a significant stressor that I’ve struggled with, but you know what? I’m not turning into the little girl who is full of fear and is powerless. I have been grounded and focused which is huge for me. And what a relief when I was sure I have exclusive use of my porch. What nerve she had, just shoving my furniture to a corner and moving her crap onto my porch. Feeling completely justified to do it.
Time will tell what crazy does next. The fact that she’s essentially moved out speaks volumes. And yes, I am more sane than her!!! If she moves out permanently, the President will stay on to train me how to care for a 6 unit condominium. With support I would be a good President, mainely because the other folks here are wonderful people. I’ve built a house and renovated two others, so I have experience working with tradesmen. Hire quality and pay them promptly. Then when there’s a problem, they help.
 
that I would definitely be awarded a Protection order.
Could you be president of a board which she is entitled to access and have an order of protection at the same time? Because that seems like a mighty large loophole for her to be able to continue to harass you.

Whilst, at the same time, removing a layer of insulation -even without the order- and broadening her target... as if she’s at all clever... she would now be able to direct her energies at embroiling the board -and therefor you- in difficulties.
 
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