A woman has had the same wind chimes on her porch for nine years. Her new neighbor moved in four months ago and wants them removed.
I have lived here for nine years. My wind chimes have been on my back porch the entire time. Every neighbor I have ever had has said they love them or said nothing. Ryan moved in four months ago and knocked on my door asking me to take them down because they interrupt his work calls. His home office faces my yard. I said no. They are on my property, they are not excessive, and I was here first. Ryan complained to our HOA and they asked me to take them down as a courtesy. Nine years. Four months.
I work from home doing financial calls with clients. My office is the only quiet room in my house. The wind chimes are directly outside my window and on gusty days they are constant. Clients have asked what that noise is. I asked Bev politely. I offered to buy her a different set for the front porch. She said no and told me she was there first, as if seniority is a legal right to make noise. I contacted the HOA because I tried talking to her first and she shut the door on me.
⚖️ The Verdict Is In
😤 Side A is right, but handled it badly
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Official NACOL Ruling
In the matter of Bev versus Ryan, this court finds that with a decisive 0% jury split across one juror, both parties have achieved the remarkable feat of being simultaneously vindicated and condemned, much like Schroedingers wind chime dispute. The court orders Bev to acknowledge that nine years of uninterrupted chiming does not grant her the right to subject a paying resident to acoustic warfare, while ordering Ryan to accept that polite requests carry no legal weight and that moving your desk three feet is a remedy available to renters of ones own home. Case closed.
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