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Got a text from a neighbor I only met once or twice that lives near my rural property.
Neighbor said not to pry but asked if I was on property or had people there working and I said no.
Got in the car and drove 15 hours through the night and arrived to find 2 people at the place… not knowing if they were alone and knowing no cell service and sheriff 90 minutes away best case gave me pause for a moment.
I got out and said sorry I’m late… which got me a dumbfounded look from one guy.
I followed saying are you the contractor or the realtor I’m supposed to meet with while looking at my watch.
The guy said he was sent by the property manager to look after the place because the owner is out of state…
I responded I’m the owner and didn’t know the “Property Manager”sent anyone out… (there is no property manager)
The two apologized for the mixup, quickly gathered their things and got in their SUV and made a Beeline getaway… the padlock for my gate is missing and the shop lock and door frame all bent to hell… but still holding.
All in all I think the situation turned out the best under the circumstances and maybe saying I’m expecting more people to show up helped?
The neighbor now has a key to the place and thanked me for coming up because they don’t want a squatters camp next to them… I thanked them profusely…
Probably not related but someone went onsite and harvested a massive old growth cedar leaving just the stump…neighbor said they heard chainsaws a few months back but said there was also logging going on in the area for a new home build… and didn’t think anymore about it… the cedar would have been floated out… so no logging truck… I miss that tree!
Just one more thing to be on top of… my great old time neighbors have all passed and it was just by chance I exchanged numbers with the family that shares my back property line.
Can’t be too careful these days…
Neighbor said not to pry but asked if I was on property or had people there working and I said no.
Got in the car and drove 15 hours through the night and arrived to find 2 people at the place… not knowing if they were alone and knowing no cell service and sheriff 90 minutes away best case gave me pause for a moment.
I got out and said sorry I’m late… which got me a dumbfounded look from one guy.
I followed saying are you the contractor or the realtor I’m supposed to meet with while looking at my watch.
The guy said he was sent by the property manager to look after the place because the owner is out of state…
I responded I’m the owner and didn’t know the “Property Manager”sent anyone out… (there is no property manager)
The two apologized for the mixup, quickly gathered their things and got in their SUV and made a Beeline getaway… the padlock for my gate is missing and the shop lock and door frame all bent to hell… but still holding.
All in all I think the situation turned out the best under the circumstances and maybe saying I’m expecting more people to show up helped?
The neighbor now has a key to the place and thanked me for coming up because they don’t want a squatters camp next to them… I thanked them profusely…
Probably not related but someone went onsite and harvested a massive old growth cedar leaving just the stump…neighbor said they heard chainsaws a few months back but said there was also logging going on in the area for a new home build… and didn’t think anymore about it… the cedar would have been floated out… so no logging truck… I miss that tree!
Just one more thing to be on top of… my great old time neighbors have all passed and it was just by chance I exchanged numbers with the family that shares my back property line.
Can’t be too careful these days…
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