I moved into my house five years ago. Nice, retired couple live next door and nothing but woods and a pond behind us. Quiet neghborhood where everyone has about a half acre with a few larger lots. The road into where we live has no outlet, so you pretty much know who belongs and who doesn't. Peaceful and pretty safe.
Then the crazy neighbor moved in about a year later. He is a contractor who works in Afganistan and is home about 3 month out of the year. What he does there, I don't know. He bought up about 30 acres and started constructing the "compond". He built his house in a 9 acre parcel and cleared all the trees off the lot. His house looks so out of place with everybody elses. He overbuilt this huge 4000 square foot brick house. After the house was complete, he thought the footings were not sufficient to support the house. He dug all the way around the house and added more concrete. He didn't like the AC ductwork, so he had someone yank it all out and replace it. He always has someone working on his house. His approach slabs to his garage and at least twelve inches thick. You could land jets on them. Windows are all blacked out, gorgeous huge windows on the back of the house with security bars on the. I think he has security cameras on all the corners of the house. He fenced in the back of his house with that square iron fence that has a points on top of it. He built a fence on the other side of his property to keep people from driving down an access road. You couldn't drive a tank through this fence! Now, he is in the process of securing his garage area. Alot of block and brick all solid grouted by hand which he did his self. He moved his 1000 gallon natural gas tank and built what I can assume is a 10 foot tall by 16 foot wide "blast shield" on either side of it. Oh, did I mention he buried it in the ground and covered it with a concrete slab. Just insane shit. I think he's a bit paranoid but I could be wrong.
The wife and I had finally had enough of looking at the ongoing construction of the "Forward base" over the last four years so we had a guy come out and plant six, 14 foot tall white pines to make a privacy fence and block the view of his property. He wandered over and mentioned that they were nice tree and asked for a business card from my landscaper. I walked away because I want nothing to do with this guy but he and my landscaper walked behingd the trees. My landscaper came back a few minutes later and to me, "That that guy aint right in the head". The crazy nieghbor had told him that he was going to cut down all the trees along the perimeter of the property and put in a crush run road so he can drive around his property.
Can't wait until he puts in the guard towers, spot lights and barbed wire.
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