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This is a sighting that has nothing directly to do with me. However it is currently on going with my uncle and a tale that needs repeated.
1.) The beginning.
My father passed last year. Right after this, my Uncle who lived across the street decided that he couldn't stay around (something about looking over at the house bothered him.) so he decided to move to Salt Lake City. His house went up on the market and was eventually leased out to a couple from the UK. They had recently moved to the area in the hopes of opening a cafe and catering business.
After they moved in, the people pretty much kept to themselves, though we noticed that there was a bit of increased traffic back and forth from the house. After a bit, the Mayor (who lives on our right side) happened to tell us that he'd found out that they were running a business from the home. (Strike one against their lease agreement). He'd even had to call the police out to inform them that the home wasn't zoned commercial, and they needed to stop. From all accounts they did.
2.) Several months pass.
All was quiet for a time, until last month when my uncle decided to move back here. Apparently the lease was breached since every check the rentor had sent had bounced. Every last one of them. Plus they hadn't paid insurance on the home, and now he needs to get new. As if to add insult to injury, the wife of the rentor had an accident not 200 yards from the house. How she managed to hit the only tree on that stretch of road is beyond anyone's understanding. Stupidity must have been involved.
3.) The hilarity begins.
Here's where things turn funny. Uncle is told by them that they're moving anyway and will be clear of the house by the first of June. However that doesn't happen. So, he heads over there to check things out and finds that in the time (sept last year to now) that they have lived there, the grass has not once been mowed. So, he figures that the best thing he can do is mow for them. Drags out the mower and sends one of his step sons to doing it. About halfway through the back yard, the woman (who everyone was told was nearly paralyzed after her wreck) comes running out on the back deck and starts to curse the boy. His mother (my new aunt) hears this, curses back and sends the woman packing.
Last Friday:
After numerous attempts to contact the rentor in order to get paid as well as evict them from the home, my Uncle finds that either they're not answering the door, or just not at the home. So, he hatches a plan. Uncle goes to court and signs a citation out against them. Stating he's suing them for damages as well as evicting them from the home. He has the sheriff dept deliver this note.
Last Saturday.
Uncle heads over to the house to pick up his tools. While he's there, the rentor calls the police. Claims he's...terrorizing them. The police laugh when they speak with my uncle, but do agree that he ought just leave well enough alone for now. Cops help him secure what he still has in his shop so it can't be stolen, take notes of what remains, and then escort him off his own property.
Today:
Uncle gets a letter from the court. It informs him that his court date is the 26th of this month, and that he needs to appear. It also states that the rentor has been served, and must also appear. However it also notes that there is now a restraining order against him, meaning that he can not set foot on his own property for any reason until after court.
He finds this out while at my house.
He came over this morning and parked in my yard. He and the boys were going to mow for me (since I've been ill and can't.) As they're unloading the mowers and getting things started in my yard, three police cars come screaming in and pull into the driveway across the street. After a moment the officers come over and start grilling him about what's going on. To which I speak up and ask why they're there. Apparently neighbor had called claiming that he (uncle) was threatening the guy, and that they were afraid. Plus he was violating a restraining order. During this time guy comes over and is standing in my yard with this smug look on his face. However the officers aren't stupid and see that Uncle isn't doing anything wrong. Not to be outdone, I speak up, asking where guy can hear if I am within my rights to have guy arrested if he sets foot on my property. Tresspassing. The police confirm that yes, I am. All I would need to do is sign a warrant out against him. He blanches.
They leave, and I suspect have serious words with him. he left that other house quite quickly afterward and I've not seen him since.
Court is the 26th. I'll post then what I find out.
1.) The beginning.
My father passed last year. Right after this, my Uncle who lived across the street decided that he couldn't stay around (something about looking over at the house bothered him.) so he decided to move to Salt Lake City. His house went up on the market and was eventually leased out to a couple from the UK. They had recently moved to the area in the hopes of opening a cafe and catering business.
After they moved in, the people pretty much kept to themselves, though we noticed that there was a bit of increased traffic back and forth from the house. After a bit, the Mayor (who lives on our right side) happened to tell us that he'd found out that they were running a business from the home. (Strike one against their lease agreement). He'd even had to call the police out to inform them that the home wasn't zoned commercial, and they needed to stop. From all accounts they did.
2.) Several months pass.
All was quiet for a time, until last month when my uncle decided to move back here. Apparently the lease was breached since every check the rentor had sent had bounced. Every last one of them. Plus they hadn't paid insurance on the home, and now he needs to get new. As if to add insult to injury, the wife of the rentor had an accident not 200 yards from the house. How she managed to hit the only tree on that stretch of road is beyond anyone's understanding. Stupidity must have been involved.
3.) The hilarity begins.
Here's where things turn funny. Uncle is told by them that they're moving anyway and will be clear of the house by the first of June. However that doesn't happen. So, he heads over there to check things out and finds that in the time (sept last year to now) that they have lived there, the grass has not once been mowed. So, he figures that the best thing he can do is mow for them. Drags out the mower and sends one of his step sons to doing it. About halfway through the back yard, the woman (who everyone was told was nearly paralyzed after her wreck) comes running out on the back deck and starts to curse the boy. His mother (my new aunt) hears this, curses back and sends the woman packing.
Last Friday:
After numerous attempts to contact the rentor in order to get paid as well as evict them from the home, my Uncle finds that either they're not answering the door, or just not at the home. So, he hatches a plan. Uncle goes to court and signs a citation out against them. Stating he's suing them for damages as well as evicting them from the home. He has the sheriff dept deliver this note.
Last Saturday.
Uncle heads over to the house to pick up his tools. While he's there, the rentor calls the police. Claims he's...terrorizing them. The police laugh when they speak with my uncle, but do agree that he ought just leave well enough alone for now. Cops help him secure what he still has in his shop so it can't be stolen, take notes of what remains, and then escort him off his own property.
Today:
Uncle gets a letter from the court. It informs him that his court date is the 26th of this month, and that he needs to appear. It also states that the rentor has been served, and must also appear. However it also notes that there is now a restraining order against him, meaning that he can not set foot on his own property for any reason until after court.
He finds this out while at my house.
He came over this morning and parked in my yard. He and the boys were going to mow for me (since I've been ill and can't.) As they're unloading the mowers and getting things started in my yard, three police cars come screaming in and pull into the driveway across the street. After a moment the officers come over and start grilling him about what's going on. To which I speak up and ask why they're there. Apparently neighbor had called claiming that he (uncle) was threatening the guy, and that they were afraid. Plus he was violating a restraining order. During this time guy comes over and is standing in my yard with this smug look on his face. However the officers aren't stupid and see that Uncle isn't doing anything wrong. Not to be outdone, I speak up, asking where guy can hear if I am within my rights to have guy arrested if he sets foot on my property. Tresspassing. The police confirm that yes, I am. All I would need to do is sign a warrant out against him. He blanches.
They leave, and I suspect have serious words with him. he left that other house quite quickly afterward and I've not seen him since.
Court is the 26th. I'll post then what I find out.
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