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Message: [QUOTE="Hans Sprungfeld, post: 3889672, member: 181"] I'm sorry for your loss, and I think you've pretty much gotten the range of helpful responses. To answer the particular question excerpt above, I'll add, "Better to ask forgiveness than permission." I've had a bunch of experiences with neighbors, more good than bad. The worst first impression by a new neighbor was when I stopped back home for lunch one day and there was a giant cherry-picker set up in our backyard, with a chainsaw guy working from the bucket to 'open up' the canopy of OUR tree's overhang of his newly acquired backyard. It's not that his aim wasn't understandable, but it was pretty presumptuous for someone who'd not yet introduced himself. When questioned, he responded, "Well, the truck couldn't fit up my driveway to set up in my backyard." The tree guys had played dumb, looked away, and said, "Your neighbor said it was okay" when I asked, "Wth?" After this bad first impression, located his air conditioning unit on the inaccessible side of his house, right next to our back deck. We didn't hesitate to bring it up to the Village, whose regulations required more clearance between properties. He had to disconnect, move, rewire, and reinstall the unit. He felt victimized by the regulation, and whined that we were 'picking' on him. It wasn't even a close call. He didn't try much (if anything) thereafter. Stay awake as the lot develops, and make use of his business card as appropriate. [/QUOTE]